Michael Kilgarriff--for thirty years a music hall chairman, producer, and musical director--has compiled a wealth of information on popular song in Britain during the 60 years from 1860 to 1920, comprehensively cross-indexed under performer, lyricist, composer, and year. This invaluable and long-awaited addition to the Music Hall literature is unrivalled in its magnitude and unique in its scope.
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of use for Music Hall performers and producers who want to know who wrote what and when and who sang it./Plays and Players Applause Dec 98/Jan99
`With Sing Us One of the Old Songs, the Oxford University Press have made a useful addition to their range of reference works on popular music... it is interesting to note the range and sheer number of songs in many artistes' repertoires... Considering the immensity of the task in producing this work, it is likely to remain the only one of its kind for a considerable length of time, and it provides a valuable tool for the researcher and historian.' Graeme Cruickshank, Theatre Notebook Vol.54 No.2
`A marvellous resource for those wishing to document popular songs in the repertoires of traditional singers... packed with a wealth of information. Many songs which one had taken to be purely traditional can be traced to their source... this is the sort of reference book which is hard to put down, since one pleasing discovery constantly leads to another... a bountiful treasure house which will be plundered far into the next millenium.' Roy Palmer, ED and S
`With Sing Us One of the Old Songs, the Oxford University Press have made a useful addition to their range of reference works on popular music... it is interesting to note the range and sheer number of songs in many artistes' repertoires... Considering the immensity of the task in producing this work, it is likely to remain the only one of its kind for a considerable length of time, and it provides a valuable tool for the researcher and historian.' Graeme Cruickshank, Theatre Notebook Vol.54 No.2
`A marvellous resource for those wishing to document popular songs in the repertoires of traditional singers... packed with a wealth of information. Many songs which one had taken to be purely traditional can be traced to their source... this is the sort of reference book which is hard to put down, since one pleasing discovery constantly leads to another... a bountiful treasure house which will be plundered far into the next millenium.' Roy Palmer, ED and S
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Michael Kilgarriff is an actor, musician, writer. He performs regularly as Music Hall Chairman of the Players' Theatre, London; he has worked for BBC television and radio in a variety of roles (both as actor and writer) and has also appeared in both pantomimes and more serious stage work.
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