{"product_id":"the-work-of-music-labor-and-creativity-in-germanys-long-nineteenth-century-hardcover-1","title":"The Work of Music: Labor and Creativity in Germany's Long Nineteenth Century - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCelia Applegate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Music\u003c\/i\u003e, Celia Applegate examines the cultural history of Austro-German music through the lens of labor from the 1648 Peace of Westphalia to the Third Reich. She explores the working world of music and musicians, the various jobs they performed, the work music did in society, the observations and commentaries of contemporaries on the shape and function of musical life, and the work of organizing music making, both amateur and professional. At a time when ideas of absolute music and music-as-leisure were both on the rise, writing about music tended to obscure these practical matters. Here, Applegate reflects on how an intensely musical society organized and understood the ubiquitous activity that underpinned it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelia Applegate is William R. Kenan Jr. Chair of History and a professor of German studies at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Nation of Provincials: The German Idea of Heimat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Necessity of Music: Variations on a German Theme\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBach in Berlin: Nation and Culture in Mendelssohn's Revival of the \"St. Matthew Passion\"\u003c\/i\u003e as well as a coeditor (with Pamela Potter) of \u003ci\u003eMusic and German National Identity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.13 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47520941015261,"sku":"9780299353308","price":107.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Po6nYrOc759780299353308_2c88b879-d432-4d26-8443-7ec6ad25e78e.webp?v=1772249034","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-work-of-music-labor-and-creativity-in-germanys-long-nineteenth-century-hardcover-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}