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Explores the breadth, diversity and significance of the commercial music trade and its communities across Britain during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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1. London and Beyond: Rethinking a Nation's Trade in Music -
Stephanie Carter and Simon D.I. Fleming2.
Musick's Hand-maid in Westmorland: A Story of the Music Trade in Early Modern England -
Stephanie Carter3. Rul'd paper for Musick': How long was the reach of the Playfords? -
Robert Thompson4. The Music Trade in York, 1650-1800: Proprietors and Purchasers -
David Griffiths5. Joseph Barber of Newcastle upon Tyne and William Flackton of Canterbury: Booksellers, Music Publishing and the Subscription Market in Eighteenth-Century Britain -
Simon D.I. Fleming6. Distributing Irish Reprints in England: The Activities of Liverpool's John Bridge Pye -
Nancy A. Mace7. Edward Miller of Doncaster: The Composer and the Music Trade -
Christopher Roberts8. Thomas Underwood and his Successors: The Music Shops of Eighteenth-Century Bath-
Matthew Spring9. Thomas Bewick's Dealings with North-Eastern Musicians, 1770-1800 -
Roz Southey10. Makers, Repairers, Teachers, Dealers and Printers: The Music Trade Network in Late Eighteenth-Century West Midlands -
Martin Perkins11. 'Quacks in the Musical ... Science'? The Curious Case of Stephen Moore, Piano Maker, and the Organ of St Paul's Chapel, Aberdeen -
Simon D.I. FlemingSelect Bibliography
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Edited by Stephanie Carter and Simon D.I. Fleming
Summary
Explores the breadth, diversity and significance of the commercial music trade and its communities across Britain during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
