Show WRITTEN MUSIC IS NOT NEW custom of preserving melodies in tangible form was waa first ob 4 served arved by the greeks greek there were a great many steps in the development of the present form of writing music tho the custom of writing melodies rather than trusting to lie ho uncertain help of memory for their their preservation was first observed by the greeks Gree kir indeed at ono one time the preserving of music in a tangible visible form was deemed so necessary as asto to bo be the subject of a special papal bull the writing butof out of music was wag accomplished complis hed lied by the use of many different sets of signs and symbols in the various countries nothing really definite and andIn lasting sting though was done in this direction until the fifteenth century when nhen the first real printing of melodies and harmonies was accomplished in germany this was made possible by the invention of the movable metal types the prints thus produced were remarkably mar kably clear and neat at first but they later became gradually more an and d more imperfect which degeneration anally led to the invention of copperplate printing in 1532 by simon ve bovio rovio an italian new york globe |