Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn

Contents

• List of illustrations
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• List of abbreviations
• Map of London in the second half of the eighteenth century
• 1. Prologue
• Part I . The Social Role of the Concert:
• 2. 'An exclusive principle': subscription and ancient concerts
• 3. Other types of concert
• 4. The concert in London life
• Part II . Attracting an Audience:
• 5. The musical product: novelty and familiarity
• 6. The musical product: programming
• 7. Taste and national idioms
• 8. Musical style: 'music intended to reach the heart'
• 9. Musical style: the learned, the sublime and the dramatic
• Part III . Concert Management and the Musician:
• 10. The finances of concert promotion
• 11. Life as a professional musician
• 12. The practicalities of concert promotion
• 13. Epilogue
• Appendices
• Notes
• Musical sources
• Select bibliography
• Index.