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The Musician As Entrepreneur, 1700-1914: Managers, Charlatans, and Idealists.(Book Review)
The Musician As Entrepreneur, 1700-1914: Managers, Charlatans and Idealists, edited by William Weber. Indiana University Press (601 N. Morton St., Bloomington, IN 47404), 2004. 269; pp. $44.95.
For anyone who has contemplated the economic realities of musicians, or wondered why Mozart was so poor and Liszt so well-heeled, this book will satisfy your thirst for that knowledge. It is as interesting as the provocative title might lead readers to expect.
Edited by William Weber, professor of history at California State University, Long Beach, the book contains chapters by various authors on areas of their specialty, divided into four sections: "Overview of the Subject," "Early Musical Entrepreneurs," "Concert Management in the Nineteenth Century" and "Women as Entrepreneurs." Each author's contribution is a scholarly, well-documented chapter. The reader should expect this book to cover its topics in detail and in a well-researched and well-thought-out manner.
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