Music in North-East England provides a wide-ranging exploration of
musical life in the North-East of England during the early modern
period. It contributes to a growing number of studies concerned with
developing a nationwide account of British musical culture. By defining
the North-East in its widest sense, the collection illuminates localised
differences, distinct musical cultures in urban centres and rural
locations, as well as region-wide networks, and situates regional
musical life in broader national and international contexts. Music in
North-East England affords new insights into aspects of musical life
that have been the focus of previous studies of British musical life -
such as public concerts - but also draws attention to aspects that have
attracted less scholarly attention in histories of early modern British
musical culture: the musical activities and tastes of non-elite
consumers; interactions between art music and cheap print and popular
song; music education beyond London and its satellite environs; the
recovery of northern urban soundscapes; and the careers of professional
musicians who have not previously been the focus of major published
musicological studies.
STEPHANIE CARTER is a music historian and archivist.
KIRSTEN GIBSON is Senior Lecturer and Head of Music at Newcastle
University.
ROZ SOUTHEY is a music historian and novelist.
CONTRIBUTORS: Stephanie Carter, Kirsten Gibson, Roz Southey, Diana
Wyatt, Magnus Williamson, Matthew Gardner, Simon D.I. Fleming,
Christopher Roberts, Eleanor Warren, Andrew Woolley, Stephen A. Marini,
Amanda Eubanks Winkler, Amélie Addison, Barbara Crosbie, Oskar Cox
Jensen.
