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pim_derks
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« Reply #30 on: 23:10:55, 23-10-2007 »
This week's episode of In Our Time might be interesting:

"Melvyn Bragg is joined by Amanda Vickery, Jeremy Black and John Mullan to explore how the idea of taste artfully redecorated the living rooms, literature and social politics of the 18th century. The concept of taste was championed by a burgeoning middle class looking to acquire the accoutrements of the aristocracy and by an aristocracy keen to distance themselves from their increasingly wealthy inferiors."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/

Quote from: roslynmuse on 20:34:57, 07-10-2007
And how often do Melvyn Bragg's guests talk about music on In Our Time?

I don't see the word "music" in the announcement, roslynmuse, but we'll see what happens. Wink
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« Reply #31 on: 23:25:21, 23-10-2007 »
It sounds excellent, Pim...  should have a few veins standing out on necks elsewhere, too  Wink
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« Reply #32 on: 10:46:18, 25-10-2007 »
Today's edition of In Our Time was quite interesting. There wasn't a lot about music in it, only a short reference to opera (!), somebody talked about servants who bought sheet music in the eighteenth century and somebody mentioned the piano.
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« Reply #33 on: 10:57:45, 25-10-2007 »
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somebody talked about servants who bought sheet music in the eighteenth century

Careful, Pim...  last time I suggested here that THE MAGIC FLUTE was first performed in a buffonerie theatre patronised chiefly by the working classes,  someone's neck-veins stood out exceptionally and I was made to stand in the corner for a week Wink
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