Name: It Gives Me Further Pleasure. Further Ruminations Upon the Art of the Music Hall Chairman Plus Over Six Hundred Ready-Made Song Introductions
SKU: 64782617
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Author: Michael Kilgarriff
ISBN: 9780573190070

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It Gives Me Further Pleasure. Further Ruminations Upon the Art of the Music Hall Chairman Plus Over Six Hundred Ready-Made Song Introductions

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Samuel French Ltd

Author

Michael Kilgarriff

Year

1996

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x13.8 cm

ISBN13

9780573190070

It Gives Me Further Pleasure. Further Ruminations Upon the Art of the Music Hall Chairman Plus Over Six Hundred Ready-Made Song Introductions

Michael Kilgarriff (Author) · Samuel French Ltd · Paperback

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Synopsis "It Gives Me Further Pleasure. Further Ruminations Upon the Art of the Music Hall Chairman Plus Over Six Hundred Ready-Made Song Introductions"

With over 600 song titles of the period, this text provides both a source book for the music hall chairmen, and an historical insight into the genre. Whether researching for a music hall evening, or reading purely "for pleasure", this volume should make informative and amusing reading.

This text represents the distillation of over 30 years experience as a music hall chairman. It provides both a source book for music hall chairmen and an historical insight into the genre, as well as over 600 song titles of the period given, together with their lyricists, composers, dates of first performance or publication and the artists who made them famous. Introductions and back announcements are given for each - some straightforward, some funny and some downright saucy! Whether researching for a music hall evening, or reading purely for pleasure, this volume should make informative and amusing reading.