First Philharmonic - A History of the Royal Philharmonic Society (Hardcover)

Established by musicians in 1813, the Philharmonic is the world's second oldest concert society; only Leipzig is senior. Weber and Mendelssohn were active honorary members; Joachim and Clara Schumann lifelong friends. The list of gold medalists runs from Elgar and Beecham to Sibelius, Rachmaninov, and Tippett. Most instrumentalists and many singers of international repute mounted its platforms. Berlioz, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Dvorak and Strauss came to preside over their music. Celebrating a venerable institution, this history, based upon exhaustive research in the Society's archives, also addresses wider themes, which continue to bear upon concert life: the evolution of repertoire and performance, audience, agent and conductor; networks of recruitment; patronage and the market place; the collective biography and proliferation of London orchestras; the economics of fees and rehearsals. Shaw once claimed that the Philharmonic's generosity towards Beethoven was the only creditable incident in English history, and never mentioned by historians. A leading authority on the economic and social history of music now attempts to repair that omission.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2001
First published:	June 1995
Authors:	Cyril Ehrlich (Honorary Visiting Professor in Music)
Dimensions:	241 x 161 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-816232-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830) Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
LSN:	0-19-816232-4
Barcode:	9780198162322

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