Description
To be successful, a musician often has to be an entrepreneur: someone who starts a performing venue, develops patrons, and promotes the project aggressively. Accomplishing this requires musicians to acquire social and business skills and to be highly opportunistic in what they do. In The Musician as Entrepreneur, 1700-1914, international scholars investigate cases of musical entrepreneurship between around 1700 and 1914 in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States. By uncovering the ways in which musicians such as Telemann, Beethoven, Paganini, and Liszt conducted their daily business, the authors reveal how musicians reshaped the frameworks of musical culture and, in the process, the nature of the music itself.
Leading international scholars consider the socio-economic history of Classical and Romantic musicians.
About the Author
William Weber, Professor of History at California State University, Long Beach, has written and edited several books on music history, culture, and class. He is an Associate of the William Andrews Clark Library.
Reviews
Weber is an excellent music historian and the book will please all readers interested in musical sociology . . . July 2005
* Choice *Book Information
ISBN 9780253344564
Author William E. Weber
Format Hardback
Page Count 280
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press
Weight(grams) 594g