Simon Mcveigh

Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a detailed investigation of a lively and innovative period in London's cultural life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9780521028905
• ISBN-10: 0521028906
• Artikelnr.: 21721190

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Map of London in the second half of the eighteenth century
1. Prologue
Part I. The Social Role of the Concert: 2. 'An exclusive principle': subscription and ancient concerts
3. Other types of concert
4. The concert in London life
Part II. Attracting an Audience: 5. The musical product: novelty and familiarity
6. The musical product: programming
7. Taste and national idioms
8. Musical style: 'music intended to reach the heart'
9. Musical style: the learned, the sublime and the dramatic
Part III. Concert Management and the Musician: 10. The finances of concert promotion
11. Life as a professional musician
12. The practicalities of concert promotion
13. Epilogue
Appendices
Notes
Musical sources
Select bibliography
Index.