Railways and Music

When the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened in 1825, it was the first steam-powered railway to carry passengers. Since then there has been no shortage of music connected with trains and railways: orchestral pieces and popular songs describing railway journeys; those that celebrate the opening of a new line; worksongs and blues describing the hardship of building the railroads, even the first use of sampled music used railway sounds as its source. From the pastoral serenity of the Flanders and Swann song Slow train to the shrieking horror of holocaust trains in Steve Reichs Different Trains, the railway has inspired countless pieces of music. This is the first book to give a comprehensive coverage of music connected with the railways, it describes over 50 pieces of classical music and covers over 250 popular songs.

ISBN:	9781862182028
Publisher:	University of Huddersfield
Imprint:	University of Huddersfield Press
Published date:	31 Jan 2022
DEWEY:	781.59
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	328
Weight:	684g
Height:	171mm
Width:	239mm
Spine width:	26mm

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