Music, Print and Presentation in Saxony During the Seventeenth Century

At the start of the seventeenth century composers such as MichaelPraetorius, Johann Hermann Schein and Heinrich Schütz sawmuch of their music into print; at the end of the century, however,musicians such as Johann Kuhnau or Nikolaus Adam Strungk enteredprint comparatively little, if at all. This article uses thedecline in music printing as a way to understand the changingrole of music and musicians in society. At the start of thecentury, the intensity of music printing testified to the Lutheranmarket for music, but also to the efforts of composers to promoteand present themselves in print. After the Thirty Years' War,however, the market for printed music collapsed, as many courtsand cities began to expect virtuoso performances and a constantsupply of new compositions.     

Booming Business. Communication,Print and Advertisement in the Seventeenth Century

ABSTRACT

News, print and the associated communications were not just a booming business in the early modern period, but are – research-wise – a “hot topic” at this moment as well. The seven volumes discussed are syntheses of many years of research. The books show overlap due to geography and events, and their stress on news bearing media of various sorts, all within the seventeenth century. Each of the volumes is written by an expert on either the Baltic Sea, Germany, or the Dutch Republic. The foci vary from the exchange of information to the printing of newspapers and books, to the use of advertisements.     

Re-erecting Houses in Shropshire in the Late Seventeenth Century

Literary evidence for moved houses in seventeenth-century Shropshire as chronicled by Richard Gough in his ‘History of Myddle’ is checked by site surveys, and the results are analysed. Examination of the relevant buildings points to the need for re-assessment of the theory that such structures were flimsy and had earth-fast posts. Comparisons are included, one of which concerns the re-cycling of a ‘ffat-oxe-house’ for which a building contract survives.