John Williamson & Martin Cloonan 
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A history of the British Musicians’ Union, 1893–2013

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This is about musicians’ working lives in Britain from the late Victorian era to the present day. Using the Musicians’ Union as a prism through which to explore those lives, the book illuminates the key factors which shape musicians’ working lives including such things as changes in technology, law and the music industries, while also considering matters of nationality, gender and genre. Anyone interested in music and the people who make it will be interested in this history.

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Table of Content

Introduction
1. Musicians’ organisations before 1893
2. Early days: the Amalgamated Musicians’ Union, 1893-1918
3. Boom and bust: 1919-33
4. The politics of dancing: 1934-45
5. Worlds of possibilities: 1946-55
6. The beat generation: 1956-70
7. The John Morton years: 1971-90
8. Disharmony: 1991-2002
9. Beginning again: the MU in the twenty-first century
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Martin Cloonan is Professor of Popular Music Politics at the University of Glasgow

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9781526108296 ● File size 5.9 MB ● Publisher Manchester University Press ● City Manchester ● Country GB ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5369873 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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