Borrowing Culture: British Music Circulating Libraries and Domestic Musical Practice, 1853-1910
Description:
In Victorian Britain, music circulating libraries libraries operated by music publishers Novello & Co. and Augener & Co. supported upper- and upper-middle-class patrons in their pursuit of cultural capital that would help them perform their socioeconomic status. Studying these libraries in the context of domestic music-making reveals the economic and social impact of these libraries in the lives of amateur musicians and in the music publishing industry. An analysis of the account books in the N…
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Date:
August 2020
Creator:
Cooper, Amy Nicole
Partner:
UNT Libraries