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'...what is interesting is the chance to view music-making in its social context.' Early Music Review '... an impressively-documented study of rivalries and reputations... This well-focused study clarifies many [...] issues, and sheds valuable light on the precarious nature of building a career in the rapidly-changing conditions of London concert ife in the 1780s.' The Musical Times '... a remarkable fresh view of Salomon's early London career - a subject mysteriously shrouded in self-created legend - and, in so doing, unmasks two well-established myths: that Salomon's star was steadily in the ascendant during the 1780s, and that his success in enticing Haydn to London was an almost inevitable crowning achievement... This entertaining and multifaceted book is both revealing and challenging in demonstrating that the public face of London's music was the outcome of a complex series of societal negotiations in which both private music-making and amateur mediation played major roles.' Music and Letters

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Ian Woodfield, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland

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