Measuring the value of culture: A report to the Department for Culture Media and Sport – Dave O’Brien (2010)

Report that investigates the problems of negotiating economic and cultural understandings of value.

Changes in Live Music Between 2005 and 2009 – Creative Blueprint/DCMS (2010)

Report attempting to detail of changes to the live music sector between 2005 and 2009, following the Licensing Act 2003.

Ticket Touting: Second Report of Session 2007–08 – House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (2007)

Report, including committee minutes along with oral and written evidence, on the matter of ‘ticket touting’, i.e. the secondary market.

The feasibility of a live music economic impact study – DCMS/Frontier Economics (2007)

An outline of the practical issues to consider in undertaking a substantive and systematic study of the economic impact of live music in the UK

Pompey Pop – guest post by Dave Allen, University of Portsmouth

In the second of our guest blog posts, Dr Dave Allen from the University of Portsmouth writes about popular music in Portsmouth from 1944 till 1969. For more about the project, see the website here, or read Dave’s excellent blog. Pompey Pop In 2010 I came to Edinburgh University to describe my project “Pompey Pop” which covers popular music in …

Provincial Concerts in England, 1865–1914: A Case-Study of Bradford – David Russell (1989)

A paper on the flowering of musical life in England in the nineteenth century, with a focus on concert promotion, and using Bradford as a case study.

The Opera Industry in Italy from Cimarosa to Verdi: The Role of the Impresario – John Rosselli (1984)

An historical study of the role of the opera impresario in Italy from the eighteenth- to the twentieth-centuries.

Paying the piper: culture, music and money – Alan Peacock (1993)

A semi-autobiographical account in which Sir Alan Peacock examines the subject of arts funding.

Eight Urban Musical Cultures: Tradition and Change – Bruno Nettl (ed.) (1978)

A collection of eight essays, from three continents, with an ethnomusicological emphasis, including a chapter on Music Clubs and Ensembles in San Francisco.

Concert Life in Haydn’s Vienna: Aspects of a Developing Musical and Social Institution – Mary Sue Morrow (1989)

A study of concert life in Vienna between 1760 and 1810.