The economics of the music business in the 17th century

[chickenfeet]

BBC Radio 3(*) recently broadcast a series of 15 minute essays about Henry Purcell. Andrew Pinnock, who quite unbeknown to me is an economic and social historian of the music business as well as a performer, produced this little gem which argues, inter alia, that Purcell and his collaborators created most of the essential ingredients of the modern commercial music industry. It's well worth fifteen minutes.

(*)However crass and vulgar the rest of the BBC becomes there will be hope as long as Radio 3 survives.

Comments

[gramarye1971]

I just downloaded this from UKNova -- good to know it's as interesting as it sounded!

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

That's where I got it too

[gramarye1971]

I have such a huge UKNova backlog, both for radio and TV downloads. It's a bit pathetic, really -- an external hard drive with nearly 40 GB of programming that I've yet to watch or listen to. But I will make a dent in it soon enough!

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Mine goes a bit crazy during the Six Nations

[atpotch.livejournal.com]

I agree on Radio 3 - it's like a strange little island surviving as the rest of its archipelago gets washed away.

TCH

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

And Radio 4. Even though the Today Program went all fan-girly about Top Gun yesterday.

My favourite moment of "Dead Ringers" (when it was still a Radio 4 program) was the continuity announcer saying, in appropriately hushed tones, "You're listening to Radio 3........ Quiet, isn't it?"

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Not saying there's not good stuff elsewhere on the BBC. But there's certainly plenty of dross. I still haven't fully recovered from last year's mangling of "A Dance to the Music of Time".

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. They mangled your baby, I can understand how you feel.

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on your view of R3 - I think the Proms alone is well worth my licence fee, and I would happily pay it just for R3 alone. (That being said, I regularly listen to 5Live, R2 and R4, too... One must get one's moneys' worth!