Quarter Notes and Bank Notes : : The Economics of Music Composition in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries / / F. M. Scherer.
In 1700, most composers were employees of noble courts or the church. But by the nineteenth century, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Verdi, and many others functioned as freelance artists teaching, performing, and selling their compositions in the private marketplace. While some believe that Mozart's...
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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Princeton Economic History of the Western World ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- FIGURES AND TABLES
- FOREWORD
- Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 2. THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC MILIEU
- Chapter 3. MUSIC COMPOSITION AS A PROFESSION
- Chapter 4. COMPOSERS' BACKGROUNDS, ASPIRATIONS, AND ECONOMIC REWARDS
- Chapter 5. THE GEOGRAPHY OF COMPOSER SUPPLY AND DEMAND
- Chapter 6. CHANGES IN TRANSPORTATION AND COMPOSERS' MOBILITY
- Chapter 7. THE ECONOMICS OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
- Chapter 8. CONCLUSION
- Appendix to Chapter 1 A CURRENCY CONVERSION MATRIX
- Appendix to Chapter 4 CONSUMPTION OUTLAYS OF ROBERT AND CLARA SCHUMANN, 1841
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- INDEX