Music & musicians in nineteenth-century Italy

Synopsis of Music & musicians in nineteenth-century Italy

«Music & musicians in nineteenth-century Italy» is John Rosselli's essay on music history, published by B.T. Batsford in hardcover (160 pages, in English).

Examination of everyday musical life in Italy's «long nineteenth century», from Sicilian fishermen to the Venetian aristocracy. The first part addresses the traditional musical world before mid-century; the second, the impact of the 1848-49 revolutions and Italian unification on national culture.

This is the first edition from 1991 and includes black-and-white plates; the book falls within the categories of art, culture and history.

Recommended for music lovers and for those interested in nineteenth-century European social and cultural history.