Music, Print and Culture in Early 16th Century Italy

by Iain Fenlon

During the early years of the sixteenth century, the reproduction of music of all kinds began to move from the copyist's desk to the printer's workshop. As Francis Bacon, viewing the development from the safe distance of the early seventeenth century, memorably observed in a more general context, the arrival of the printed book had altered 'the appearance and state of the whole world.' By the middle of the sixteenth century, not only music itself,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0712304126
• ISBN13: 9780712304122
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: British Library
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 5.4"