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Music and Power in Eighteenth-Century Court Society

Music and Power in Eighteenth-Century Court Society Handel's Messiah and Protestant Ascendancy

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Publisher's Synopsis

"This book examines music and power in eighteenth-century court society. It focuses on Händel's Messiah and the Protestant Ascendancy society. Its aims are to find out if music reflects cultural changes and whether music is an indicator of power positions within court society utilizing the theoretical framework of Norbert Elias' social theory."--Book description, Amazon.com.

Book information

ISBN: 9781495504495
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Imprint: The Edwin Mellen Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.48420941509033
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xxviii, 571
Weight: -1g