Bücher von Nancy November

This ten-chapter book explores how music and society are, and have been, intertwined and mutually influential. It examines the agents behind these connections: who determines musical cultures in society? Which social groups are represented in particular musical contexts? Which social groups are silenced or less well represented in music's histories, and why?

The first detailed study of string quartets in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Europe through the work of nine scholars who explore little-studied aspects of this multi-faceted genre.