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Author	Scherer, F. M. (Frederic M.)
Title	Quarter notes and bank notes : the economics of music composition in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / F.M. Scherer.
Publication Info.	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 12	780.9 S	IN LIBRARY

Description	x, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series	The Princeton economic history of the Western world
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-258) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- The political, social, and economic milieu -- Music composition as a profession -- Composers' backgrounds, aspirations, and economic rewards -- The geography of composer supply and demand -- Changes in transportation and composers' mobility -- The economics of music publishing -- Conclusion.
Subject	Composers -- Economic conditions -- 18th century.
	Composers -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
	Music -- Publishing -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.
	Music -- Publishing -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
Added Author	New York Society Library. Book Committee. 2004. ZNS
Added Title	Economics of music composition in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
ISBN	0691116210

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