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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.

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Introduction Chapter One: Introducing the Towns The Rise of Cultural Diversity, ca1750-1820 From Early Beginnings to Consolidation: The late 18th century to 1847 Post-Mendelssohn to Fin-de-Siècle Transformations and Approaches to War: Fin-de-Siècle to 1914 Conclusion Bibliography

Music and the Making of MiddleClass Culture A Comparative History of Nineteenthcentury Leipzig and Birmingham

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      Publisher Palgrave MacMillan UK
      Published 4/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780230545137
      978-0230545137
      ISBN-10 0230545130
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Chapter One: Introducing the Towns The Rise of Cultural Diversity, ca1750-1820 From Early Beginnings to Consolidation: The late 18th century to 1847 Post-Mendelssohn to Fin-de-Siècle Transformations and Approaches to War: Fin-de-Siècle to 1914 Conclusion Bibliography

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