The BBC and ultra-modern music, 1922-1936
Subtitle: shaping a nation's tastes
By: Jennifer Doctor.
Series: Music in the twentieth century
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
Subjects: Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951 -- Performances -- Great Britain.; Berg, Alban, 1885-1935 -- Performances -- Great Britain.; Webern, Anton, 1883-1945 -- Performances -- Great Britain.; British Broadcasting Corporation -- History.; Radio and music -- Great Britain.; Avant garde (Music) -- Great Britain.; Music -- Great Britain -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Description: "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 BBC was founded, and spring 1936, when Edward Clark, a former Schoenberg pupil and central figure in BBC music, resigned from the Corporation. This reception study traces and analyses the BBC's attempts to manipulate critical and public responses to this repertory."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.