The BBC and ultra-modern music, 1922-1936 : shaping a nation's tastes /

"This book examines the BBC's campaign to raise cultural awareness of British mass audiences in the early days of radio. As a specific case, it focuses on policies and plans behind transmissions of music by composers associated with Arnold Schoenberg's circle between 1922, when the BB...

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Main Author: Doctor, Jennifer R. (Jennifer Ruth), 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:Music in the twentieth century
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. The Emergence of BBC Music Programmes. 1. The British music industry and the BBC between the wars. 2. BBC personnel, policies and programmes in the 1920s
  • pt. II. The Pitt Years, 1922-1929. 3. The foundations of music programming, 1922-1926. 4. The music programmes take shape, 1926-1927. 5. The first wave of Second Viennese School broadcasts, 1927-1928. 6. Refining the music programmes, 1928-1929. 7. Pitt's final season, 1929-1930
  • pt. III. The Early Boult Years, 1930-1936. 8. Boult's initial seasons, 1930-1931, 1931-1932. 9. Transition to the new regime, 1932-1933, 1933-1934. 10. Policies and politics, 1934-1935, 1935-1936. 11. Clark's legacy.