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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451782603321

Titolo

The business of music [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michael Talbot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2002

ISBN

1-78138-625-0

1-84631-271-X

1-4175-6806-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Liverpool music symposium ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

TalbotMike (Michael)

Disciplina

338.4778

Soggetti

Music trade - History

Music - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1: A Venetian Operatic Contract of 1714; 2: What Choirs Also Sang: Aspects of Provincial Music Publishing in Late-nineteenth-century England; 3: The Modernisation of London Concert Life around 1900; 4: Debussy, Durand et Cie: A French Composer and His Publishers (1884-1917); 5: Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979): The Teacher in the Marketplace; 6: Copyright as a Component of the Music Industry; 7: Illegality and the Music Industry; 8: The Tarnished Image? Folk 'Industry' and Media

9: Collective Responsibilities: The Arts Council, Community Arts and the Music Industry in Ireland10: Paying One's Dues: The Music Business, the City and Urban Regeneration; 11: Learning to Crawl:The Rapid Rise of Music Industry Education; Index of Personal Names

Sommario/riassunto

Is business, for music, a regrettable necessity or a spur to creativity? Are there limits to the influence that economic factors can or should exert on the musical imagination and its product? In the eleven essays contained in this book the authors wrestle with these questions from the perspective of their chosen area of research. The range is wide: from 1700 to the present day; from the opera house to the community centre; from composers, performers and pedagogues to managers,



publishers and lawyers; from piano miniatures to folk music and pop CDs. If there is a consensus, it is that music se