Buckley Hall Archives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:30:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Training the pauper child – musical performance http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/training-the-pauper-child-musical-performance/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/training-the-pauper-child-musical-performance/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:06:34 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=111 Post by Jenny Hughes Musical performance – singing, playing an instrument, performing in an orchestral or brass band – was a core part of the educational curriculum for the poor child in the 19th century. Musical performance was seen as a means of personal and social education and a disciplinary […]

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