Let's imagine certain areas of technology advance at faster paces, and Radios, Vinyl Records and Gramophones are invented and manufactured in Frankfurt, Prague, and Rotterdam during the Victorian era. as time goes by they become cheaper and more and more popular. Prussia is somehow prevented from uniting Germany and souring French and British perceptions of Greater Germany. The electric guitar is invented in Cologne in 1876.
If it is possible for these advances in the 1830s and 40s, perhaps they could become prominent through recorded revolutionary speeches criss-crossing Europe as vinyl records.
(How plausible is this? I know naught of manufacturing and suchlike, or Prussian history...)
These areas quickly become hubs of the new music industry, and many varied musical groups spring up, singing in Czech and the various dialects of German. As competition grew, experimentation to attracts fans created entirely new genres of music. The songs are initially largely concerned with drinking and romance, but diversify as time goes on.
Private radio ownership is initially extremely low, with the first contact with the device often being in the local town hall where news was broadcast. People are captivated by it, and wealthier people order their own ones. The industry expands as the Assembly Line method arrives early, making the Radio cheaper and more easily produced. Soon most middle class families have a radio in a central position of their home, and by the 1880s working class families can afford them.
The German, Dutch and Bohemian groups become popular abroad and for many years dominate in France and Britain. However, there is a growing resentment of this 'cultural monopoly' and the increasing numbers of Czech and German loanwords appearing in vernacular French and English. There is also a degree of competition between German Bands from different states and dialectal regions. Ukrainian folk music is also experiencing a revival influenced by the new musical advances. The Gaelic league is formed earlier in Ireland, and capitalises on the new medium in the 1870s, usually by working with parish priests and broadcasting for the locals after Sunday Mass. State radio stations are set up and advertised, but they lacked the casual vulgarity and genuine enthusiasm of the privately operated, and later pirate, radio stations. The powers that be have many reasons to clamp down on or discourage uncensored radio, as it encourages political dissent, nationalism in minorities, regionalism, and brings in foreign influence.
This is also the era of idealistic linguistic experiments, such as Volapuk and Esperanto. Suppose a language designed to be aesthetically pleasing and with a simple grammar arose for use in international music? Based primarily on the Modern Romance Languages, German, English and Czech-Slovak. Would it be seen as neutral, could it become popular, or be anything other than a flop? Note there are no world-shattering conflicts between 1860 and 1960.
Again, how plausible is this? For example, would your average John Bull have any reservations about listening to foreign music?
If it is possible for these advances in the 1830s and 40s, perhaps they could become prominent through recorded revolutionary speeches criss-crossing Europe as vinyl records.
(How plausible is this? I know naught of manufacturing and suchlike, or Prussian history...)
These areas quickly become hubs of the new music industry, and many varied musical groups spring up, singing in Czech and the various dialects of German. As competition grew, experimentation to attracts fans created entirely new genres of music. The songs are initially largely concerned with drinking and romance, but diversify as time goes on.
Private radio ownership is initially extremely low, with the first contact with the device often being in the local town hall where news was broadcast. People are captivated by it, and wealthier people order their own ones. The industry expands as the Assembly Line method arrives early, making the Radio cheaper and more easily produced. Soon most middle class families have a radio in a central position of their home, and by the 1880s working class families can afford them.
The German, Dutch and Bohemian groups become popular abroad and for many years dominate in France and Britain. However, there is a growing resentment of this 'cultural monopoly' and the increasing numbers of Czech and German loanwords appearing in vernacular French and English. There is also a degree of competition between German Bands from different states and dialectal regions. Ukrainian folk music is also experiencing a revival influenced by the new musical advances. The Gaelic league is formed earlier in Ireland, and capitalises on the new medium in the 1870s, usually by working with parish priests and broadcasting for the locals after Sunday Mass. State radio stations are set up and advertised, but they lacked the casual vulgarity and genuine enthusiasm of the privately operated, and later pirate, radio stations. The powers that be have many reasons to clamp down on or discourage uncensored radio, as it encourages political dissent, nationalism in minorities, regionalism, and brings in foreign influence.
This is also the era of idealistic linguistic experiments, such as Volapuk and Esperanto. Suppose a language designed to be aesthetically pleasing and with a simple grammar arose for use in international music? Based primarily on the Modern Romance Languages, German, English and Czech-Slovak. Would it be seen as neutral, could it become popular, or be anything other than a flop? Note there are no world-shattering conflicts between 1860 and 1960.
Again, how plausible is this? For example, would your average John Bull have any reservations about listening to foreign music?