Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
Parlour music is a type of popular music which as the name suggests is intended to be performed in the parlours of middle-class homes by amateur singers and pianists. Disseminated as sheet music its heyday came in the 19th century as a result of a steady increase in the number of households with enough surplus cash to purchase musical instruments and instruction in music and with the leisure time and cultural motivation to engage in recreational music-making.
