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The house of Novello : practice and policy of a Victorian music publisher, 1829-1866 / Victoria L. Cooper.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML427.N69 C66 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, Victoria L., 1954-
- Series:
- Music in nineteenth-century Britain
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Novello & Company.
- Music publishers--England.
- Music publishers.
- Music publishing--England--History.
- Music publishing.
- Music--England--19th century--History and criticism.
- Music.
- History.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1 The Economic and Social Environment in England, 1829-1866 7
- Economic Environment and Definition of the Middle Class 8
- Ecclesiastical and Social Reform 14
- The Choral Movement 18
- Domestic Music and Performance 21
- 2 House Editorial Techniques 29
- Sources of Novello Editions 30
- Editorial Philosophy 32
- Editions of Eighteenth-Century Music 36
- Editions of Contemporary Music: the Missa solemnis 50
- Editions from Spurious Sources: Mozart and Haydn 53
- 3 The Novello Stockbook, 1858-1869: A Chronicle of Publishing Activity 69
- Publishing Policy: Compositions, Format, Quantity 70
- Novello's Printing Methods 76
- Balance of Supply and Demand 79
- 4 Contemporary Issues of the Victorian Music Publisher 87
- Definition of the Market and Demand 88
- Acquisition Methods 89
- Copyright Law: Protection and Co-publication 103
- The 'Taxes on Knowledge' and the Printing Duties 114
- 5 The Musical Times as a Reflection of Novello's Editorial Policies 121
- Origins of The Musical Times 122
- Contemporary Music Journals and Fine Arts Periodicals 126
- The Musical World 138
- The Music Supplements 143
- The House Journal and Editorial Policy 145
- 1 Contract between J. Alfred Novello and Henry Littleton, 28 October 1861 157
- 2 Contract between J. Alfred Novello and Henry Littleton, 17 September 1866 163
- 3 Preliminary Remarks in Novello's Edition, The Collected Masses of Joseph Haydn (Orchestral Accompaniment Edition, 1828) 169
- 4 Partial Transcription of the Novello Stockbook, November 1858-May 1869 171
- 5 Partial Transcription of the Novello Commission Book 185
- 6 Transcription of Deposition in Court Case Taylor vs. Novello 189.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-202) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0754600882
- OCLC:
- 50322805
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