Jenni Hyde
My thesis took the ballads of the 'mid-Tudor crisis' period (and we can discuss whether there really was a mid-Tudor crisis in greater detail at another time!) and situated them squarely within their musical context to show that, on occasion, popular song formed part of a proto-public sphere. The thesis provided musical analysis of ballad tunes, as well as demonstrating that during this period of political, religious and social upheaval, ballads were a medium through which people could debate the causes and consequences of changes in the world around them.
Categories used most frequently by the blogger:
ballads Conferences music Historical research writing seminars public engagement teaching Research Brindle John Balshaw Lancashire epitaphs News Historical Association Singing Literature Compass early modern ballads just for fun archives
17 November 2023
We’re over the hump. Week 6 was, in the words of our excellent part 2 administrator, the week that was trying to kill me. In an already crowded teaching timetable, I had an extra...
8 September 2023
I’ve just found out what I’m teaching next year, and it’s quite a change from previous years. Of course, I’m going to be teaching my new Crisis and Continuity Course at Part...
John Balshaw’s Jigge: a Live Performance – the Brindle performance
25 August 2023
Finale of John Balshaw’s Jigge On Saturday 17 June 2023, I led a cast of students and professionals to put on the world premiere of John Balshaw’s Jigge in Brindle, where it...
New Role with the Social History Society
18 August 2023
Long time readers of this blog will know that for a couple of years I was the administrator for the Social History Society. The role is run as a postdoctoral position out of the History...