At 3:04 PM +0100 2/5/07, shirling & neueweise wrote:
anyone know where the word originates? i'm wondering if it has to do
with the private and quasi-private "public" concerts held in
aristocractic-supported subscription series common in the late 18th
and early 19th c. where collections would be made for the composer
from the audience members. or am i way off mark?
david? andrew? i'm sure you guys have some info on this...
I've never thought about this, actually, but isn't it more likely to
go back to royal privileges (i.e. monopolies) and the bribes
necessary to secure same? The O.E.D. would probably go into the
etymology. What are such payments called in other countries?
John
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