A 'GIGANTIC AND POPULAR PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT': GRANVILLE BANTOCK AND MUSIC-MAKING AT THE NEW BRIGHTON TOWER IN THE LATE 1890s.

In 1897, the New Brighton Tower and its Gardens opened for business. This vast leisure precinct attracted millions of visitors each year and provided a host of leisure activities including ballroom dancing, acrobatics, exhibitions of foreign and exotic cultures and orchestral concerts. This article...

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Published in:	Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 109 - 165
Main Author:	Watt, Paul
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2009
Subjects:	Orchestra Bantock, Granville, 1868-1946 Music history Recreation centers New Brighton (Wirral, England) Wirral (England) England
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