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Music Subscribers Database
Just published is an online Dataset of Subscribers to Eighteenth-Century Music Publications in Britain and Ireland, which can be accessed...
Martin Perkins
Jan 6, 20231 min read


Music by Subscription
Just published! Music by Subscription: Composers and their Networks in the British Music-Publishing Trade, 1676–1820. Edited By Simon...
Martin Perkins
Jan 6, 20221 min read


Music in Eighteenth Century Birmingham - The Musicians of St Philip's
First home to the Birmingham Triennial music festivals, St Philip's (now Birmingham Cathedral) has a long tradition of as a place of...
Martin Perkins
Apr 3, 201513 min read
Sir Samuel Hellier's 'Musical People'
The 18th century is littered with examples of remarkable people who contributed to the fabric of cultural life of England. Most of these...
Martin Perkins
Oct 19, 201415 min read
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