Quarter Notes and Bank Notes: The Economics of Music Composition in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

by F.M. Scherer

Book Overview

In 1700, most composers were employees of noble courts or the church. But by the nineteenth century, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Verdi, and many others functioned as freelance artists teaching,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691116210
• ISBN13: 9780691116211
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"