Music, Authorship, and the Book in the First Century of Print.

What does it mean to author a piece of music? What transforms the performance scripts written down by musicians into authored books? In this fascinating cultural history of Western music's adaptation to print, Kate van Orden looks at how musical authorship first developed through the medium of...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
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Main Author: Van Orden, Kate.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
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Summary:What does it mean to author a piece of music? What transforms the performance scripts written down by musicians into authored books? In this fascinating cultural history of Western music's adaptation to print, Kate van Orden looks at how musical authorship first developed through the medium of printing. When music printing began in the sixteenth century, publication did not always involve the composer: printers used the names of famous composers to market books that might include little or none of their music. Publishing sacred music could be career-building for a composer, while some types of.
Physical Description:1 online resource (257 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520957114
0520957113
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