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020 _a9780141038957
082 _a780.94 Bla/Tri
100 _aBlanning,Tim
245 _aTriumph of music : composers, musicians and their audiences, 1700 to the present
260 _aLondon ; Toronto :
_bPenguin Books
_c2009.
300 _aill.;xi,20cm,416p.; It includes a list of illustrations (p.xi) and illustrations credits (p.401-404)
500 _aOriginally published: London: Allen Lane, 2008.
504 _aIt includes bibliographical references (p.332-400)and index (p.405-416)
520 _aThe power and prestige of music in the modern world has given its practitioners extraordinary wealth and moral authority. This book looks at the rise of music and musicians in the West from poorly-paid balladeers to music-masters employed by fickle patrons, from the great composers of genius to modern day rock stars.
650 _aCivilization.;Musicians; Music ;Social conditions
942 _2ddc
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