History of Music Publishing in the middle western states before the Civil War

Book

Detroit, Mich.

1972

Information Coordinators

44 p. ; 23 cm.

English

0911772472; 9780911772470

Music--Publishing--Middle West--History.

History of Music Publishing; Mid-West; Nineteenth Century; United States

ML 112 .K74

Krohn, Ernst C. History of Music Publishing in the Middle Western States before the Civil War. Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography, no. 23. Detroit, Michigan: Information Coordinators, 1972.

Overview History of Music Publishing, especially sheet music, in the Midwest before the Civil War. Learn about the important people, publishers, and places. Springboard for further research in Midwest History of Music Publishing. Also, good blueprint for regional History of Music Publishing studies.

The publishing of sheet music in the Midwest from 1800 up to the Civil War. Looks specifically at St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago.

Set up like a journal article. Divided into sections. There is an introduction, a section on plate numbers, sections for the cities included, and a conclusion. Each section is prose and the important publications are written into the text.

Many bibliographic sources. Lays out clear methodology that could be repeated in like projects. Concise.

No general listing of abbreviations. Each abbreviation is explained in a footnote, and easily overlooked.

BYU Mus Ref

3630