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Description: | Music Hall songs were not written for the critic, the intellectual or scholar, they were for the people in the 'pit', the audience. Audiences were not afraid to shout their disapproval and even when enjoying the performance heckling was common. Simple humour and tragedy were the most popular topics, songs about the 'mother in law' and 'unrequited love', were popular, as is the case here. Choruses had to be simple and catchy so that everyone could join in, and the characters satirised by the performers had to be familiar so that anyone could sympathise with them. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | Hopwood & Crew, 42 New Bond Street, W | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Musical Hall Songs Trade And Economics | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Clifton, Harry | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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