What was the book? One of the Bossinensis books with Cara, Tromboncino, et al?
ed At 10:44 PM 12/12/03 -0500, Roman Turovsky wrote: >".... >Friday, a volume of music for lute and soprano printed in the early 16th >century by Ottaviano Petrucci sold to a private bidder for $204,000 ‹ a >record >for a piece of printed music, the auctioneer said. > >Petrucci, described as the Gutenberg of printed music, was granted a >monopoly on >the music publishing industry in Venice in 1498. Before Friday, his work had >not >been up for bid since 1949. > >"Petrucci was the first publisher of printed music and his editions are as >rare >as hen's teeth," said Stephen Roe, head of Sotheby's manuscripts department. > >The two-part volume, printed in 1509 and 1511, was once owned by Robert >Bolling >(1738-1775), a member of the House of Burgesses in the Virginia colony in >the >United States. Bolling's elder brother was married to Mary Jefferson, the >sister >of Thomas Jefferson." > >______________ >Roman M. Turovsky >http://turovsky.org >http://polyhymnion.org
