false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256101347m/5584810.jpg 5584810 3 <p> A distinguished historian chronicles the rise of music and musicians in the West from lowly balladeers to masters employed by fickle patrons, to the great composers of genius, to today’s rock stars. How, he asks, did music progress from subordinate status to its present position of supremacy among the creative arts? Mozart was literally booted out of the service of the Archbishop of Salzburg “with a kick to my arse,” as he expressed it. Yet, less than a hundred years later, Europe’s most powerful ruler—Emperor William I of Germany—paid homage to Wagner by traveling to Bayreuth to attend the debut of <i>The Ring</i>. Today Bono, who was touted as the next president of the World Bank in 2006, travels the world, advising politicians—and they seem to listen. </p><p> The path to fame and independence began when new instruments allowed musicians to showcase their creativity, and music publishing allowed masterworks to be performed widely in concert halls erected to accommodate growing public interest. No longer merely an instrument to celebrate the greater glory of a reigning sovereign or Supreme Being, music was, by the nineteenth century, to be worshipped in its own right. In the twentieth century, new technological, social, and spatial forces combined to make music ever more popular and ubiquitous. </p><p> In a concluding chapter, Tim Blanning considers music in conjunction with nationalism, race, and sex. Although not always in step, music, society, and politics, he shows, march in the same direction. </p> 5756052 30 11 2008 The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art total:9|5:1|4:4|3:4| 9 33 30 3 4 0 true false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 14:32:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:56:18 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 14:35:09 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 14:07:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 11:56:30 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 11:39:04 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 20:32:57 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 20:32:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 12:38:33 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:47:32 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 12:38:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 06 12:39:58 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 12:40:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 29 05:34:43 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 05:40:52 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jul 31 12:45:25 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 12:45:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 19 10:53:44 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 10:53:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 09 21:40:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 21:41:19 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun May 31 06:22:10 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 07:20:08 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 06:22:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 30 07:59:18 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 07:59:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 20 15:18:34 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 09:43:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 12 02:34:58 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 02:34:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Mar 05 11:37:32 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 11:37:32 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 14 15:27:23 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 27 20:25:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 27 23:19:25 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 23:19:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 24 20:01:00 -0800 2009 Fri May 01 15:28:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 24 07:53:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 07:53:50 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 22 17:19:35 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 17:19:35 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5584810