Category Archives: Resources

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  

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.  

The Edinburgh International Festival 1947-1996 – Eileen Miller (1996)

Reference work that tells the story of the development of the Edinburgh International Festival, published to mark the 50th anniversary.  

The Modernisation of London Concert Life Around 1900 – Simon McVeigh and Cyril Ehrlich (2002)

An essay on the important changes in the business of music in London around the turn of the twentieth-century.  

The Business of Music – Michael Talbot (ed.) (2002)

Eleven essays that question the relationship between music and commerce, from authors such as Simon Frith, Sara Cohen, Simon McVeigh and Cyril Ehrlich.  

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.