Music and the book trade : from the sixteenth to the twentieth century

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Music and the book trade : from the sixteenth to the twentieth century

edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote

Oak Knoll Press, 2008

  • Oak Knoll Press
  • British Library

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  • Music printing and the book trade in late-sixteenth and early seventeenth-century Iberia / Iain Fenlon
  • Turning a new leaf : William Byrd, the East music-publishing firm and the Jacobean succession / Jeremy L. Smith
  • The Playfords and the Purcells / Richard Luckett
  • John Walsh and his Handel editions / Donald Burrows
  • The sale catalogue of Carl Friedrich Abel (1787) / Stephen Roe
  • Artaria plate numbers and the publication process, 1778-87 / Rupert Ridgewell
  • Mahler and music publishing in Vienna, 1878-1903 / Paul Banks
  • The Gerald Coke Handel Collection at the Foundling Museum / Katharine Hogg

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The history of music printing and publishing has generally formed a self-contained area of research within the study of book history. Bibliographers and book historians have tended to overlook the trade in printed music, partly at least because the means of production (reproducing notation rather than letter forms)and of distribution (often through the specialist sellers of musical instruments and equipment) were themselves distinct. On the other hand, musicologists have until recently paid less attention to the commercial aspects of printed music, concentrating more on the technicalities of composition and performance.The original contributions contained in this volume set out to map some of the common ground between music and other forms of print, exploring the ways in which the organization of production and the process of publication of printed music have developed over time. From the production and sale of missals in Renaissance Spain to the complexities of Gustav Mahler's copyrights in late 19th century Vienna, these essays raise issues and demonstrate methods of approach which will be of wider relevance to many areas of book history. How composers and publishers worked out their respective financial interests is just one of the recurring themes which will strike a chord with those who study the business of print.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction page vii
  • List of Contributors xii
  • List of those attending the Conference xiii
  • Iain Fenlon - Music Printing and the Book Trade in Late-Sixteenth and Early-Seventeenth Century Iberia 1
  • Jeremy L.Smith - Turning a New Leaf: William Byrd, the East Music-Publishing Firm and the Jacobean Succession 25
  • Richard Luckett - The Playfords and the Purcells 45
  • Donald Burrows - John Walsh and his Handel Editions 69
  • Stephen Roe - The Sale Catalogue of Carl Friedrich Abel (1787) 105
  • Rupert Ridgewell - Artaria Plate Numbers and the Publication Process, 1778-87 45
  • Paul Banks - Mahler and Music Publishing in Vienna 1878-1903 179
  • Katherine Hogg - The Gerald Coke Handel Collection at the Foundling Museum 199
  • Index 209

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