Quarter notes and bank notes : the economics of music composition in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries /
"F. M. Scherer examines the political, intellectual, and economic roots of the shift from patronage to a freelance market. He describes the eighteenth-century cultural "arms race" among noble courts, the spread of private concert halls and opera houses, the increasing attendance of mi...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2004.
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Series: | Princeton economic history of the Western world.
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Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The political, social, and economic milieu
- Music composition as a profession
- Composers' backgrounds, aspirations, and economic rewards
- The geography of composer supply and demand
- Changes in transportation and composers' mobility
- The economics of music publishing
- Conclusion.