Trowell, I.M. orcid.org/0000-0001-6039-7765 (2018) ‘Only one can rule the night’: Fairs and music in post-1945 Britain. Popular Music History, 10 (3). pp. 262-279. ISSN 1740-7133
Abstract
This article charts and examines the relationship between popular music and the British travelling fairground in the post-1945 years. I set out a historical trajectory of the importance of sound and noise within the fairground, and examine how music in the post-1945 years emerged as an important aspect of this wider soundscape. The complex spatial characteristics of the fairground are considered as fragmented zones with ‘interiors-within-interiors’ forming to facilitate certain music and sounds. This progresses to encompass and engage the subcultural explosion in British society. The fairground becomes a complex mode of musical consumption, facilitating access to music, enhancing the sound through somatic engagement and providing a temporary space for subcultures to flourish. I draw on historical materials, archival evidence and gathered testimony to look at the 1950s period of new music, then plot a course to the current phase of dance music and club culture.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Equinox Publishing. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Popular Music History. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2018 13:56 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jan 2020 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1558/pomh.34399 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Equinox Publishing |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1558/pomh.34399 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:125906 |