William Weber

The Musician As Entrepreneur, 1700-1914: Managers, Charlatans, and Idealists William Weber

Commendation Quotes:"Weber and company set out to examine the movers and shakers, shapter, and adapters within various musical and geographical landscapes in court, city, and town." -- Caryl Clark, University of TorontoCommendation Quotes:"It is the fascinating nature of the subject matter that marries scholarly disipline with intriguing reading... This is, quite simply, good stuff: well -- written, solidly documented and, best yet, very interesting. The book will satisfy the thirst of historians, musicians and perhaps even an economist or two." -- American Music TeacherReview Quotes:"Weber is an excellent music historian and the book will please all readers interested in musical sociology..." Choice, July 2005"Review Quotes:"Weber and company set out to examine the movers and shakers, shapter, and adapters within various musical and geographical landscapes in court, city, and town." Caryl Clark, University of Toronto"Review Quotes:"It is the fascinating nature of the subject matter that marries scholarly disipline with intriguing reading... This is, quite simply, good stuff: well written, solidly documented and, best yet, very interesting. The book will satisfy the thirst of historians, musicians and perhaps even an economist or two." American Music Teacher"Biographical Note: William Weber, Professor of History at California State University, Long Beach, has written and edited several books on music history, culture, and class. He is an Associate of the William Andrews Clark Library. Table of Contents: PrefaceI. Overview of the Subject1. William Weber, "The Musician as Entrepreneur and Opportunist, 1700-1914"2. Richard Leppert, "The Musician of the Imagination"II. Early Musical Entrepreneurs3. Tanya Kevorkian, "Changing Times, Changing Music: 'New Church' Music and Musicians in Leipzig, 1700-1750"4. David Gramit, "Selling the Serious: The Commodification of Music and Resistance to it in Germany, c. 1800"III. Concert Management in the Nineteenth Century5. William Weber, "From the Self-Managing Musician to the Independent Concert Agent"6. Laure Schnapper, "Bernard Ullman-Henri Herz: An Example of Financial and Artistic Partnership, 1846-1849"7. Dana Gooley, "Franz Liszt: The Virtuoso as Strategist"8. Simon McVeigh, "'An Audience for High-Class Music': The Musician as Entrepreneur in late Nineteenth-Century London"IV. Women as Entrepreneurs9. Tia DeNora, "Embodiment and Opportunity: Bodily Capital, Reputation and Social Difference in Beethoven's Vienna Partnership"10. Paula Gillett, "Entrepreneurial Women Musicians in Britain: 1790s to the early 1900s"11. Jann Pasler, "Countess Greffulhe as Entrepreneur: Negotiating Class, Gender, and Nation"IndexContributorsReview Quotes: Weber and company set out to examine the movers and shakers, shapter, and adapters within various musical and geographical landscapes in court, city, and town.--Caryl Clark, University of Toronto

Contributor Bio:  Weber, William WILLIAM WEBER is a retired intelligence analyst with extensive experience in political-military and strategic issues. He holds a PhD and a master s degree in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and taught political science at James Madison University. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia.