Viennese Music Copyists and the Transmission of Music in the Eighteenth Century

Edge, Dexter

doi:10.2307/947381

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“…He notes that commercial music copying was not replaced by printing, but existed next to it, and that both forms of dissemination thrived in the 1780s. 28 Accordingly, Thomas Hochradner points out that even well-established music publishers in German-speaking countries sold handwritten material made by copyists. He mentions that in the eighteenth century, the term 'copyist' was ambiguous and the only clear distinction could be drawn between professional copyists ('Berufskopisten', employed by residencies, publishers or institutions), who guaranteed quality, and casual copyists ('Gelegenheitskopisten'), who could be musicians generating additional income, or dilettantes.…”

Section: Female Copyistsmentioning

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The 'Who' of Manuscript Recipe Books: Tracing Professional Scribes

Müllneritsch

2017

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The idea that female scribes – probably members of the middle or upper-classes – made manuscript recipe books for a fee, without being part of the owner’s family, has been discussed in English- and German-language countries for several years. The tradition of making manuscript recipe books for weddings and other important dates in the life of a woman justifies the idea that money was spent to provide such a present, for example, if time was scarce. If the owner did not want to make the effort to write the book on their own, a professional scribe was commissioned to carry out the task for them. In doing so, a personalised book could be made, that was probably more expensive than a printed book, but exclusive and tailored to the customer’s wishes. Three Austrian manuscripts examined in this study serve as a first attempt to reflect about the possibility of female scribes, drawing on examples of women working as paid and unpaid copyists and scribes in the eighteenth-century. One of the volumes gives clear evidence of a professional female scribe penning the book, either for a customer or herself, and the other two imply that professionals had been commissioned.

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Section: Female Copyistsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The 'Who' of Manuscript Recipe Books: Tracing Professional Scribes

Müllneritsch

2017

1700

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Die Opera buffa in Europa

Zedler

Hoven

Knaus

2023

Vernetzen - Bewegen - Verorten. Kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven

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Die Etablierung der Opera buffa veränderte die Opernlandschaft des 18. Jahrhunderts maßgeblich. Sie stellte einen inhaltlichen Kontrapunkt zur höfisch geprägten Opera seria dar und löste diese zunehmend in den Spielplänen ab. Wie aber ging die europaweite Verbreitung der komischen italienischen Oper vor sich? Wo konnte sie sich rascher als anderswo etablieren und wer waren die zentralen Akteurinnen und Akteure? Welche Rolle spielten mobile Operntruppen und wie verhielten sich die Höfe zu dem neuen Genre? Erstmals nehmen die Autorinnen in einer systematischen Analyse der Opera buffa in Europa Migration, Mobilität, Netzwerke und Transformationsprozesse zwischen 1740 und 1765 in den Blick. Mit einem Gastbeitrag von Tom Brökel und Heike Brökel.

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