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The Music Trade in Regional Britain, 1650-1800

The Music Trade in Regional Britain, 1650-1800

Fleming, Simon D. I.
Carter, Stephanie
Mace, Nancy A.

Hardcover

Classical MusicBritish HistoryMusic Reference

ISBN10: 1783277947
ISBN13: 9781783277940
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: Jun 10 2025
Pages: 254
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Explores the breadth, diversity and significance of the commercial music trade and its communities across Britain during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Adding to the existing scholarship on music publishers and instrument makers, mostly based in London and the university cities, the collection challenges this historiography by offering the first collective narrative for the commercial trade in musical goods and services - including the printing, publishing and sale of printed music, the sale of manuscript music, musical instruments and related wares, and the tuning and general maintenance of musical instruments such as organs and pianos.

Contributions draw on evidence from across the country of the trade's activities, networks and communities, and recognize the significance of small cities, market towns and regional hubs in cultural dissemination. The Music Trade in Regional Britain therefore contributes to a growing body of work offering a nationwide account of musical culture. It foregrounds a trade that was far more geographically dispersed, economically significant and culturally broad than has previously been acknowledged.

CONTRIBUTORS: Stephanie Carter, Simon D.I. Fleming, David Griffiths, Nancy A. Mace, Martin Perkins, Christopher Roberts, Roz Southey, Matthew Spring, Robert Thompson

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