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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scherer, F. M. (Frederic M.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Colección:Princeton economic history of the Western world.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.