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Was it difficult to print music in older days?
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Michael Bell
Feb 1, 2012, 12:10:38 AM2/1/12
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It is commonly said that "broadsides" gave the words only because
"everybody knew the tunes". But is this so. Technology existed for
printing alphabetic letters, but is it not much harder to print music
in staff notation? Not the kind of thing an ordinary printer would be
able to do?
Michael Bell
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"everybody knew the tunes". But is this so. Technology existed for
printing alphabetic letters, but is it not much harder to print music
in staff notation? Not the kind of thing an ordinary printer would be
able to do?
Michael Bell
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Michael Urban
Feb 1, 2012, 10:59:23 PM2/1/12
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In article <7c0c885a52....@michael.beaverbell.co.uk>,
In Elizabethan times, at least, Byrd and Tallis had a monopoly on
the printing of music and music paper. So it may not have been
so much a technical issue as an early 'copyright'-like matter.
the printing of music and music paper. So it may not have been
so much a technical issue as an early 'copyright'-like matter.
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