Classical Music Radio in the United Kingdom, 1945-1995

• Main Author: Stoller, Tony (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; Civilization-History.; Europe-History-1492-.; Social history.; Music.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Cultural History.; History of Modern Europe.; Social History.

This book is the first comprehensive account of classical music on all British radio stations, BBC and commercial, between 1945 and 1995. It narrates the shifting development of those services, from before the launch of the Third Programme until after the start of Classic FM, examining the output fr...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction: The music we are accustomed to call classical
• Chapter 2. The Forties: A pyramid of taste
• Chapter 3. The Fifties: Defending the elite
• Chapter 4.  The Sixties: Simple and conservative tastes
• Chapter 5. The Seventies: Breaking the monopoly
• Chapter 6. The Eighties: Keeping the Philistines at bay
• Chapter 7. The Nineties: Saga louts and dumbing down
• Chapter 8. Conclusions: Engaging on equal terms?
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Index.