Books by Cyril (Honorary Visiting Professor in Music Ehrlich

Celebrating a venerable institution, this history, based upon exhaustive research in the Society's archives, also addresses wider themes which continue to bear upon concert life: the evolution of repertoire and performance, audience, conductor; networks of recruitment; patronage and the marketplace; London orchestras; fees and rehearsals.

The author follows the piano's history, from the fortepiano of Mozart's time to the most sophisticated modern products of the Japanese manufacturers and looks at the professional musicians, the hire-purchase touts and fashionable ladies, amongst others.