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The Work of Music

By Celia Applegate

The Work of Music

By Celia Applegate

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In The Work of Music, Celia Applegate examines the cultural history of Austro-German music through the lens of labor from the 1648 Peace of Westphalia to the Third Reich. She explores the working world of music and musicians, the various jobs they performed, the work music did in society, the observations and commentaries of contemporaries on the shape and function of musical life, and the work of organizing music making, both amateur and professional. At a time when ideas of absolute music and music-as-leisure were both on the rise, writing about music tended to obscure these practical matters. Here, Applegate reflects on how an intensely musical society organized and understood the ubiquitous activity that underpinned it.
Product details
Number of Pages:
136
Release Date:
2025-10-07
Publication Date:
2025-10-07
Publisher:
MNG University Presses
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0299353303
ISBN13:
9780299353308
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
388 g
Height:
160 cm
Width:
231 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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