Music and the Cultures of Print
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: November 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780815325741
Subjects: Cultural studies; Musical scores, lyrics & libretti; Theory of music & musicology; Musical Notation; Music History And Criticism +; Music/Songbooks; Music; Printing; History & Criticism - General; Publishing; Music / General; Instruction & Study - Composition; Music publishing
First sentence: In the present course of our age music is not much in use, not being practiced in Rome by gentlemen; nor is one accustomed to sing with several voices to the book as in years past, even though it provides the greatest possible opportunity to unite and sustain evening parties.
Notes: Garland Reference Library of the Humanities