The Hidden Musicians: Music-Making in an English Town

by Ruth Finnegan

A classic ethnography reveals the worlds of amateur musicians. Back in print with a new preface.

A landmark in the study of music and culture, this acclaimed volume documents the remarkable scope of amateur music-making in the English town of Milton Keynes. It presents in vivid detail the contrasting yet overlapping worlds of classical orchestras, church choirs, brass bands, amateur operatic societies, and amateur bands playing jazz,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819568538
• ISBN13: 9780819568533
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up