Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn – Simon McVeigh (1993) A history of music in London during the second half of the eighteenth century, a period which saw the establishment of the public concert.
The Proms: and the men who made them – Barrie Hall (1981) Illustrated hardback history of the (BBC) Promenade Concerts.
Queen’s Hall, 1893-1941 – Robert Elkin (1944) A history of London’s Queen’s Hall, destroyed by enemy action in 1941.
Harmonious Alliance: A History of the Performing Right Society – Cyril Ehrlich (1989) A history of Britain’s Performing Right Society, founded in 1914 to represent writers and publishers of all styles of music.
The Music Profession in Britain since the 18th Century: A Social History – Cyril Ehrlich (1985) A social history of musicians, which encompasses the origins of musicians’ unions and professional associations, and the proliferation of conservatories and diplomas that persist right up to the present day.
The Henry Wood Proms – David Cox (1980) An illustrated history of the story of the Proms, covering the period from 1895 to the end of the 1970s.
Festival in the North: The Story of the Edinburgh International Festival – George Bruce (1975) A history of the Edinburgh International Festival by Scottish poet George Bruce.
