Entertaining Lisbon : music, theater, and modern life in the late 19th century /

Entertaining Lisbon explores Portuguese entertainment as a form of negotiation between local, national, and transnational influences on identity. Connecting gender, class, ethnicity, and technology with theatrical repertoires, street sounds, and domestic music making, author João Silva investigates...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Silva, João (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Series:	Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.
Subjects:	Musical theater > Social aspects > Portugal > Lisbon > History > 19th century. Music > Portugal > Lisbon > 19th century > History and criticism. Lisbon (Portugal) > Social life and customs > 19th century. Nationalism in music. Fados > Portugal > History and criticism. Music trade > Social aspects > Portugal > Lisbon > History > 19th century. Sound recordings > Social aspects > Portugal > Lisbon > History > 19th century. Théâtre musical > Aspect social > Portugal > Lisbonne > Histoire > 19e siècle. Musique > Portugal > Lisbonne > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Nationalisme dans la musique. Fados > Portugal > Histoire et critique. Musique > Industrie > Aspect social > Portugal > Lisbonne > Histoire > 19e siècle. MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical. Fados Manners and customs Music Nationalism in music Sound recordings > Social aspects Portugal Portugal > Lisbon 1800-1899 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of Contents:

The long nineteenth-century in Portugal and the transformation of Lisbon
Opera, operetta, and revista : music and entertainment in Lisbon
Song collection in Portugal : between domestic entertainment and scientific objectivity
Programs, postcards, coplas and sheet music
The mechanization of everyday life : mechanical instruments, phonography and modernity.