This study considers relationship between British imperialism and music. With its unique ability to stimulate the emotions and to create mental images, music was used to dramatize, illustrate and reinforce the components of the ideological cluster that constituted British imperialism in its heyday: patriotism, monarchism, hero-worship, Protestantism, racialism and chivalry. It was also used to emphasise the inclusiveness of Britain by stressing the contributions of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland to the imperial project.
- ISBN10 0719045061
- ISBN13 9780719045066
- Publish Date 3 January 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 November 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 544
- Language English