José Bowen: Beethoven the businessman

This quick TED talk entry is courtesy of TED.com. The revolution that made music more marketable, more personal and easier to pirate began … at the dawn of the nineteenth-century. At TEDxSMU, José Bowen outlines how new printing technology and an improved piano gave rise to the first music industry and influenced a generation of composers.

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