Book Review: The Music Profession in Britain, 1780–1920: New Perspectives on Status and Identity.

There are further chapters that provide coverage of other aspects of the music profession including composers and publishers (Rowland), church musicians (Clarke), professional music critics (Watt), and women musicians (Fuller). Her dilemma lies in the impossibility of describing a single "music profession" because of music's protean nature. The Music Profession in Britain, 1780-1920: New Perspectives on Status and Identity, Golding, Rosemary ed. [Extracted from the article]

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