Music Societies in the 19th Century Oporto : Private Spaces of Amateur and Professional Music Making

Abstract

The purpose of this article3 is to describe the musi- cal activity of the five main venues for private so- cialising in Oporto in the 1800s, and their contribu- tion to the development of the musical taste of the city’s society, taking into account both amateur and professional practice and particularly the repertoire performed.