Music and the Making of Middle-class Culture - A Comparative History of Nineteenth-century Leipzig and Birmingham - Hardback - 2008

Music and the Making of the Middle Class explores the making of middle-class culture by analyzing and comparing the ethos and organization of Leipzig's Gewandhaus and Birmingham's Triennial Festival. It employs a multidisciplinary approach to identify the social processes which formed the cultural configurations and meanings of art.
Year of publication: 2008
Pagination: 236 pages, 1, black & white illustrations
Format: Hardback