Item Detail
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Hopkinson, Cecil
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A dictionary of Parisian music publishers, 1700-1950
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Book
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New York, N.Y.
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1979
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Da Capo Press
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xiv, 131 p., 3 l. of plates : facsims. ; 27 cm.
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English, French
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Da Capo Press music reprint series
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0306795779; 9780306795770
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Music trade--France--Directories.
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Music Publishers; Parisian Publishers; Eighteenth Century; Nineteenth Century; France
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ML 112 .H7 1979
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Hopkinson, Cecil. A Dictionary of Parisian Music Publishers 1700-1950. London: Harding & Curtis Ltd., 1954. Reprinted with new preface by Jacques Barzun. New York: Da Capo Press, 1979.
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This dictionary helps advanced researchers date eighteenth and nineteenth century French music. Also includes a brief history of major French publishers.
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Music Publishers in Paris from 1700 to 1950. Includes some music merchants and engravers.
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Introduction explaining History of Music Publishing in Paris form 1700-1950. Dictionary lists 550 music publishers. Under each publisher is a list of years that something (such as an advertisement. piece of music, directory, license, etc.) was traced to that publisher. Each date establishes what source the artifact came from and lists the address of the publisher if it was on the source. For the bigger publishers, there are short histories about the place and its owners. The appendix includes lines of succeeding ownership of businesses, signboards used by publishers, principle engravers during the eighteenth century, and principal publishers at Lyons in the eighteenth century. A bibliography of works consulted is included.
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Helps approximate French dates during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when French publishers stopped dating music. Follows publishers even when street names and ownership changed. Short histories about the publishers provided.
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BYU Mus Ref
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3469