TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A Note on Currency
Introduction
1. Civilizing Instruments
2. The Mechanic and the Tax Collector
3. A Silver Merchant's Daughter
4. A Dark-Haired Dame and Her Scottish Admirer
5. Two Teenage Countesses
Color plates
6. A Marriage Rooted in Reason
7. Male Amateur Keyboardists
8. A Blacksmith's Son
9. May God Protect This Beautiful Organ
10. How Professional Musicians Were Compensated
11. The Daily Life of an Organist
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index