Keywords
book trade in the 19th c.
W. Decker printing shop
musical culture in Poznań of the first half of the 19th c.
sheet music trade
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Abstract
The W. Decker printing shop was a well-known typographical establishment in Poznań at the time of the partitions. The article discusses the book trade of the output of this private press, an issue that hitherto has not been addressed adequately. This activity involved circulation of musical prints imported mainly from Leipzig. While investigating this particular issue and following a press query, the authors came to a quite a surprising conclusion. The press query has made it possible to discover autonomous and extensive book trade catalogues so far unknown. The catalogues in question provide us with information on musical prints available at the time. The wide variety of music styles offered by the printing shop was extensive and covered educational material, sheet music for the exclusive non-professional use and, finally, musical scores for professional ensembles. The offered musical pieces include in the main the then latest works, i.e., those composed after the year 1800. Though the majority of the names represented in the catalogues is not known to the general public today, individual catalogues provide us with much valuable information on music of some merit. Many of these compositions have been forgotten irrevocably, but they undoubtedly had their share in the general development of music and the development of musical tastes of the inhabitants of the Wielkopolska region.References
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