A Serious Matter and True Joy - Philanthropy, the Arts, and the State in Leipzig (1750-1918)

We tend to accept that German cities and states run their own cultural institutions (concert halls, theatres, museums). This book shows how this now "self-evident" fact became a reality in the course of the long nineteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Eleanor Menninger
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2022
• EAN: 9789004507784
• ISBN: 978-90-04-50778-4
• No. of pages: 396
• Weight: 785 g
• Series: Studies in Central European Hi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous