Music in London and the myth of decline
Subtitle: from Haydn to the Philharmonic
By: Ian Taylor.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780521896092
Subjects: Music -- Social aspects -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century; Music -- Social aspects -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century; Symphony -- England -- London -- 19th century; Symphony -- England -- London -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The makings of a myth : from Haydn to the Philharmonic; title: The 'rage' for music : West End concert culture and patterns of social change; title: Continuity and disruption in London concert programming, 1795-1813; title: Institutional continuity in London concert life, 1795-1813; title: Musical life outside the West End; title: Public music in private spheres : domestic music in London, 1795-1813; title: A period of orchestral starvation?