ABSTRACT
This book presents a varied and nuanced analysis of the dynamics of the printing, publication, and trade of music in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries across Western and Northern Europe. Chapters consider dimensions of music printing in Britain, the Holy Roman Empire, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Italy, showing how this area of inquiry can engage a wide range of cultural, historical and theoretical issues. From the economic consequences of the international book trade to the history of women music printers, the contributors explore the nuances of the interrelation between the materiality of print music and cultural, aesthetic, religious, legal, gender and economic history. Engaging with the theoretical turns in the humanities towards material culture, mobility studies and digital research, this book offers a wealth of new insights that will be relevant to researchers of early modern music and early print culture alike.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|46 pages
Type
chapter 1|22 pages
The pioneers of mensural music printing in German-speaking lands: networks and type repertoria
part II|46 pages
Notes
chapter 3|20 pages
Musical editions for the Protestant churches of Strasbourg until the end of the Interim (1555)
part III|40 pages
Music printing at Wittenberg
chapter 6|16 pages
Three Libri missarum of early Lutheran Germany: some reflections on their repertory
part IV|55 pages
Music printing in the Low Countries
part V|40 pages
Printing privileges
chapter 9|24 pages
Privileges for printed music in the Holy Roman Empire during the sixteenth century
part VI|82 pages
The book trade