Music Making in the West Riding of Yorkshire: The Exploration of a Unique Musical Phenomenon (2000) edited by Adrian Smith

Music Making in the West Riding of Yorkshire: The Exploration of a Unique Musical Phenomenon was edited by Adrian Smith, and was first published in 2000 by R.H. Wood of Farnley Tyas.

The authors of the book were Judith Blezzard, Bob Edwards, Michael Kirke, Roy Newsome, John Norman, and Chris Robins. The foreword was written by Arthur Butterworth MBE.

Details

• 224 pages
• hardback
• ISBN 0953988503

Contents

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Choral Music
• Church Music & The Sings
• Opera and Operatic Societies
• Orchestral Music
• University Music
• Music in York
• Early Music
• Brass Bands
• Festivals
• Local Authority Involvement
• Music Businesses
• Organs and Organ Builders