Thomas East and music publishing in Renaissance England / Jeremy L. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Jeremy L., 1962-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East, Thomas, 1540?-1608?.

East, Thomas.

Music publishers--England.

Music publishers.

Music publishing--England--16th century.

Music publishing.

Music publishing--England--17th century.

England.

Physical Description:

233 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

In the London of Shakespeare and William Byrd, Thomas East was the premier, often exclusive, printer of music. As he tells the story of this influential figure in early English music publishing, Jeremy Smith also offers a vivid overall portrait of a bustling and competitive industry, in which composers, patrons, publishers, and tradesmen sparred for creative control and financial success. It provides a truly comprehensive study of music publishing and a new way of understanding the place of musical culture in Elizabethan times. In addition, Smith has compiled the first complete chronology of East's music prints, based on both bibliographical and paper-based evidence.

Contents:

1 The Life and Early Career of Thomas East 9

2 Music Printing as an Enterprise in London before 1588 19

3 Bibliographical Issues: East's Music Printshop and Chronological Puzzles 38

4 Music Publishing during Byrd's Monopoly (1588-1593) Part I: Byrd's Publishing Agenda 55

5 Music Printing during Byrd's Monopoly (1588-1593) Part II: The Benefits to East 69

6 The Morley Era: Competition in London Music Printing and Publishing (1593-1602) 76

7 Thomas East and the Sphere of Public Affairs in the Twilight Years of the Elizabethan Era 96

8 East's Last Years, His Legacy, and the Two Music Patents of the Early Stuart Era (1603-1611) 112

Appendix 2 Observations on Typographical Variants among East's Hidden Editions and Their Originals 143

Appendix 3 The East-Hassell-Snodham-Field Connection 146.

Notes:

Includes chronology of East's editions.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-228) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0195139054

OCLC:

48905646