Amateurs, Singing and Society in Edinburgh 1750 -1830

by Tom Edwards

The splendour of classical enlightenment Edinburgh supported a vibrant and musical and concert culture. Music, and particularly singing, spilt out of the concert halls and assembly rooms into gentlemen's clubs, inns and taverns and even into the home. Singing was a sign of gentrified taste, of polite achievement, of belonging. Singing was not merely a pleasant pastime but was irrevocably linked with the social, political, moral and religious contexts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472480619
• ISBN13: 9781472480613
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 223 Pages