Newport Historical Society collection of music Newport Historical Society collection of music 1643-1975, undated

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Newport Historical Society collection of music Newport Historical Society collection of music 1643-1975, undated

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RNHi-ms.1854.6&view=title

This collection contains music manuscripts, books, full and condensed scores, and sheet music, much of which was written, printed, or performed in Newport and Rhode Island.

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This collection covers a large range of musical styles, notational format, and publishing methods beginning with examples early musical notation. Initially, music of the Western World was largely transmitted orally and remembered with varying accuracy, eventually sparking attempts to create a more cohesive, reliable form of written notation (Boorman). The resulting system, largely dated to the 1100s, used four lines and stemless notes whose shapes, fill, and relation to...