The significance of musicians' and composers' letters for regional and European cultural history Cover Image

Die Bedeutung von Musiker- und Komponistenbriefe für die regionale und europäische Kulturgeschichte
The significance of musicians' and composers' letters for regional and European cultural history

Author(s): Gabriele Buschmeier
Subject(s): Music, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Muzikološki institut SANU
Keywords: cultural exchange; source for the history of music; letter editions;

Summary/Abstract: The development of musical culture, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, is characterized by extremely lively exchange and lively relationships. The documents of these relationships are partly the surviving letters. All types of letters, both private and business, are of interest to the musicologist, and not just letters from the so-called "heroes" of music history, but especially from musicians or people who are only locally known and who are involved in music.

  • Issue Year: 1/2002
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 19-26
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: German