Sheet Music
Clefs and lattices of lines, notes and rests, presence and absence, signatures and articulations, the graphic art of musical notation serves as both rigid explanation and expressive abstraction. Below find samples illuminated and otherwise unadorned from our Picture Collection, ranging from the Italian Renaissance to 2006.
Medieval Sheet Music
Following is a selection of sheet music from the 1879 book The Baby’s Boutique, Illustrated by Walter Crane, an influential, prolific illustrator that you can learn more about in our book stacks:
Sheet Music from a 2006 Video Art piece by Cory Arcangel.
The Etude Magazine, April 1946.
The Etude Magazine, March 1946.
The Etude Magazine, March 1946.
The Etude Magazine, February 1933.
The Etude magazine, January 1933
Posted on April 4, 2014, in Picture Collection, Sheet Music and tagged 1890's, 1930's, 1940's, Bobbs Travis, children's illustrations, Chopin, Cory Arcangel, Elfrida Peterson Black, Etude Magazine, Isabel Brown, Lawn Dance, medieval sheet music, Molly Flynn, musical notation, Nocturne, sheet music, The March of Prosperity, Victor Renton, Walter Crane, Waltzing Teddy Bears. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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I have been searching for information on composer Victor Renton for many years. His music was often featured in the unfortunately now-defunct Etude Magazine. However, Google searches have turned up nothing in the way of biographical information. He must have been a teacher at a university somewhere. If anyone sees this and knows anything about him, please contact me at brandtwbecker at hotmail.com. Thanks, Brandt.
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