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Scottish music publishers flourished in Glasgow and Edinburgh until the mid-twentieth century, declining due to provincialism, the increase of recorded media and decrease in domestic music-making. Publishing tartan-covered Scottish songs, fiddle tunes and other dance repertoire was core to the success of Kerr’s and Mozart Allan.
Mozart Allan’s The Glories of Scotland differs from earlier songbooks, as proprietor Jack Fletcher seemingly had the Festival of Britain (1951) in mind.
Post-war Britain pushed to inspire optimism at home and abroad; tourism was encouraged. Fletcher approached the Scottish Tourist Board and British Railways for illustrations to accompany his book, but shrewdly, half of the repertoire derived from the slightly earlier, Scotland Calling. The numbers of surviving copies of each are telling.
Mozart Allan’s The Glories of Scotland differs from earlier songbooks, as proprietor Jack Fletcher seemingly had the Festival of Britain (1951) in mind.
Post-war Britain pushed to inspire optimism at home and abroad; tourism was encouraged. Fletcher approached the Scottish Tourist Board and British Railways for illustrations to accompany his book, but shrewdly, half of the repertoire derived from the slightly earlier, Scotland Calling. The numbers of surviving copies of each are telling.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | A Visitor Attraction |
| Subtitle of host publication | Print for Tourists |
| Publisher | Peter Lang |
| Chapter | 8 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 28 Apr 2022 |
Publication series
| Name | Centre for Printing History and Culture (CPHC) series |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Peter Lang |
Keywords
- Scottish culture
- Tourism
- Scottish songs
- Music publishing
- Scottish social history