The Musician As Entrepreneur, 1700-1914
Subtitle: Managers, Charlatans, and Idealists
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: October 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780253344564
Subjects: Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830); Composers & musicians; Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900); Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Music/Songbooks; Business/Economics; Business Aspects; Entrepreneurship; Industries - General; General; History; Music; Music trade; Social aspects
Description: "The Musician as Entrepreneur, 1700-1914 examines the activities of a variety of musical entrepreneurs in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States." "The ten contributors to the book explore the work of early musical entrepreneurs, concert management in the nineteenth century, the lives of entrepreneurial women musicians, and the moral and intellectual status of musical entrepreneurs. By studying how musical entrepreneurs conducted their daily business activities, we gain insight into how they were able to reshape the framework of musical culture, and in the process, the nature of music itself."--Jacket.