Cosmopolitan, National, and Regional Identities in Eighteenth-Century European Musical Life
2011 ◽
pp. 208-227
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This article determines how scholars have defined cosmopolitanism. It suggests how this concept can be applied to musical life, and studies how geography is played out with cultural authority. It compares how composers from various regions held concerts in Paris, Vienna, London, and Leipzig during the 1780s by referring to the texts of the concert programs. The discussion shows that concerts were relevant in opera life, and that cosmopolitanism in musical culture should be viewed as a political process.