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Class, politics, and symphony orchestras

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  1. the Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies, the Smithsonian Institution, USA

    Stephen R. Couch (research coordinator)

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He is completing his dissertation on the evolution of the orchestra in America and Europe and its relationship to class development, patronage, and musical style and taste.

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Couch, S.R. Class, politics, and symphony orchestras. Society 14, 24–29 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02694645

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