Few developments in the history of instrumental and vocal music have been as important as the utilization of the printing press to publish and disseminate sheet notation. This forward step proved to be much more than a simple increase in efficiency and production; it changed the course of music by making it available to masses of people who never would have been able to take part in it otherwise, and creating a demand for more composers and compositions that helped fuel the increasing sophistication of musical craft over the next few centuries. Before the advent of the printing press, music was tediously transcribed and copied by hand. This labor-intensive process made sheet music only affordable to the very wealthy, preventing most people from being able to learn instruments effectively and perform contemporary compositions.
Johann Gutenberg’s printing press changed all of this when it was first used for music in the 1470s. Using moveable type, notes could be arranged, ordered, and reused to produce uniform copies of full pieces at a much faster rate than ever before.
The first composer to release and publish a full collection of polyphonic songs in moveable type was Ottaviano Petrucci in 1501. Petrucci used a triple pass method of printing that produced elegant and clear results, but also required more time and resources. By obtaining a patent on this method, he secured his position as the premiere music publisher in Venice for two decades.
From there, composers started using a single pass method that could be produced much quicker and cheaper, but with less visual quality. Despite the drop in appearance, this printing method became the standard process over time and helped spread instrumental and vocal music even farther due to its lower cost.
The demand for printed music continued to grow under these developments until many major cities contained significant publishing industries. The effects of this were far ranging for both composers of the present time and future. People were now exposed to more music than ever before, and composers now had more opportunity than ever before to make a name for themselves and profit from their work.
These factors gave all of western music in general a much greater trajectory that helps account for its current ubiquitous nature in modern society.
Original article on freemusicarticles.com
Johann Gutenberg’s printing press changed all of this when it was first used for music in the 1470s. Using moveable type, notes could be arranged, ordered, and reused to produce uniform copies of full pieces at a much faster rate than ever before.
The first composer to release and publish a full collection of polyphonic songs in moveable type was Ottaviano Petrucci in 1501. Petrucci used a triple pass method of printing that produced elegant and clear results, but also required more time and resources. By obtaining a patent on this method, he secured his position as the premiere music publisher in Venice for two decades.
From there, composers started using a single pass method that could be produced much quicker and cheaper, but with less visual quality. Despite the drop in appearance, this printing method became the standard process over time and helped spread instrumental and vocal music even farther due to its lower cost.
The demand for printed music continued to grow under these developments until many major cities contained significant publishing industries. The effects of this were far ranging for both composers of the present time and future. People were now exposed to more music than ever before, and composers now had more opportunity than ever before to make a name for themselves and profit from their work.
These factors gave all of western music in general a much greater trajectory that helps account for its current ubiquitous nature in modern society.
Original article on freemusicarticles.com
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