MUS 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Robert Schumann, Child Prodigy, Famous Music
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The accomplished woman: jane austen, amy beach, and gender roles in music. Families rich enough hire servants to do housework so women can do other. Music stores in london: 1794 -- 30. Music stores in london: 1824 -- 150. Publishing catalogues in 1770s - hundreds of options. Same catalogues in 1820s - tens of thousands of options. Industrial revolution = better manufacturing = cheaper pianos. Becomes essential furnishing for upper middle- and higher-class. Songs - pieces that people sing to. Transcriptions - pieces that were arranged to fit a piano. To be accomplished was to be educated in specific ways. To be part of social rank and to fit into society. Dancing, singing, knowledge of music, speaking modern languages, sewing, painting. Acceptable hobbies - to keep them busy because they cannot work. Preserve social order (maintain status, create class distinction) Attracting a husband (of equal or higher status) No cello because the cello rests between the legs.
