Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn
- Author: McVeigh, Simon
Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn has been ingeniously constructed to read both as history and parable....Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn not only charts a period of exceptional... — More…
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Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Map of London in the second half of the eighteenth century
- 1. Prologue
- Part I . The Social Role of the Concert:
- 2. 'An exclusive principle': subscription and ancient concerts
- 3. Other types of concert
- 4. The concert in London life
- Part II . Attracting an Audience:
- 5. The musical product: novelty and familiarity
- 6. The musical product: programming
- 7. Taste and national idioms
- 8. Musical style: 'music intended to reach the heart'
- 9. Musical style: the learned, the sublime and the dramatic
- Part III . Concert Management and the Musician:
- 10. The finances of concert promotion
- 11. Life as a professional musician
- 12. The practicalities of concert promotion
- 13. Epilogue
- Appendices
- Notes
- Musical sources
- Select bibliography
- Index.