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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970466803321

Autore

Rohr Deborah Adams

Titolo

The careers of British musicians, 1750-1850 : a profession of artisans / / Deborah Rohr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-107-11379-2

0-511-48195-0

0-511-17431-4

0-521-58095-1

0-511-32823-0

1-280-41863-X

0-511-15408-9

0-511-05388-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 233 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

305.9/78/094109033

Soggetti

Music - Great Britain - 18th century - History and criticism

Music - Great Britain - 19th century - History and criticism

Music - Social aspects - Great Britain

Musicians - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. The social and professional status of musicians in the eighteenth century -- ; 2. Social profile -- ; 3. Patronage -- ; 4. Musical education -- ; 5. Church musicians -- ; 6. Secular musicians: singers -- ; 7. Secular musicians: instrumentalists -- ; 8. Teachers, composers, and entrepreneurs -- ; 9. The fortunes of musicians -- ; 10. The struggle for social and professional status.

Sommario/riassunto

The study of the social context of music must consider the day-to-day experiences of its practitioners; their economic, social, professional and artistic goals; and the material and cultural conditions under which these goals were pursued. This book traces the daily working life and aspirations of British musicians during the sweeping social and economic transformation of Britain from 1750 to 1850. It features



working musicians of all types and at all levels - organists, singers, instrumentalists, teachers, composers and entrepreneurs - and explores their educational background, their conditions of employment, their wages, the systems of patronage that supported them, and their individual perceptions. Deborah Rohr focuses not only on social and economic pressures but also on a range of negative cultural beliefs faced by the musicians. Also considered are the implications of such conditions for their social and professional status, and for their musical aspirations.