The Careers of British Musicians, 17501850
Subtitle: A Profession of Artisans
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780521027731
Subjects: Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830); Composers & musicians; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Music; Biography / Autobiography; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Composers & Musicians - General; General; Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians; Music / General; Music : General; Music--Great Britain--18th century--History and criticism; Musicians
First sentence: Like many other eighteenth-century professionals, musicians belonged to the large, socially and economically fluid group that historians term the "middling sort".