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The Use and Re-Use of Music in Early Printed Books: Songscapes 2019
Early modern writers, like Montaigne, were self-consciously aware that their published works could one day become waste paper, re-purposed for any number of uses, such as wrapping food in the market. This exhibition, The Use and Re-Use of Music in Early Printed Books, looks at how sheet music has been repurposed as covers for early printed works as a convenient and cost-effective alternative to leather bindings.