An in-depth study of the nineteenth-century London ballad-singer, a central figure in British cultural, social and political life.

For three centuries, ballad-singers thrived at the heart of life in London. One of history's great paradoxes, they were routinely disparaged and persecuted, liv

Opera Outside the Box: Notions of Opera in Nineteenth-Century Britain addresses operatic “experiences” outside the opera houses of Britain during the ninete

This volume brings together new approaches to music history to reveal the interdependence of music and religion in nineteenth-century culture. As composers and

Dickensian London is brought to real and vivid life in this innovative, accessible social history, revealing the true character of this place and time through t