From the stage to the street: theatre music and the broadside ballad in London, 1797-1844
<p>The broadside ballad was a type of cheap literature that appeared after the invention of Gutenberg’s moveable-type technology (c.1450); it soon proliferated in Europe—particularly in Britain, where it thrived for nearly 400 years. British broadsides were typically printed with strophic vers...
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2019
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