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