| Series |
Music in nineteenth-century Britain
Music in nineteenth-century Britain. ^A412049
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| Contents |
The cultural explosion: an overview -- The high-status popular-music public -- The high-status classical music public -- The low-status concert public -- Appendix: The size of the middle class. |
| Abstract |
First published in 1975, this book made a trail-blazing contribution to the social history of music, bringing together sociological and historical methods that have subsequently become accepted as central to the discipline of musicology. Moreover, the major themes of the book are ones that scholars continue to grapple with: the nature of the middle class(es) and their role in cultural definition; the concept of taste publics distinct from social status; and the establishment of the musical canon. This classic text is reissued here, though of course the book ranges beyond its study of London to discuss in detail the contrasting concert life of Paris and Vienna. This edition features a substantial new preface which takes into account the significant work that has been done in this field since the book first appeared, and provides a unique opportunity to assess the impact the book has had on our thinking about the European middle class and its role in musical life. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-158) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002038373 |
| ISBN | 0754635635 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780754635635 (alk. paper) |
