Continuum: Petrucci — The First Printer Of Music

By Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.

Published October 5, 2014 at 6:00 AM CDT

This week on Continnum Milton Scheuermann and Thais St. Julien present music from the first music publication of the Italian printer, OttavianodeiPetrucci (1466-1530), who was the first to publish in 1501 a collection of music of the period printed using movable type.

Included are chansons, frottole, popular Italian dances & sacred music from that printed collection.

The music will be performed by the famed New York Pro Musica, founded in 1952. The ensemble remained in existence until disbanding in 1974. It is from an LP recording on the Decca label made in 1969. The recording is directed by John Reeves White, who was also the music adviser for New Orleans Musicada Camera in 1984.

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Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.

Milton has been the co-host (with Thais St. Julien) of Continuum since 1976. He is a true New Orleanean, born on Mardi Gras day, attending P. A. Capdau Grammar School and Warren Easton High School. After completing the five year program of the Tulane School of Architecture in 1956 he was drafted into the Army. After a two year stint in the combat engineers in Germany he returned to New Orleans to work with the architectural firm of Goldstein, Parham & Labouisse, becoming an associate in the firm of Parham & Labouisse after Mr. Goldstein’s death. He was appointed University Architect for Dillard University in 1972 and retired from that position in 2002.

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