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Aesthetic liberalism / Sarah Collins -- Musical discipline and Victorian liberal reform / Erin Johnson-Williams -- "Brightening the lives of the people on Sunday": the National Sunday League and liberal attitudes towards concert promotion in Victorian Britain / Simon McVeigh -- Music and mass education: cultivation or control? / Rosemary Golding -- A musical presence among liberal thinkers: Eliza Flower and her circle, 1832-1845 / Kate Bowan -- "That more liberal mode of life": Rosa Newmarch, aestheticism and queer listening in Victorian and Edwardian Britain / Philip Ross Bullock -- Style, character and revelation in Parry's fourth symphony / Matthew Riley -- The Parrys and Prometheus unbound: actualising liberalism / Phyllis Weliver - Liberalism and Victorian musical sympathy / Bennett Zon -- Music and character in the London reception of Wagner: conducting the Philharmonic, ca. 1855 / Katherine Fry -- Afterword: liberalism in the round / Peter Mandler

The discourse of Victorian liberalism has long been explored by scholars of literature, with reference to politics, ethics and aesthetics. Yet little attention has been paid to music's role in the context of these debates, leaving a rich collection of historical and archival detail on the periphery of our understanding. From the impact of the National Sunday League to the reception of Wagner in London, this collection of essays aims to nuance current approaches to the aesthetic facets of liberalism, examining the interaction between music and liberal ideas in a variety of social contexts. The significance of music for modern conceptions of self-hood and community is uncovered, revealing a new dimension of Victorian liberalism

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