Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1 Control: music and the battle for the working-class mind -- 2 Music and morals, 1840-1880 -- 3 Music and morals, 1880-1914 -- Part 2 Capitalism: entrepreneurs and popular music -- 4 The popular music industry -- 5 The music-hall and its music -- 6 Social and political comment in music-hall song -- 7 Patriotism, jingoism and imperialism -- Part 3 Community: the music of 'the people' -- 8 The emergence of a popular tradition -- 9 Brass bands -- 10 Choral societies -- 11 Music and social change -- Conclusions and epilogue -- Appendix: Working-class composers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.