Music and the Middle Class: The Social Structure of Concert Life in London, Paris and Vienna Between 1830 and 1848 (Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain)

Examining the social history of music, this book brings together sociological and historical methods. This text is reissued here in Ashgate's "Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain" series, though of course the book ranges beyond its study of London to discuss in detail the contrasting concert life of Paris and Vienna. This edition features a substantial new preface which takes into account the significant work that has been done in this field since the book first appeared, and provides an opportunity to assess the impact the book has had on our thinking about the European middle class and its role in musical life.