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Map of United Kingdom
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British Film Music and Musicals by
In the first book-length consideration of the topic for sixty years, Kevin Donnelly examines the importance of music in British film, concentrating both on musical scores, such as William Walton's score for Henry V (1944) and Malcolm Arnold's music for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), and on the phenomenon of the British film musical.
Call Number: ML2075 .D66 2007
The English Plainchant Revival by
The revival of plainchant in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England was a turning point in the history of Anglican and Catholic musical worship. It led in its time to not only the preservation of much-loved melodies, but also to heated controversy. By the middle of the nineteenth-century, plainchant had returned as a central part of traditional liturgy. This book provides a general introduction to the sources of the plainchant revival in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England.
Call Number: ML3082 .Z66 1998
Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion by
Musical floodgates were opened after the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. Suddenly, the U.S. record charts, radio, and television were overrun with British rock and pop musicians. Although this British Invasion was the first exposure many Americans had to popular music from the United Kingdom, British pop -- and more specifically British rock and roll -- had been developing since the middle of the 1950s. Author James Perone here chronicles the development of British rock, from the 1950s imitators of Elvis Presley and other American rockabilly artists, to the new blends of rockabilly, R&B, Motown, and electric blues that defined the British Invasion as we recognize it today. Die-hard fans of the Beatles, the Who, and the Kinks will all want a copy, as will anyone interested in the 1960s more generally. May 1964 saw major gang-style battles break out in British resort communities between the Mods and the Rockers. The tensions between the two groups had been developing for several years, with each group claiming their own sense of culture and style. The Mods wore designer clothing, rode Vespa motor scooters, and shared an affinity for black American soul music, while the Rockers favored powerful motorcycles, greased-back hair, and 1950s American rock and roll. It was within this context that the sounds of the British Invasion developed. Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion chronicles the development of British rock through the iconic artists who inspired the movement, as well as through the bands who later found incredible success overseas. In addition to analyzing the music in the context of the British youth culture of the early 1960s, Perone analyzes the reasons that the British bands came to so thoroughly dominate the record charts and airwaves in the United States. The contributions of Cliff Richard, Billy Fury, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, Tommy Steele, the Tornados, Tony Sheridan, Blues Incorporated, and others to the development of British rock and roll are examined, as are the contributions and commercial and artistic impact of major British Invasion artists such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Dave Clark Five, the Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, the Who, the Kinks, and others. After investigating these groups and their influences upon one another, Perone concludes by examining the commercial and stylistic impact British rock musicians had on the American music of the time.
Call Number: ML3534.6.G7 P47 2009
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Facts in Brief
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland lies in north-western Europe. In 1997 the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair, secured an overwhelming parliamentary majority, defeating the Conservative Party, which had held office for some 18 years. The Labour Party was re-elected in 2001 and 2005, and Gordon Brown succeeded Blair as Prime Minister in 2007. In 2010 the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats formed the UK's first coalition Government since the Second World War, led by David Cameron of the Conservative Party. Following a general election held in May 2015, Cameron formed a Conservative Government. Cameron announced after a referendum held on 23 June 2016 (at which 51.9% of voters supported a British exit from the European Union), that he would step down from office by October. Theresa May became Conservative Party leader, and thus premier, in July. Following a general election held in June 2017, May continued as leader of a minority Conservative Party administration after an agreement was reached with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) under the terms of which the DUP would support the Government in certain key votes in Parliament. Following May’s resignation in June 2019, Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July. The Conservative Party secured a majority at an early election held in December 2019, and Johnson continued as Prime Minister. London is the capital. The language is English.
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English Music (Grove Music Online)
English folk music has co-existed with popular ‘mass’ music at least since the 17th century (when classic ballads, such as James Harris (The Daemon Lover), attributed to the broadside writer Laurence Price, became part of the traditional repertory), with each fuelling the other at different times (see Ballad §I). Manuscript and printed copies of songs and tunes have continued to underpin oral tradition to this day. For example, the renowned Copper family from Rottingdean in Sussex has used one book of song texts for their performances for several generations; Arthur Howard, a South Pennine shepherd, had envelopes crammed with chapbook songsters and songsheets dating back over a hundred years; and among Northumbrian pipers there has been a long tradition of musical literacy in which tunes have been passed on or exchanged in manuscript or printed form as well as by aural memory.
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Listen to Music from the United Kingdom
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