Blanning, T. C. W.

Triumph of music : composer, musicians and their audiences, 1700 to the present / by Tim, Blanning. - 1st ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - x, 416 p. ; ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-352) and index.

Status : you are a God-man, the true artist by God's grace -- Purpose : music is the most romantic of all the arts -- Places and spaces : from palace to stadium -- Technology : from Stradivarius to Stratocaster -- Liberation : nation, people, sex.

9781846141782 (hbk.)

2008026753


Music--Social aspects--History.
Musicians--Social conditions.

306.484209 / BLA