Technology & Printing Advances
What invention allowed sheet music to be copied quickly and produced in large quantities?
The Printing Press
What major U.S. copyright law was passed in 1909 to update music copyright protections?
The Copyright Act of 1909
What was the first printed music book in North America in 1640?
The Bay Psalm Book
What was the first technology used to record and play back sound, invented by Thomas Edison in 1877?
The Phonograph
What famous composer and bandleader advocated for stronger copyright protection for musicians?
John Philip Sousa
How did printing sheet music help amateur musicians?
It allowed them to learn and play music at home
What type of recording format did early bands use in the 1890s that could only hold about two minutes of sound?
Wax Cylinders
What new type of royalties did the 1909 Copyright Act grant composers for reproductions of their music?
Mechanical Royalties
How did the spread of sheet music create new job opportunities for professional musicians?
Amateurs paid professionals for music lessons
What change happened to the price of sheet music as printing improved and production increased?
The price decreased
What technologies were mechanical royalties designed to cover?
Player piano rolls and phonograph recordings
Before recordings became common, how did composers mainly make money from their music?
By selling sheet music
In 1910, what store famously sold sheet music for just 10 cents per copy?
Woolworth
Before these laws changed, who often made money from recordings while composers received nothing?
Record Companies
What major change began in 1984 that again made music easier for beginners to access?
Digital Sheet Music