1. Chapter 11 Prelude: Music and the Enlightenment
The Rise of Concerts

2. Key Terms
Public concerts

3. The Rise of Concerts (1) Public concerts a new phenomenon
Prompted by growing middle class & emphasis on “the pursuit of happiness”
Holywell Music Room, Oxford, England
First hall built specially for concerts, 1748
Concerts proliferated throughout Europe in last half of the century
But composers still relied on church & court patronage and the opera house for their livelihoods

4. The Rise of Concerts (2)
Subscription series & benefit concerts especially popular
Concerts featured orchestral, chamber, & vocal music
Gave particular impetus to creation of new orchestral works
Purely orchestral music moved into the public arena for the first time
Haydn’s London Symphonies & many Mozart piano concertos written for public concerts