The BBC and Ultra-Modern Music, 1922-1936 Shaping a Nation's Tastes |
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| Author:
| Doctor, Jennifer |
| Series title: | Music in the Twentieth Century Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-03586-6 |
| Publication Date: | May 2007 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $47.95 |
Book Description:
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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 contemporary music between 1922, when the BBC was founded, and spring 1936. This reception study traces and analyses the BBC's attempts to manipulate critical and public responses to this repertory.
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 contemporary music between 1922, when the BBC was founded, and spring 1936. This reception study traces and analyses the BBC's attempts to manipulate critical and public responses to this repertory.