A synchronic study that highlights the importance of printed packaging, rather than notes on the page, to the complex relationship between composers, publishers, and consumers of music.

Encountering Dedications
PART 1. MAINTAINING EARLY-MODERN MODELS
Gifting a Commodity
Selling a Gift
PART 2. COMMODIFYING THE COMPOSER
Sociability and Celebrity
Influence, Arrangement, and Authorship
Epilogue
Appendix
Bibliography