The Pursuit of High Culture: John Ella and Chamber Music in Victorian London - Christina Bashford - Google Books

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This monograph investigates the promotion and consumption of high musical culture among leisured society in Victorian London, by focusing on the activities of the concert manager John Ella and his Musical Union (1845-81), an eminent, long-lived institution…