In the 19th and the first half of the 20th century, the music industry was dominated by sheet music publishers. The group of New York City-based music publishers, songwriters and composers dominating the music biz was known as "Tin Pan Alley". In the mid-19th century, copyright … [Read more...]
#ArtDept: A Short History of Amazing Sheet Music Covers
Musical notation was developed before parchment or paper were used for writing. The earliest form was found on a stone tablet created in Sumer (today's Iraq) in about 2,000 BC. In 1764, Josiah Flagg compiled the first collection of popular music, printed on paper made in the … [Read more...]