João Silva, Entertaining Lisbon: Music, Theatre & Modern Life in the Late 19th Century

João Silva was awarded his PhD by the University of Newcastle for his thesis on music and theatre in Portugal. In his book Entertaining Lisbon, a captivating work of Cultural History research, he “studies the connections between construction of the modern Portuguese nation-state and popular enterta...

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Auteur principal: Zozaya-Montes, María
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: Transposition 2021
Accès en ligne:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:João Silva was awarded his PhD by the University of Newcastle for his thesis on music and theatre in Portugal. In his book Entertaining Lisbon, a captivating work of Cultural History research, he “studies the connections between construction of the modern Portuguese nation-state and popular entertainment between 1867 and 1910, focusing on theatrical music” (p. 1). He analyses the creation of realities and social images through music, explaining how cultural construction was related to the id...