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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451104103321

Titolo

Music entries at Stationers' Hall, 1710-1818 [[electronic resource] ] : from lists prepared for William Hawes, D.W. Krummel, and Alan Tyson and from other sources / / compiled by Michael Kassler ; with a forword by D.W. Krummel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hants, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2004

ISBN

1-317-09205-8

1-317-09204-X

1-281-33273-9

9786611332730

0-7546-9291-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (764 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KasslerMichael <1941->

HawesWilliam <1785-1846.>

KrummelDonald William <1929->

TysonAlan

Disciplina

016.78/0941

Soggetti

Music - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Music Entries from 1710 to 1810; Appendix: Music Entries from 1811 to 1818 in the William Hawes Manuscript; Index of Authors; Index of Writers; Index of Performers; Index of Dedicatees

Sommario/riassunto

The British Copyright Act of 1709 protected proprietors of books and music printed after 10 April 1710 who gave copies to the Company of Stationers in London. Upon receipt of a copy, usually within days of its first publication, the Stationers' Hall warehouse keeper entered details into a register. They included the date of registration, the name of the work's proprietor (its author or, if copyright had been transferred, its publisher), and the work's full title, which normally named the composer and the writer of any text and often named the work's



performers and dedicatee.Although some publi