"...lends the subject important new perspectives." Notes

• List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Map of London in the second half of the eighteenth century; 1. Prologue; Part I. The Social Role of the Concert: 2. 'An exclusive principle': subscription and ancient concerts; 3. Other types of concert; 4. The concert in London life; Part II. Attracting an Audience: 5. The musical product: novelty and familiarity; 6. The musical product: programming; 7. Taste and national idioms; 8. Musical style: 'music intended to reach the heart'; 9. Musical style: the learned, the sublime and the dramatic; Part III. Concert Management and the Musician: 10. The finances of concert promotion; 11. Life as a professional musician; 12. The practicalities of concert promotion; 13. Epilogue; Appendices; Notes; Musical sources; Select bibliography; Index.

"...lends the subject important new perspectives." Notes

• List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Map of London in the second half of the eighteenth century; 1. Prologue; Part I. The Social Role of the Concert: 2. 'An exclusive principle': subscription and ancient concerts; 3. Other types of concert; 4. The concert in London life; Part II. Attracting an Audience: 5. The musical product: novelty and familiarity; 6. The musical product: programming; 7. Taste and national idioms; 8. Musical style: 'music intended to reach the heart'; 9. Musical style: the learned, the sublime and the dramatic; Part III. Concert Management and the Musician: 10. The finances of concert promotion; 11. Life as a professional musician; 12. The practicalities of concert promotion; 13. Epilogue; Appendices; Notes; Musical sources; Select bibliography; Index.

"...lends the subject important new perspectives." Notes

• List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Map of London in the second half of the eighteenth century; 1. Prologue; Part I. The Social Role of the Concert: 2. 'An exclusive principle': subscription and ancient concerts; 3. Other types of concert; 4. The concert in London life; Part II. Attracting an Audience: 5. The musical product: novelty and familiarity; 6. The musical product: programming; 7. Taste and national idioms; 8. Musical style: 'music intended to reach the heart'; 9. Musical style: the learned, the sublime and the dramatic; Part III. Concert Management and the Musician: 10. The finances of concert promotion; 11. Life as a professional musician; 12. The practicalities of concert promotion; 13. Epilogue; Appendices; Notes; Musical sources; Select bibliography; Index.