Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
How to shine in Society; or, the art of conversation; containing its principles, laws, ... in modern polite society
Author: The Oxford Handbook of Music Listening in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Author: Christian ThorauPublisher:
ISBN: 0190466960
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
An idealized image of European concert-goers has long prevailed in historical overviews of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This act of listening was considered to be an invisible and amorphous phenomenon, a naturally given mode of perception. This narrative influenced the conditions of listening from the selection of repertoire to the construction of concert halls and programmes. However, as listening moved from the concert hall to the opera house, street music, and jazz venues, new and visceral listening traditions evolved. In turn, the art of listening was shaped by phenomena of the modern era including media innovation and commercialization. This Handbook asks whether, how, and why practices of music listening changed as the audience moved from pleasure gardens and concert venues in the eighteenth century to living rooms in the twentieth century, and mobile devices in the twenty-first. Through these questions, chapters enable a differently conceived history of listening and offer an agenda for future research.
The Athenaeum
Author: Alternative Histories of English
Author: Peter TrudgillPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134569351
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
This book explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English showing how the standard English dialect is to the detriment of those which are non-standard or from other areas of the world.
The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 918
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Publishers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1972
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue
Author: Avero Publications LimitedPublisher:
ISBN: 9780907977568
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: The Descent of Manners
Author: E. A. W. St. GeorgePublisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Looking at the subtle and often bizarre codes of manners that ruled all aspects of Victorian life, Andrew St. George demonstrates how far "manners" permeated the Victorian mentality, from the way they talked, dressed, furnished their houses, and courted their wives to the way they saw the world, judged their achievements, and expressed their inner feelings through literature. He draws links between etiquette books and sermons, and considers the new "democratic" manners of America, financial speculation and scandal, Darwinian science, and decadent verse.