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.
Buildings for Music: The Architect, the Musician, and the Listener from the 17th Century to the Present Day – Michael Forsyth (1985) Illustrated history of the development of buildings for music from the 17th- to the late 20th-century, charting the often symbiotic relationship between architecture and musical form and style.