Ottaviano Petrucci
Catalogue Raisonne
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:17th Nov '05
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The innovative work in design, typography, and content of music printer and publisher Ottaviano Petrucci (1446 - 1539) became the standard by which all following printers measured themselves. This book is a bibliographic study of the output of the Petrucci presses. It includes a detailed study of technique and house-style, and provide a detailed catalogue of editions and copies.
...a highly original, synthetic contribution to music bibliography with important implications for all the larger fields into which it fits... In fact, it is a better and more detailed bibliographical study than we have ever before seen of any music printer or publisher. * Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, vol. 101, no. 2 *
...a significant, indeed an indispensable tool. It is a model case study in analytical music bibliography. * Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, vol. 101, no. 2 *
ISBN: 9780195142075
Dimensions: 188mm x 257mm x 56mm
Weight: 1919g
1296 pages