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The melodies linger on : the story of music hall / by W. MacQueen-Pope.

By: Macqueen-Pope, W. (Walter), 1888-1960.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : W. H. Allen, [1950]Description: 459 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Music -- England -- History and criticismDDC classification: 792.7
Contents:
Food and fun -- Eat, drink and be merry -- Music Hall is born -- The Canterbury music hall -- A doughty fighter -- Music hall in full flood -- Blazing the trail -- The greatest comedian -- The early provincial halls -- When East met West -- The Pav and the Palace -- Passing of the Master -- Cosmopolitan club -- The tide flows back -- The house that Stoll built -- Charity, press and publicity -- Agents and agencies -- The old timers -- Some of the singers -- Some wonderful women -- Some sang: some did other things -- Tops, bottoms and middles -- They were real stars -- And these were planets -- The men who wrote the songs -- The zenith, the nadir and now.

Food and fun -- Eat, drink and be merry -- Music Hall is born -- The Canterbury music hall -- A doughty fighter -- Music hall in full flood -- Blazing the trail -- The greatest comedian -- The early provincial halls -- When East met West -- The Pav and the Palace -- Passing of the Master -- Cosmopolitan club -- The tide flows back -- The house that Stoll built -- Charity, press and publicity -- Agents and agencies -- The old timers -- Some of the singers -- Some wonderful women -- Some sang: some did other things -- Tops, bottoms and middles -- They were real stars -- And these were planets -- The men who wrote the songs -- The zenith, the nadir and now.