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Sounds of the Metropolis: The Nineteenth-Century Popular Music Revolution in London, New York, Paris, and Vienna. By Derek B. Scott.

Sounds of the Metropolis: The Nineteenth-Century Popular Music Revolution in London, New York,... Music & Letters,Vol. 90 No. 4,  The Author (2009). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. REVIEWS OF BOOKS between art and entertainment’; the second Sounds of the Metropolis: The Nineteenth-Century deals with each of the four cities in turn. Popular Music Revolution in London, New York, Within this admirably clear and simple Paris, and Vienna. By Derek B. Scott. pp. scheme, the author plays the part of historian, viii þ 304. (Oxford University Press, New musical analyst, and social theorist, with very York and Oxford, 2008, »21.99. ISBN 978-0- uneven success. 19-530946-1.) Best of all, by a long way, is the historian. Professor Scott tells us that this book is the In its modern form, Western popular music is a product of ten years’ research, and one can be- product of bigness: big business, huge markets, lieve him. It is packed with historical informa- vast cities. This fact, so obvious as to be easily tion, much of it unexpected, some of it down- overlooked, is the starting point for Derek B. right bizarre, all of it interesting. One imagines Scott’s book. He singles out four cities as espe- him, in addition to consulting a multitude of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Music and Letters Oxford University Press

Sounds of the Metropolis: The Nineteenth-Century Popular Music Revolution in London, New York, Paris, and Vienna. By Derek B. Scott.

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Music and Letters , Volume 90 (4) – Nov 27, 2009
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The Author (2009). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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Music & Letters,Vol. 90 No. 4,  The Author (2009). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. REVIEWS OF BOOKS between art and entertainment’; the second Sounds of the Metropolis: The Nineteenth-Century deals with each of the four cities in turn. Popular Music Revolution in London, New York, Within this admirably clear and simple Paris, and Vienna. By Derek B. Scott. pp. scheme, the author plays the part of historian, viii þ 304. (Oxford University Press, New musical analyst, and social theorist, with very York and Oxford, 2008, »21.99. ISBN 978-0- uneven success. 19-530946-1.) Best of all, by a long way, is the historian. Professor Scott tells us that this book is the In its modern form, Western popular music is a product of ten years’ research, and one can be- product of bigness: big business, huge markets, lieve him. It is packed with historical informa- vast cities. This fact, so obvious as to be easily tion, much of it unexpected, some of it down- overlooked, is the starting point for Derek B. right bizarre, all of it interesting. One imagines Scott’s book. He singles out four cities as espe- him, in addition to consulting a multitude of

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