- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Ottaviano Petrucci
- Introduction
- Chapter One Biography
- Chapter Two Petrucci's Privileges
- Chapter Three Petrucci's Materials
- Chapter Four Normal Printing-house Procedures
- Chapter Five Problems of Chronology: Editions and Impressions, Cancels and Sophisticated Copies
- Chapter Six Other Patterns of In-house Correction
- Chapter Seven The Non-musical Books
- Chapter Eight: Ideal Copy: Petrucci's View of the Book, Its Character, Function, and Destination
- Chapter Nine Petrucci's Repertoire and Its Sources
- Chapter Ten The Dissemination of Petrucci's Books and Repertoire
- Chapter Eleven Petrucci's Technical Legacy
- Chapter Twelve Coda: Early Music Printing as an Agent of Change
- Chapter Thirteen Checklist of Petrucci's Publications, in Chronological Order
- Chapter Fourteen Ghosts: Books and Editions Falsely Attributed to Petrucci
- Chapter Fifteen Petrucci's Type, Initial Letters, and Watermarks
- Chapter Sixteen Bibliographical Concepts and Terminology
- Chapter Seventeen Bibliographical Descriptions
- Chapter Eighteen Concordance Lists for All Petrucci's Musical Output
- Chapter Nineteen Concordant Sources
- Chapter Twenty Documents
- Bibliography
- Index of Libraries Holding Copies of Petrucci's Editions
- Index of Editions
- General Index
Petrucci's Privileges
Petrucci's Privileges
- Chapter:
- (p.77) Chapter Two Petrucci's Privileges
- Source:
- Ottaviano Petrucci
- Author(s):
Stanley Boorman
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Ottaviano Petrucci applied to the Venetian Signoria in 1498 for a privilege to protect his right to print music. The responsible members of the council approved the petition on 25th May of that year. In his application, Petrucci began by praising the city of Venice for the manner in which it supported new inventions, to the greater glory of the city, and encouraged people to explore new ideas. He then pointed out that his own invention had cost him much labor and time, and he attempted to imply that he had discovered what many others had sought long and unsuccessfully; the discovery provided a convenient way of printing polyphony.
Keywords: Ottaviano Petrucci, Venetian Signoria, privilege, printing, music, petition, Venice, invention, polyphony
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Ottaviano Petrucci
- Introduction
- Chapter One Biography
- Chapter Two Petrucci's Privileges
- Chapter Three Petrucci's Materials
- Chapter Four Normal Printing-house Procedures
- Chapter Five Problems of Chronology: Editions and Impressions, Cancels and Sophisticated Copies
- Chapter Six Other Patterns of In-house Correction
- Chapter Seven The Non-musical Books
- Chapter Eight: Ideal Copy: Petrucci's View of the Book, Its Character, Function, and Destination
- Chapter Nine Petrucci's Repertoire and Its Sources
- Chapter Ten The Dissemination of Petrucci's Books and Repertoire
- Chapter Eleven Petrucci's Technical Legacy
- Chapter Twelve Coda: Early Music Printing as an Agent of Change
- Chapter Thirteen Checklist of Petrucci's Publications, in Chronological Order
- Chapter Fourteen Ghosts: Books and Editions Falsely Attributed to Petrucci
- Chapter Fifteen Petrucci's Type, Initial Letters, and Watermarks
- Chapter Sixteen Bibliographical Concepts and Terminology
- Chapter Seventeen Bibliographical Descriptions
- Chapter Eighteen Concordance Lists for All Petrucci's Musical Output
- Chapter Nineteen Concordant Sources
- Chapter Twenty Documents
- Bibliography
- Index of Libraries Holding Copies of Petrucci's Editions
- Index of Editions
- General Index