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Author Green, Emily, author.

Title Dedicating music, 1785-1850 / Emily H. Green
Published Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 247 pages)
Series Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989
Eastman studies in music.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Encountering Dedications -- Part One. Maintaining Early Modern Models -- Chapter One. Gifting a Commodity -- Chapter Two. Selling a Gift -- Part Two. Commodifying the Composer -- Chapter Three. Sociability and Celebrity -- Chapter Four. Influence, Arrangement, and Authorship -- Epilogue. Dedications and Romanticism -- Appendix. Dedicatory Epistles -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary A synchronic study that highlights the importance of printed packaging, rather than notes on the page, to the complex relationship between composers, publishers, and consumers of music
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 10, 2019)
Subject Dedications.
Music publishing -- History
dedications (documents)
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
MUSIC -- History & Criticism.
Dedications
Music publishing
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781787444478
1787444473