This book collects key writings about eighteenth century music . It brings together for the first time in one place, a wide selection of essential documents not

An examination of the place and practice of musical life in eighteenth-century England among the upper classes.

On an eighteenth-century map of European culture, Italian musicians would be found almost everywhere. Unlike in earlier ages, they now provided an intrinsic par

An analysis of the forces which shaped politics and culture in Germany, France and Great Britain in the eighteenth century.

This volume seeks to get behind the surface of political events and to identify the forces which shaped politics and culture from 1680 to 1840 in Germany, Franc