Scott, DB orcid.org/0000-0002-5367-6579 (2020) The British Dandy on the Popular Musical Stage (1867–1915). In: Hansen, KA, Askerøi, E and Jarmen, F, (eds.) Popular Musicology and Identity: Essays in Honour of Stan Hawkins. Routledge , London, UK ISBN 9781138322882
Abstract
In his monograph The British Pop Dandy, Stan Hawkins recognises that every age ‘has possessed its own brand of dandies, and general characteristics distinguish one period from the other’ (2009: 15). Hawkins places his study in historical context but concentrates on the dandy of British post-industrial society. That allows me to supplement his work with an account of the British dandy in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. My focus is the dandy on the musical stage, beginning with the sensational success of George Leybourne’s ‘Champagne Charlie’. Although the music-hall ‘swell’ was laughed at, the character appealed strongly to aspirational young men who nurtured hopes of a professional career. Further brief case studies are designed to reveal the complexities of the dandy persona on the musical stage. I compare the aesthetic dandies Oscar Wilde and Reginald Bunthorne (the poet in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience, 1881), and then examine the dandy philanderer (the ‘masher’) in musical comedy of the 1890s. Next, I survey the cross-dressing dandy performances of Vesta Tilley and others, before turning to the blackface dandy and the later emergence of the black dandy entertainer.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 selection and editorial matter, Kai Arne Hansen, Eirik Askerøi, and Freya Jarman; individual chapters, the contributors. This is an author produced version of a book chapter published in Popular Musicology and Identity : Essays in Honour of Stan Hawkins. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Music (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2020 13:11 |
Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2022 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/978042945175... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Identification Number: | 10.4324/9780429451751 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:166541 |