On Sep 24, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Robert Patterson wrote:
Someone lamented that new music has not received such care. Like it or not, new music simply does not sell enough copies to justify that kind of investment.
It's not quite that simple. In the first half of the twentieth century, hand engraving was still the only way to publish music, and so the (very controversial) new music of the time (Stravinsky, Schoenberg, etc.) was all engraved regardless of return, and any losses written off as worth it for the prestige.
In the middle of the century, you start seeing new music reproduced photographically, while engraving is reserved for fancy editions and the like. The advent of computer engraving has leveled the playing field in that regard.
However, even in the 1960s and 70s, some new music got the full engraving treatment. Messiaen immediately comes to mind.
Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
