The Mechanisms of the Music Trade in Central Germany, 1600–40

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ID11498951
AuthorsStephen Rose (0000-0002-2417-0245, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume130
Issue1
Pages1-37
Publication date2005-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the Royal Musical Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0269-0403 • E-ISSN: 1471-6933
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1093/jrma/fki004
OpenAlexW2005685542
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

One of the main challenges facing early printers and publishers of music was how to distribute their products to a dispersed, niche market. At the start of the seventeenth century there were two principal routes of dissemination in German-speaking lands: the general book trade (including the fairs at Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig) and the composer's own initiatives (whether via presentation copies, or via self-publication as pursued by Michael Praetorius, Johann Hermann Schein and Heinrich Schütz). This article traces the transactions by which music was disseminated, examines the range of music available through the book trade, and asks how booksellers and musicians negotiated the market for printed music

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