(Ebook) The Idea of Art Music in a Commercial World, 1800-1930 by Roberta Montemorra Marvin (editor) ISBN 9781783270651, 1783270659

(Ebook) The Idea of Art Music in a Commercial World, 1800-1930 by Roberta Montemorra Marvin (editor) ISBN 9781783270651, 1783270659

In this volume, international scholars from musicology and other disciplines address a range of unexplored topics, including the relationship of sacred music with commerce in the mid nineteenth century, the role of music in urban cultural development in the early twentieth, and the marketing of musical repertories, performers and instruments across time and place, to investigate what happened once art music began to be understood as needing to exist within the wider framework of commercially oriented culture. Historical case studies present contrasting topics and themes that not only vary geographically and ideologically but also overlap in significant ways, pushing back the boundaries of the 'music as commerce' discussion. Through diverse, multidisciplinary approaches, the volume opens up significant paths for conversation about how musical concepts, practices and products were shaped by interrelationships between culture and commerce.