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Book SynopsisWhat do we mean when we identify a composer as the creator of a piece of music? Does a printed piece of music embody the work, even if the composer is not the person who puts the work on paper? In this cultural history of Western music's adaptation to print, this title looks at how the concept of musical authorship took root.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction What is an Author? Partbooks, Choirbooks, and Beyond The Cultures of Print From Mass to Chanson 1. The World of Books Anthologies and Anonymes The Names of Authors 2. Music Books and Their Authors Editors and Craftsmen Choirbooks, Masses, and Fame The Real Stories Behind Single-Composer Choirbooks 3. Authors of Lyric The Parisian Chanson and Composers as "Auteurs" The Lyric Economy at Mid-Century 4. The Book of Poetry becomes a Book of Music Settings of Ronsard's Poetry, 1550-1570 Les Amours de P. de Ronsard Mises en Musique A Culture of Music Books Books and Bibliotheques 5. Resisting the Press: Performance
