1st Edition
Music and the Middle Class The Social Structure of Concert Life in London, Paris and Vienna between 1830 and 1848
By William Weber
Copyright 2003
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1975, Music and the Middle Class made a trail-blazing contribution to the social history of music, bringing together sociological and historical methods that have subsequently become accepted as central to the discipline of musicology. Moreover, the major themes of the book are ones which scholars today continue to grapple with: the nature of the middle class(es) and their role... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; The cultural explosion: an overview; The high-status popular music public; The high-status classical music public; The low-status concert public; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
William Weber
