From medieval chorales to light operetta to the electronically generated "musique concrete", this is an ambitious and unique attempt to document all sectors and genres of the European music industry. Encompassing music publishers, orchestras, concert management, promotion agencies, and more, it is indexed by institution, firm, and individual for quick and flexible access.

Music is unique among the arts in its ability to bring large numbers of people together in a communal creative activity transcending social, cultural and linguistic boundaries. This book looks at many examples of composers working in schools, community centres, hospitals and other situations which are not traditional contexts for music. Examples are taken from the United Kingdom as well as from projects from other places in Europe which participated in the EU-funded 'Rainbow across Europe' programme. This study examines the development over the past hundred years of what has come to be known as creative music-making, and traces its spread in other parts of Europe and beyond. It also shows how the composer's role has developed from the nineteenth-century Romantic view of a heroic figure expressing his own inner emotional life in music, towards a more socially conscious inspirational catalyst whose role is to stimulate musical creativity in others.

Covers pre-order checking, ordering procedures, special orders, budgets, check-in, invoices, returns, claims, continuations, outsourcing, and online e-services from suppliers.

From medieval chorales, to light operetta, to electronically generated 'musique concrete', this title offers meticulous coverage of musical composition and criticism, past and present.