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Musical Monuments for the Country House: Music, Collection, and Display at Tatton Park

2010; Oxford University Press; Volume: 91; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/ml/gcq088

1477-4631

Jeanice Brooks,

Cultural History and Identity Formation

This study uses the Library and Music Room at Tatton Park, Cheshire, to investigate how music collection by women fits into broader patterns of book acquistion and display c.1800, and how their activities influenced aspects of country-house design. It shows how women’s music-making and its representation in the country house contributed both to new images of elite domesticity and to developing notions of an English musical heritage.