Marie Sumner Lott is an associate professor of music history and literature at Georgia State University and a winner of a 2013 ASCAP-Deems Taylor award.

• CoverTitleCopyrightContentsList of Figures and TablesList of Musical ExamplesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. String Chamber Music and Its Audiences in the Nineteenth Century1. Publishing Chamber Music: Archival Evidence for Chamber Music Production and Consumption2. "Domesticating" the Foreign in Arrangements of Operas, Folk Songs, and Other Works for Chamber Ensembles3. Music for Men of Leisure: An Examination of the Domestic String Style4. Redefining the "Progressive" Style in Responses to Beethoven's Late Quartets5. Creating "Progressive" Communities through Programmatic Chamber Music6. Audience and Style in Brahms's String Chamber Music7. The Diversity of Dvořák's String Quartet AudiencesAppendix 1 J. Strunz, string quartet transcription of no. 18, "Prière" (Prayer), from Meyerbeer's Robert le DiableAppendix 2 C. W. Henning, string quartet transcription of no. 8, "Leise, leise, fromme Weise" (Gently, gently, pious words), from Weber's Der FreischützAppendix 3 M. Kässmayer, string quartet arrangement of "Mein Herz ist im Hochland" (My heart is in the Highlands) from Deutsche Lieder, op. 14, no. 4NotesBibliographyIndex

"By focusing on the milieu of middle-class amateurs rather than the professional world of the concert hall that has occupied most scholars, Lott provides a fresh perspective on the production and consumption of chamber music in nineteenth-century Europe. The Social Worlds of Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music is an exemplary contextual study that enhances our appreciation of not only canonic masterworks but also lesser-known pieces written for this thriving market."--Walter Frisch, author of Music in the Nineteenth Century"Marie Sumner Lott's monograph, The Social Worlds of Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music: Composers, Consumers, Communities, takes us on a rewarding journey into chamber music's often hidden social worlds, adopting an approach accessible to a broad readership." --Victorian Studies  "This book is an extremely significant achievement. It is likely to attract the interest of a broader readership and is strongly recommended, both as a resource for students and more seasoned scholars. It is all too rare that one encounters a book that engages one's avid interest throughout: this was one of those books."--Ad Parnassum