Music and Print
Resource type
Book chapter
Creator (person)
Ridgewell, Rupert
Date published
August 16, 2019
Abstract
This chapter surveys some of the major trends in music printing and publishing from the fifteenth century to the present day. From Ottaviano Petrucci's introduction of triple†impression printing for polyphonic music in the sixteenth century to the global marketing of music in modern times, the history of music in print reveals an uneven correlation between technological development, socioeconomic change, and notational evolution. Owing to the unique spatial and performative dimensions to the musical text, the music publisher plays an unusually significant role in mediating between the composer and intended audience. Music therefore offers an illuminating and challenging area for bibliographical exploration.
Book title
A Companion to the History of the Book
Editor
Eliot, Simon
Rose, Jonathan
Pagination
727-742
Publisher
Wiley
Official URL
Rights statement
In Copyright