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       The hidden musicians

      The hidden musicians

       Music-making in an English town

      Ruth Finnegan

      WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

       Middletown, Connecticut

      Published by Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT 06459

      www.wesleyan.edu/wespress

      First Wesleyan edition 2007

      © 1989 by Cambridge University Press

      Preface to the 2007 edition © 2007 by Ruth Finnegan

      All rights reserved

      Originally published in cloth by Cambridge University Press in 1989

      Printed in the United States of America

      Library of Congress Control Number 2007929707

      ISBNs for the paperback edition:

      ISBN–13: 978–0–8195–6853–3

      ISBN–10: 0–8195–6853–8

       The Library of Congress has cataloged the original edition as follows:

      LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

      Finnegan, Ruth H.

      The hidden musicians: music-making in an English town / Ruth Finnegan.

      p. cm.

      Bibliography.

      Includes index.

      ISBN 0–521–36066–8

      1. Music—England—Milton Keynes—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Musicians—England—Milton Keynes. I. Title.

      ML286.8.M54F5 1989

780′.9425′91–dc 19 88–30031

      Cover illustrations: “Folk on the Green” in 1981: the annual folk event on Horsefair Green in Stony Stratford.

      To my parents

      AGNES and TOM FINNEGAN

      music-makers in that other fair city, Derry

      Contents

       List of illustrations ix

       Preface to the 2007 edition xi

       Preface xvii

       Acknowledgments xix

       List of abbreviations xxiii

       1 Introductory 1

       1 The existence and study of local music 3

       2 ‘Amateur’ and ‘professional’ musicians 12

       3 Introduction to Milton Keynes and its music 19

       2 Musical worlds in Milton Keynes 31

       4 The classical music world at the local level 33

       5 The brass band world 47

       6 The folk music world 58

       7 The world of musical theatre 71

       8 Jazz 78

       9 The country and western world 90

       10 Rock and pop 103

       3 Contrasts and comparisons 131

       11 Learning music 133

       12 Performances and their conditions 143

       13 Composition, creativity and performance 160

       14 Plural worlds 180

       4 The organisation and work of local music 191

       15 Music in the home and school 193

       16 The churches and music 207

       17 Club and pub music 222

       18 Working at it: organisation and administration in music groups – the case of the Sherwood Choir 236

       19 Small working bands and their organisation 255

       20 Resources, rewards and support 273

       5 The significance of local music 295

       21 Pathways in urban living 297

       22 Music, society, humanity 327

       Appendix A note on methods and presentation 342

       Notes 348

       References 358

       Index 371

      Illustrations

       1 Borough of Milton Keynes and surrounding area 20

       2 The new city

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