Earliest English Music Printing A Description and Bibliography of English Printed Music to the Close of the Sixteenth Century

This is the Bibliographical Society's annual publication for 1903. The first example of music printing in a book in English is the 1569 Psalter of John Day. The earliest book in which music is printed from a block is the Musices Opusculum of Burtius, printed at Bologna in 1487 by Ugo de Rugeriis.These and other important books in the history of Music printing are described by Steele. In this study of music printing and music books, Robert Steele examines and describes 197 books which contain printed music from the period 1495?1600?from Wynkyn de Worde's music printing to the apogee of psalm-book and madrigal part-book printing. He also includes a chapter on the methods of early music printing, another chapter on the printers of English music books, a synopsis of known and doubtful editions, and some titles from authentic sources, followed by 46 facsimile plates (with the verso of each leaf blank) of early printed musicSteele, Robert is the author of 'Earliest English Music Printing A Description and Bibliography of English Printed Music to the Close of the Sixteenth Century', published 2005 under ISBN 9781578985166 and ISBN 1578985161.