A survey of English music from the medieval period to the early twentieth century, examining the development of different genres, styles, and composers in their

First published in 2006. The social history of music first makes an appearance—even if only sporadically—in treatises which during the seventeenth and eight

Andrew Gant's compelling account traces English church music from Anglo-Saxon origins to the present. It is a history of the music and of the people who made, s

The turn of the 20th century was a time of great change in Britain. The empire saw its global influence waning and its traditional social structures challenged.