Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The social and professional status of musicians in the eighteenth century -- Professional status -- Foreign competition -- Cultural perceptions -- 2 Social profile -- Social origins and mobility -- Geographical origins and mobility -- 3 Patronage -- Royal patronage -- Aristocratic patronage -- Middle-class patronage -- Professional patronage -- Church patronage -- Perceptions -- 4 Musical education -- Chorister training -- University education -- Apprenticeship -- Private lessons -- Foreign study -- Military training -- Educational reforms -- The Royal Academy of Music -- 5 Church musicians -- Organists -- Choir singers -- Church music composers -- 6 Secular musicians: singers -- Concerts -- Theatres -- Cultural values and the voice -- Conclusion -- 7 Secular musicians: instrumentalists -- Soloists -- Chamber musicians -- Private aristocratic and royal concerts -- Orchestral musicians -- Benefit concerts -- Military bands -- Dance bands -- Conclusion -- 8 Teachers, composers, and entrepreneurs -- Teachers -- Composers -- Art music composers -- Theatre composers -- Composers of domestic music and instructional works -- Entrepreneurs -- 9 The fortunes of musicians -- The range of musicians' earnings -- Destitution -- Conclusion -- 10 The struggle for social and professional status -- The eighteenth century -- The early nineteenth century -- Competing visions -- The mid-nineteenth century -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL STATUS OF MUSICIANS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- 2 SOCIAL PROFILE -- 3 PATRONAGE -- 4 MUSICAL EDUCATION -- 5 CHURCH MUSICIANS -- 6 SECULAR MUSICIANS: SINGERS -- 7 SECULAR MUSICIANS: INSTRUMENTALISTS.

8 TEACHERS, COMPOSERS, AND ENTREPRENEURS -- 9 THE FORTUNES OF MUSICIANS -- 10 THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL STATUS -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDIX -- Bibliography -- MANUSCRIPT SOURCES -- PERIODICALS -- BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND DISSERTATIONS -- Index.