Day: February 11, 2011

Front facade of Houghton Library

A Revolution in publishing

[Thanks to Project Music Cataloger Christina Linklater for contributing this post.] In 1794, a governmental decree led to the foundation of a new music publishing firm in Paris. The company’s full name, Magasin de musique à l’usage des fêtes nationales, indicates that this was a practical enterprise, one of many new initiatives brought forth as…