*​Lasting impressions. Music and Material Cultures of Print in Early Modern
Europe*

Conference at the University of Salzburg, Erzabt-Klotz-Straße 1, 5020
Salzburg (Austria)

 28–30 June 2018
Organisers: Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl, Moritz Kelber (University of Salzburg)

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The advent of music printing was a significant milestone in the social and
cultural contexts of late medieval and early modern Europe. Prelates,
reformers, composers, and businessmen were among the many that seized upon
the new technology to accomplish a variety of aims. These included the
dissemination of standardised liturgies, the spread of new religious ideals,
the cultivation of relationships with powerful patrons, and the maximization
of profits from the printing industry. The resultant sources are not only
important witnesses to their contemporary religious, political, and musical
climates, but also to their material cultures. This latter aspect has
recently garnered increased attention in musicological scholarship.

Over the past five years, the University of Salzburg has hosted two projects
on music printing north of the Alps. Led by Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl, the
research has focused on the technical challenges of printing musical
notation, on various networks, and on printing during the Reformation. The
end of the first project was marked by a successful conference in July 2015,
‘Good Impressions: The First Century of Music Printing and Publishing’. The
current project, *Music printing* *in* *German-speaking* *lands:* *From*
*the* *1470s* *to* *the* *mid- sixteenth* *century*, will conclude in spring
2019. To mark this occasion, we are organising a second conference with a
broader chronological and geographical focus. We will also be formally
launching our new database and geo-mapping tool, and presenting the
edited volume
stemming from the first project, *Early* *Music* *Printing* *in* *German-
Speaking* *Lands* (Routledge, 2018).

Papers are invited that address a broad range of issues relating to music
printing and material culture in Europe during the early modern period, such
as:

*Specific* *source* *types*

   - Liturgical and hymn books
   - Theory prints and humanist books
   - Polyphonic music books and instrumental tablatures
   - Broadsheets, pamphlets and graphic works with legible music notation

*Cultural* *networks*

   - Trade between printers, institutions, and individuals
   - Dedicatees and contributors
   - Privileges, copyright, and piracy

*Mediality* *and* *materiality*

   - Technical aspects of music printing and book production
   - Design, format, and mise-en-page
   - Relationships between manuscripts and prints

*Repertoire* *and* *reception*

   - Musical genres and named composers
   - Multiple editions, reprints, and expanded editions
   - Individual copies, their owners, and their users

Contributors are encouraged to use our online searchable catalogue (
www.vdm.sbg.ac.at), which includes over 1,000 editions of various source
types with musical notation printed in the German-speaking lands between c.
1470 and 1550. There is also an interactive online mapping tool that can
visualise the production of music prints over time (
https://ispacevm38.researchstudio.at/vdm). The abstracts from the
forthcoming book will be available for consultation on the vdm website.

We are pleased to announce that Kate van Orden (Harvard) will give the
keynote.

Please send abstracts for consideration by *15* *January **2018* to:
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We look forward to seeing you in Salzburg!

Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl

​Moritz​