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Name: Capturing music : the story of notation
Author: Thomas Forrest Kelly

📘 Capturing music : the story of notation by Thomas Forrest Kelly

Before the era of recording -- before wax cylinders, vinyl, or digital media -- songwriters, composers, and musicians relied on sheet music and musical notation to disseminate their works. In this marvelously witty and engaging chapter of music history, Kelly, a Harvard musicologist, thoughtfully reviews the long process through which musical notation developed.

First publish date: 2015

Authors: Thomas Forrest Kelly

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