Table of Contents:
  • Philadelphia's musical beginnings, 1700-1786
  • From city tavern to musical fund society hall : Philadelphia's music in transition, 1786-1831
  • Cultivated music adapts and thrives, 1831-1861
  • Music for the masses : publishers and piano makers, 1786-1861
  • Historians, critics, and romantics : Mozart in literature, 1803-1861.