Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel: The Economics of Late Baroque Market for Music

Luis Perdices de Blas and José Luis Ramos-Gorostiza ()
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Luis Perdices de Blas: Complutense University of Madrid
José Luis Ramos-Gorostiza: Complutense University of Madrid

Chapter Chapter 2 in On Music, Money and Markets, 2023, pp 21-43 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel were two outstanding German composers born in 1685, who revolutionised the world of late Baroque music. However, their professional careers took different directions. Bach was an honest and humble “craftsman” who came from a long line of musicians and, like his predecessors, placed his skills at the service of a court or the municipal and religious authorities. Händel, for his part, always jealously guarded his independence and played a key role in the development of the concept of the “free artist”. Therefore, they embraced two very different models, which had a decisive impact not only on their socio-economic status, but also on the genres they explored and their understanding of musical composition. These models also influenced the amount of social recognition they achieved, both in life and posthumously.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43226-2_2

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