Paul Watt is a senior lecturer in musicology at Monash University. His books include Ernest Newman: A Critical Biography (2017), Cheap Print and Popular Song in the Nineteenth Century: A Cultural History of the Songster (edited with Derek B. Scott and Patrick Spedding, 2017), Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot (edited with Anne-Marie Forbes, 2015) and Bawdy Songbooks of the Romantic Period (edited with Patrick Spedding, 2011).

'Paul Watt's concise account substantially augments our comprehension of this neglected but important field of activity.' Paul Rodmell, University of Birmingham, Music and Letters

• 1. Contexts 2. Problems 3. Solutions 4. Style 5. Method 6. Legacies

Paul Watt is a senior lecturer in musicology at Monash University. His books include Ernest Newman: A Critical Biography (2017), Cheap Print and Popular Song in the Nineteenth Century: A Cultural History of the Songster (edited with Derek B. Scott and Patrick Spedding, 2017), Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot (edited with Anne-Marie Forbes, 2015) and Bawdy Songbooks of the Romantic Period (edited with Patrick Spedding, 2011).

'Paul Watt's concise account substantially augments our comprehension of this neglected but important field of activity.' Paul Rodmell, University of Birmingham, Music and Letters

• 1. Contexts 2. Problems 3. Solutions 4. Style 5. Method 6. Legacies

Paul Watt is a senior lecturer in musicology at Monash University. His books include Ernest Newman: A Critical Biography (2017), Cheap Print and Popular Song in the Nineteenth Century: A Cultural History of the Songster (edited with Derek B. Scott and Patrick Spedding, 2017), Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot (edited with Anne-Marie Forbes, 2015) and Bawdy Songbooks of the Romantic Period (edited with Patrick Spedding, 2011).

'Paul Watt's concise account substantially augments our comprehension of this neglected but important field of activity.' Paul Rodmell, University of Birmingham, Music and Letters

• 1. Contexts 2. Problems 3. Solutions 4. Style 5. Method 6. Legacies