Musical Life in Europe 1600-1900

Team 4: The Circulation of Music

19-21 December 1998, Royaumont, France

During the Workshop on "Publishers and publications" (Utrecht, 19-20 June 1998) plans were made for a book about "Music publishing in Europe 1600-1900" (provisional title). Several authors are involved to write chapters in this book. A draft or an outline should have been ready for discussion by 1st January 1999. To reinforce this outcome, a meeting with all the authors and additional members was organised in Royaumont, near Paris, on 19-20 December 1998.

Following chapters in progress were presented and discussed :

1. Basic concepts

2. Historical sources

4. Financial aspects

5. Legal aspects

6. "What do surviving copies tell us ?"

7. Composers and publishers

8. Publishers and publishers

9. Publishers and buyers