!!!Hausmusik

Hausmusik (house music, domestic music), German term for the 
performance of music in private circles, usually by amateurs but 
sometimes by or in cooperation with professional musicians. Initially 
typical of the musical activities in the houses of noblemen, Hausmusik 
was from the late 18%%sup th/%  century increasingly practised by the 
bourgeoisie and reached its peak in the salons of the Biedermeier era. 
The social crises of the first half of the 20%%sup th/%  century and 
the general availability of records, tape recordings etc. caused the 
decline of Hausmusik but not its complete disappearance. Even though 
musical performances in the family or in a circle of friends are also 
known in folk music, the concept is mostly associated with bourgeois 
society. Private study with tutors and/or the availability of public 
schools of music and the production of music requiring only moderate 
skills and a restricted number of players are indispensable 
prerequisites for the preservation of this valuable social and 
cultural phenomenon.


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