Music supplement

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In the 19th century, the documentation of a melody by means of notation in a book was referred to as a music supplement if the melody, as a print from a printing plate, belonged to an otherwise hand-set book that was not a songbook.

The inserts with notes were probably printed with a printing technique that differed from that for the text ( letterpress ) because of the fine lines . The notations were delivered as sheets or thin notebooks from another printer or department and inserted into the bound book, but also bound or, in the case of several music supplements, attached to an appendix behind the text pages.

If there were many music supplements distributed over several volumes for a multi-volume work, they could also be published as a separate volume.

In most cases, the authors presumably did not have the printing plates themselves made, but instead had them made by an engraver, copperplate engraver or similar. The one-off production of the engraved or cut printing plate for the notation generated higher costs, also for storage until the next edition as well as a possibly necessary restoration (zinc pest, corrosion).

As with other references, for example “with boards”, “with maps”, “with floor plan” and “with copperplate engravings”, “music supplement” referred to the added value and could justify an increased sales price.

Apart from the technical requirements, removable notes for the lyrics in the book make it easier to create the sonic impression of the zeitgeist described in the book in a musical house. It appears as an early form of a multimedia experience in the age of romanticism .

Various publications could contain music supplements. For example, travel reports in which traditional or newly composed pieces of music from the travel destination were included to replay. In books about the history of cities or regions, the music supplements contained forgotten melodies to the texts. Books for expectant mothers and on the subject of raising children were often included to play along with children's songs. Works with stories, poems and fables sometimes included suitable melodies in order to be able to use poems as lyrics.

The term was used until the beginning of the 20th century. At that time, due to the developments in printing technology, people stopped using the finely worked notations as engravings, even with high-quality printed products.

Due to the license-free reprints from the 19th century ( BOD ), the term 'music supplement' is used again today when it belongs to the title of the original. However, the melodies are then no longer available in the form of a supplement or are missing entirely.

Music supplements were integrated into the binding of books in library collections in the event that a new book binding became necessary .

In copies on microfilm or digital copies , the music supplements may be missing, as can also be the case with fold-out or multiply folded graphics.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Axel E. Walter: Efforts to Simon Dach. A scientific-historical account of the roof issues and the reception of an 'East Prussian' poet . In: Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe (Ed.): Reports and research: Yearbook of the Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe . Born in 14/2006. Oldenbourg Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-486-58039-6 , ISSN  0945-2362 , p. 45 ( Online Google Books [accessed October 12, 2014]).
  3. ↑ a b The copper plates from the Perthes Gotha collection. Press release no .: 138/2012. University of Erfurt, Department of Higher Education Communication, September 17, 2012, accessed on November 2, 2014 .
  4. ^ Theodor von Wedderkop : Pictures from the north: collected on a trip to Denmark and Sweden. Second part: with a floor plan of Stockholm and music supplements . Schultze, Oldenburg 1845 ( Online Google Books [accessed October 12, 2014]).
  5. ↑ The Blue Rider . In: Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc (Ed.): Almanach . 2nd Edition. Piper, 1914, DNB  361606605 ( description at Wikipedia ).