Consuming Music: Individuals, Institutions, Communities 1730-1830 (eastman Studies In Music)
by Emily H. Green /
2017 / English / PDF
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The successful sale and distribution of music has always depended
on both a physical and a social infrastructure. Though the
existence of that infrastructure may be clear, its organization and
participants are among the least preserved and thus least
understood elements of historical musical culture. Who bought music
and how did those consumers know what music was available? Where
was it sold and by whom? How did the consumption of music affect
its composition? How was consumers' musical taste shaped and by
whom? Focusing on the long eighteenth century, this collection of
nine essays investigates such questions from a variety of
perspectives, each informed by parallels between the consumption of
music and that of dance, visual art, literature, and philosophy in
France, the Austro-German lands, and the United States. Chapters
relate the activities of composers, performers, patrons,
publishers, theorists, impresarios, and critics, exploring
consumers' tastes, publishers' promotional strategies, celebrity
culture, and the wider communities that were fundamental to these
and many more aspects of musical culture.
The successful sale and distribution of music has always depended
on both a physical and a social infrastructure. Though the
existence of that infrastructure may be clear, its organization and
participants are among the least preserved and thus least
understood elements of historical musical culture. Who bought music
and how did those consumers know what music was available? Where
was it sold and by whom? How did the consumption of music affect
its composition? How was consumers' musical taste shaped and by
whom? Focusing on the long eighteenth century, this collection of
nine essays investigates such questions from a variety of
perspectives, each informed by parallels between the consumption of
music and that of dance, visual art, literature, and philosophy in
France, the Austro-German lands, and the United States. Chapters
relate the activities of composers, performers, patrons,
publishers, theorists, impresarios, and critics, exploring
consumers' tastes, publishers' promotional strategies, celebrity
culture, and the wider communities that were fundamental to these
and many more aspects of musical culture.
CONTRIBUTORS: Glenda Goodman; Roger Mathew Grant; Emily H. Green;
Marie Sumner Lott; Catherine Mayes; Peter Mondelli, Rupert
Ridgewell, Patrick Wood Uribe, Steven Zohn.
CONTRIBUTORS: Glenda Goodman; Roger Mathew Grant; Emily H. Green;
Marie Sumner Lott; Catherine Mayes; Peter Mondelli, Rupert
Ridgewell, Patrick Wood Uribe, Steven Zohn.
