Smoking concerts were live performances, usually of music, before an audience of men only, popular during the Victorian era.Smoking concerts emerged in the 1860s as private entertainment organised by aristocratic and bourgeois amateur music societies and were intended exclusively for men, but later developed into more socially mixed audience events that included women. These social occasions were instrumental in introducing new musical forms to the public.
Smoking concerts were live performances, usually of music, before an audience of men only, popular during the Victorian era.Smoking concerts emerged in the 1860s as private entertainment organised by aristocratic and bourgeois amateur music societies and were intended exclusively for men, but later developed into more socially mixed audience events that included women. These social occasions were instrumental in introducing new musical forms to the public.
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