Caught in a whirlpool of aching sound
The production of dance music in Britain in the 1920s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5118442 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Hustwitt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Pages | 7-31 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Popular Music (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-1430 • E-ISSN: 1474-0095 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0261143000001549 |
| OpenAlex | W1988794491 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
In the years between 1910 and 1930 there occurred a number of changes in the forms of popular music enjoyed in Britain, in the ways this music was produced and disseminated, and in its use for pleasure and profit. In this article I am concerned with mapping together themes which have hitherto been investigated in isolation; I focus on the relation of musical forms to their users, bandleaders, musicians, dancers, 'jazz fans', record companies, etc., rather than on any single aspect of popular music. I investigate the way in which the importation of new forms of music and dance from the USA, the social disruptions of the First World War and the more general trends in British society and its economy coalesce to re-orientate musical pleasures during the 1920s. I begin by examining changes in music and dance immediately before and during the First World War
Art · Dance · Electronic dance music · Jazz · Musical · Pleasure · Popular music · Visual arts · Diversity and Impact of Dance · History · Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2008 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |