Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn

Name: Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn
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ISBN: 9780521413534

ISBN-10: 0521413532

ISBN-13: 9780521413534

Edition: 1993

Authors: Simon W. McVeigh

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During the second half of the eighteenth century, the pace of Londons concert life quickened dramatically, reflecting both the prosperity and the commercial vitality of the capital. The most significant development was the establishment of the public concert within the social and cultural life of fashionable society. The subscription concerts that premiered symphonies by J. C. Bach and Haydn were conspicuous symbols of luxury, even though they were promoted on broadly commercial lines. Drawing on hitherto untapped archival sources and a comprehensive study of daily newspapers, this book analyses audiences at venues as diverse as the Hanover Square Rooms, Vauxhall Gardens and City taverns.…

Book details

List price: $95.99
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/19/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 324
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.29" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



List of illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


List of abbreviations


Map of London in the second half of the eighteenth century



Prologue



The Social Role of the Concert



'An exclusive principle': subscription and ancient concerts



Other types of concert



The concert in London life



Attracting an Audience



The musical product: novelty and familiarity



The musical product: programming



Taste and national idioms



Musical style: 'music intended to reach the heart'



Musical style: the learned, the sublime and the dramatic



Concert Management and the Musician



The finances of concert promotion



Life as a professional musician



The practicalities of concert promotion



Epilogue


Appendices


Notes


Musical sources


Select bibliography


Index