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This set of volmes should be come this century's definitive work on British theatrical history. The essays are eminently readable and informative. It will be a must for all theatre buffs and historians.

Contributors explore new aspects of composition and performance in this comprehensive examination of the repertory, institutions, performers, composers, and social and cultural world of one of the greatest moments in music history. They consider the cosmopolitan nature of music making; emergence of markets for musical activity; and development of new musical styles and gestures. The work also contains a separate chronology and dictionary-style entries on individuals, places and institutions.

At the beginning of the twentieth century 'music' meant the 'art' tradition of Western Europe and North America; by the end of the century that was just one tradition among many. Written by a group of experts in the field, this book surveys what happened to the Western 'art' tradition alongside the development of jazz, popular music, and world music, linking the history of music with that of its social contexts.

This set of volmes should be come this century's definitive work on British theatrical history. The essays are eminently readable and informative. It will be a must for all theatre buffs and historians. This is the the three-volume set of the Cambridge History of British Theatre, general editor: Peter Thomson. The individual volumes are: Milling and Thomson/Cambridge History of British Theatre, vol. 1: Origins to 1660 Donohue/The Cambridge History of British Theatre, vol. 2: 1660 to 1895 Kershaw/The Cambridge History of British Theatre, vol. 3: Since 1895