Early Music Printing in German-Speaking Lands

• Main Authors: Lindmayr-Brandl, Andrea, Giselbrecht, Elisabeth, McDonald, Grantley
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2018; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Music and Material Culture
• Subjects: Elisabeth Giselbrecht; Elizabeth Savage; German printer; German speaking lands; Grantley McDonald; Inga Mai Groote; John Kmetz; Laurent Guillo; Margarita Restrepo; Mary Kay Duggan; Medieval & Renaissance (1000-1600); music and material culture; Music printer; Music printing; Music printing-German speaking countries-History-15th century; Printing technique; Publishing; Royston Gustavson; Social & Cultural History; Sonja Tröster; Mary Kay Duggan; Valerio Dorico; Early Music Printing; Red Staff; John Kmetz; Margarita Restrepo; Inga Mai Groote; Anton Koberger; Tenor Partbook; Printing technique; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; Music Textbooks; Antonio Gardano; Io Io; Music Type; Io Io Io Io; Io Io Io; Victimae Paschali Laudes; German speaking lands; Christian Egenolff; Ode Settings; Ludwig Senfl; Basilius Amerbach; Royston Gustavson; Elizabeth Savage; Grantley McDonald; Jacobo Cromberger; Orlando Di Lasso; Guidonian Hand; Bassus Partbooks; Elisabeth Giselbrecht; German printer; Erhard Ratdolt; Roman Catholic Controversialists; Music printer; Music printing; Sonja Tröster; Laurent Guillo; Luther's Death; music and material culture
• ISBN: 9781138241053; 1138241059; 9780367666996; 0367666995
• DOI: 10.4324/9781315281452

The first century of music printing in Germany had its own internal dynamics, affected by political and social events such as the Reformation. Yet it also had an international dimension: German printers set up shops all around Europe, taking materials and techniques with them, or exporting necessary materials such as type. For the first time, this collection brings together the different strands that define the German music printing landscape from the late fifteenth to the late sixteenth century. From the earliest developments in music printing and publishing, to printing techniques and solutions, the commerce of music printing, and intellectual history, the chapters outline broad trends in the production of different genres of printed books and examine the work of individual printers. The book draws upon the rich information gathered for the online database Catalogue of early German printed music/Verzeichnis deutscher Musikfrühdrucke (vdm), the first systematic descriptive catalogue of music printed in the German-speaking lands between c.1470 and 1550, allowing precise conclusions about the material production of these printed musical sources. The result is a highly original and varied picture of the beginnings of music printing in a geographical region that, until now, has been somewhat neglected.