A. Pieper

Music and the Making of Middle-Class Culture

A Comparative History of Nineteenth-Century Leipzig and Birmingham

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Music and the Making of the Middle Class explores the making of middle-class culture by analyzing and comparing the ethos and organization of Leipzig's Gewandhaus and Birmingham's Triennial Festival. It employs a multidisciplinary approach to identify the social processes which formed the cultural configurations and meanings of art.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-54513-7
• 2008
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 139mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780230545137
• ISBN-10: 0230545130
• Artikelnr.: 23300866

Autorenporträt

ANTJE PIEPER studied Modern History at the University of Birmingham, UK, before going on to complete a PhD in 2005 on the 'Making of Middle-Class Culture in Germany and England from c. 1750-1914'. During her Masters and Doctoral research she has taught undergraduate courses on the social and cultural history of the Victorian middle classes.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter One: Introducing the Towns The Rise of Cultural Diversity, ca1750-1820 From Early Beginnings to Consolidation: The late 18th century to 1847 Post-Mendelssohn to Fin-de-Siècle Transformations and Approaches to War: Fin-de-Siècle to 1914 Conclusion Bibliography