The Classical Music Industry (routledge Research In The Creative And Cultural Industries)

This volume brings together academics, executives and practitioners to provide readers with an extensive and authoritative overview of the classical music industry. The central practices, theories and debates that empower and regulate the industry are explored through the lens of classical music-making, business, and associated spheres such as politics, education, media and copyright. The Classical Music Industry maps the industry's key networks, principles and practices across such sectors as recording, live, management and marketing: essentially, how the cultural and economic practice of classical music is kept mobile and alive. The book examining pathways to professionalism, traditional and new forms of engagement, and the consequences of related issues-ethics, prestige, gender and class-for anyone aspiring to 'make it' in the industry today. This book examines a diverse and fast-changing sector that animates deep feelings. The Classical Music Industry acknowledges debates that have long encircled the sector but today have a fresh face, as the industry adjusts to the new economics of funding, policy-making and retail. The first volume of its kind, The Classical Music Industry is a significant point of reference and piece of critical scholarship, written for the benefit of practitioners, music-lovers, students and scholars alike offering a balanced and rigorous account of the manifold ways in which the industry operates The Classical Music Industry Maps The Industry’s Key Networks, Principles And Practices Across Such Sectors As Recording, Live, Management And Marketing: Essentially, How The Cultural And Economic Practice Of Classical Music Is Kept Mobile And Alive. The Book Examining Pathways To Professionalism, Traditional And New Forms Of Engagement, And The Consequences Of Related Issues—ethics, Prestige, Gender And Class—for Anyone Aspiring To ‘make It’ In The Industry Today.-- Part I. Principles And Practices. Classical Music, Copyright, And Collecting Societies / Brian Inglis -- Growing A Forest : The Changing Business Of Classical Music Publishing / Sarah Osborn -- Evolving Business Models In The Classical Record Industry / Marius Carboni -- Managing Artists In The Classical Sector : Definitions And Challenges / Atholl Swainston-harrison -- On Classical Music Competitions / Glen Kwok And Christopher Dromey -- Part Ii. Identity And Diversity. Uncertain Capital : Class, Gender, And The Imagined Futures Of Young Classical Musicians / Anna Bull -- Inequalities In The Classical Music Industry : The Role Of Subjectivity In Constructions Of The Ideal Classical Musician / Christina Scharff -- Lifespan Perspective Theory And (classical) Musicians' Careers / Dawn Bennett And Sophie Hennekam -- Reimagining Classical Music Performing Organisations For The Digital Age / Brian Kavanagh -- Part Iii. Challenges And Debates. Is Classical Music A Living Or Heritage Art Form? / Susanna Eastburn -- Dancing To Another Tune : Classical Music In Nightclubs And Other Non-traditional Settings / Julia Haferkorn -- Curating Classical Music : Towards A Synergetic Concert Dramaturgy / Masa Spaan -- Talking About Classical Music : Radio As Public Musicology / Chris Dromey. Edited By Chris Dromey And Julia Haferkorn. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [247]-261) And Index. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 List of Figures 10 List of Contributors 11 Foreword 16 Introduction 18 Part I Principles and Practices 22 1 Classical Music, Copyright, and Collecting Societies 24 2 ?Growing a Forest?: The Changing Business of Classical Music Publishing 49 3 Evolving Business Models in the Classical Record Industry 61 4 Managing Artists in the Classical Sector: Definitions and Challenges 72 5 On Classical Music Competitions 84 Part II Identity and Diversity 94 6 Uncertain Capital: Class, Gender, and the ?Imagined Futures? of Young Classical Musicians 96 7 Inequalities in the Classical Music Industry: The Role of Subjectivity in Constructions of the ?Ideal? Classical Musician 113 8 Lifespan Perspective Theory and (Classical) Musicians? Careers 129 9 Reimagining Classical Music Performing Organisations for the Digital Age 143 Part III Challenges and Debates 156 10 Is Classical Music a Living or Heritage Art Form? 158 11 Dancing to Another Tune: Classical Music in Nightclubs and Other Non-Traditional Venues 165 12 Curating Classical Music: Towards a Synergetic Concert Dramaturgy 189 13 Talking About Classical Music: Radio as Public Musicology 200 Appendix 1 Keyword Survey of Verbal and Online Commentary, BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM, 1 March 2017 215 Bibliography 264 Index 279