Item Detail
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Wolfe, Richard J.
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Early American music engraving and printing : a history of History of Music Publishing in America from 1787 to 1825 with commentary on earlier and later practices
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Book
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Music in American life
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Urbana, Ill.
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c1980
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Published in Cooperation with the Bibliographical Society of America by the University of Illinois Press
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xix, 321 p., [19] l. of plates : ill., facsims., music ; 24 cm.
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English
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0252007263; 9780252007262
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Music--United States--History and criticism.
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History of Music Publishing; Music Publishers; Music Engravings; Music Printing; Eighteenth Century; Nineteenth Century; United States
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ML 112 .W64
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Wolfe, Richard J. Early American Music Engraving and Printing: A History of History of Music Publishing in America from 1787 to 1825 with Commentary on Earlier and Later Practices. Music in American Life. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1980.
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Overviews History of Music Publishing as it established itself in early America. Find names of the people and publishers and their techniques in engraving, printing, publishing, and selling music in the early United States. Learn how to date early music.
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Covers History of Music Publishing: people, process, and marketing in the United States from 1787-1830. Also includes information on colonial printing practices and innovations and practices after 1830 to a lesser extent.
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Eleven chapters, a three-part appendix, bibliography, and index. The chapters include: Anglo-European Background, History of Music Publishing in the American Colonies, Printing Music from Type before 1825, Arrival of Musician-Engravers and the Establishment of a Music-Publishing Industry, Early American Music-Publishing Firm, Music Plates, Engraving and Punching Tools, Ink and Paper, The Copperplate or Rolling Press, Customs and Conditions of the Trade, and Dating Early Music. The appendix includes, Account Book of Simeon Wood, Inventory of George E. Blake, and Watermarks in American Music Sheets.
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Good bibliographic references. Facsimiles of original pieces, title pages, or advertisements printed in America.
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BYU Mus Ref
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862