Music Publications: Artifacts and Instruments of the Music Industry

Authors

César Leal, Gettysburg CollegeFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2022

Department 1

Conservatory of Music

Department 2

Globalization Studies

Abstract

The technological advancements of the second half of the nineteenth century had an important impact on the music publishing business. Innovations such as the mimeograph in 1886 as well as the implementation of new printing methods such as offset printing (1875), hot metal typesetting (1884), screen printing (1910), and electrogravure (1905) characterized the fin de siècle history of printing. The appearance of many new editions of literary and musical works as well as the creation of new journals was the evidence of a strengthened publishing business. All this happened while the sound recording industry began its fast and steady emergence in Europe. [excerpt]

Comments

The book containing this chapter is available from the publisher's website.

ISBN/ISSN

978-2-503-60289-9

Recommended Citation

Leal, César. "Music Publications: Artifacts and Instruments of the Music Industry." In Financing Music in Europe, edited by Etienne Jardin. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepol: 2022.