| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 1175 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Abbreviations and Glossary; Introduction; PART I: HISTORICAL STUDY; One: Printers and Publishers: The Merchants of Venice; Two: The House of Scotto: A Printing Dynasty; Three: Inside the Scotto Print Shop: The Manufacturing of a Music Book; Four: The Financing of Venetian Music Books; Five: The Distribution of Venetian Music Books; Six: Composers, Patrons, and the Venetian Music Press; Seven: Scotto and Gardano: Marketing a Musical Repertory; Eight: The Early Years (1538-1553); Nine: The Late Years (1554-1572) |
| Summary |
Venetian music print culture of the mid-sixteenth century is presented here through a study of the Scotto press, one of the foremost dynastic music publishers of the Renaissance. For over a century, the house of Scotto played a pivotal role in the international book trade, publishing in a variety of fields including philosophy, medicine, religion, and music. This book examines the mercantile activities of the firm through both a historical study, which illuminates the wide world of the Venetian music printing industry, and a catalog, which details the music editions brought out by the firm dur |
| Notes |
Includes catalogs of Scotto's music and non-music editions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1133-1158) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Scoto, Girolamo, (15.-1572) -- Édition. ram |
| Subject |
Scotto (Firm) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Scotto (Firm) fast |
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Music printing -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century
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Music publishing -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century
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Early printed books -- Italy -- Venice -- 16th century -- Bibliography
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Music.
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Music
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music (discipline)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Publishing.
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Music
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Early printed books
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Music printing
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Music publishing
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Muziekdruk.
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Scotto Press.
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Édition musicale -- Italie -- Venise (Italie) -- 16e siècle.
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Éditeurs de musique -- Italie -- Venise (Italie) -- 16e siècle.
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Imprimeurs -- Italie -- Venise (Italie) -- 16e siècle.
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| SUBJECT |
Venice (Italy) -- Imprints
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Italy -- Venice
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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bibliographies.
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Bibliographies
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History
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Bibliographies.
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Bibliographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199771608 |
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019977160X |
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9780199853113 |
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0199853118 |
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