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Music for the People: Popular Music and Dance in Interwar Britain - Oxford Historical Monographs Nott, James J. (, Lecturer in British History, University of Edinburgh)
Music for the People: Popular Music and Dance in Interwar Britain - Oxford Historical Monographs
Nott, James J. (, Lecturer in British History, University of Edinburgh)
Explores popular music between the wars, the era of Noel Coward and Ivor Novello, Gracie Fields and George Formby. This book tells the story from the days of the jazz mania of the 1920s to the outbreak of WWII. It also examines the popularity of dance halls such as the Hammersmith Palais, concluding with a checklist of the most popular songs.
288 pages, 12pp halftone plates, 9 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 3, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199254071 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 302 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 242 × 22 mm · 589 g |
| Language | English |