What are heritage agents' perceptions of cultural policy in the recovery and promotion of musical heritage?

Abstract

In the 21st century, in Spain, the emergence of a live early music market is taking place. Perceptions of the different professions linked to the world of early music are analyzed in order to evaluate the cultural policy of promotion with a democratizing orientation on the part of the government. The quantitative and qualitative data show, on the one hand, a lack of knowledge of the music professionals themselves of the democratizing cultural policy and a distance between the perceptions and knowledge according to their professional profiles on the other, highlighting that throughout the value cycle the development of music audiences is not perceived as a priority as something key for the sustainability of the market and the consequent dissemination of the early music heritage.