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Tim Blanning

Tim Blanning appears in the following:

The Social History of Musicians in the West

Monday, January 12, 2009

In his book The Triumph of Music, Cambridge University historian Tim Blanning explains how less than three centuries ago, musicians and composers were like servants with relatively little social status; Mozart was seated with the valets and cooks at dinner. Today’s pop stars have climbed to the top of society’s ...

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