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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick, Speyer (1511) Source: Marienbibliothek Halle Citation: Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick (1511), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1511a Full title Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Printed in his "Mirror of Organ Makers and Organ Players" regarding this Book Plus a Prospective Edition of Music Full title original language Spiegel der Orgelmacher vn Organisten allen Stifften vn kirch || so Orgel halte Oder mache lassen hochnützlich. durch den hochberüm||pten vn kunstreichen Meyster Arnolt Schlicken Pfaltzgrauischen || Organiste artlich verfaßt.vn vß Römischer Kaißerlicher maiestat || sonder löblicher befreyhug vn begnadg auffgericht vn außgang.|| Abstract The privilege for Arnolt Schlick is the first Imperial privilege written in German. The official document has not survived, but the full text of the privilege is printed at the beginning of the book. Protection for ten years is granted for this treatise which deals with organ-making and playing, as well as for a prospective edition of sheet music. Considerations of public benefit are highlighted, as is a public finances aspect: namely, that well manufactured organs might help to save public expenditure. Under the reign of Maximilian I, most privileges were granted on the grounds of personal relations between authors and the Imperial court. From the available historical records Schlick comes across as a famous musician, and Maximilian as a ruler of great culture who was particularly interested in books and typographic questions. This commentary will look at Emperor Maximilian's interest in the arts and sciences as a basis for granting privileges; at other sixteenth-century privileges for composers; at early requests for statutory copies; and at the standardisation of the Imperial privilege system around 1590. Bibliography Eisenhardt, Ulrich. Die kaiserliche Aufsicht über Buchdruck, Buchhandel und Presse im Heiligen Römischen Reich Deutscher Nation (1496-1806): Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Bücher- und Pressezensur (Karlsruhe: C.F. Müller, 1970) Koppitz, Hans-Joachim. "Kaiserliche Privilegien für das Augsburger Druckgewerbe", in Augsburger Buchdruck und Verlagswesen von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, ed. by Helmut Gier and Johannes Janota (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1997), 41-53 Pohlmann, Hansjörg. Die Frühgeschichte des musikalischen Urheberrechts (ca. 1400-1800): Neue Materialien zur Entwicklung des Urheberrechtsbewußtseins der Komponisten (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1962) Related documents in this database Author Arnolt Schlick Publisher Peter Drach III Location Speyer Year 1511 Language German Source Marienbibliothek Halle Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Maximilian I (1459-1519) Philip of Wittelsbach (1448-1508) Schlick, Arnolt (1460-after 1521) Serntein, Zyprian von (c.1457-1524) Persons referred to in commentary Andreae, Hieronymus (d.1556) Bakfark, Bálint (1507-1576) Beck, Leonhard, (c.1480-1542) Burgkmair, Hans, (1473-1531) Calvisius, Seth (1556-1615) Charles V of Habsburg (1500-1558) Celtis, Conrad (1459-1508) Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Frederick III of Habsburg (1415-1493) Gallus, Jacobus (1550-1591) Hassler, Hans Leo (1564-1612) Hofhaymer, Paul, (1459-1537) Hollander, Christian (c.1510-1569) Isaac, Heinrich (c.1450-1517) Joanellus, Pietro (fl.1565) Isaac, Heinrich (c.1450-1517) Kirnberger, Johann Philipp (1721-1783) Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594) Luther, Martin (1483-1546) Mary of Burgundy (1447-1482) Massenberg, Petrus Massenus (d.c.1563) Maximilian I (1459-1519) Neudörffer, Johann the Elder (1497-1563) Neusiedler, Hans (c.1508-1563) Neusiedler, Melchior (c.1531-1590) Peutinger, Konrad (1465-1547) Pfinzing, Melchior (1481-1535) Pirckheimer, Willibald (1470-1530) Philip of Wittelsbach (1448-1508) Rockner, Vinzenz (c.1517) Rudolf II of Habsburg (1552-1612) Salus, Franziscus (d.1599) Salminger, Sigmund (c.1539) Schäufelin, Hans (c.1480-1538) Schlick, Arnolt (1460-after 1521) Schönsperger, Hans the Elder (d.1520) Senfl, Ludwig (1486-1543) Serntein, Zyprian von (c.1457-1524) Sigismund II Augustus (1520-1572) Steinmetz, Johann (c.1579) Vest Johann (c.1576) Werckmeister, Andreas (1645-1706) Places referred to Heidelberg Strasbourg Places referred to in commentary Aachen Augsburg Basel Frankfurt Freiburg Italy Mainz Nuremberg Prague Vienna Vilnius Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary Imperial Books Constitution 1608 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary Aulic Council (Reichshofrat) of the H.R.E. (Vienna) Frankfurt fair Imperial Books Commission (Frankfurt) Imperial Supreme Court (Reichskammergericht, Speyer) Imperial Treasury (Vienna) Vienna University Key words arrangement book fairs book market books, protected subject matter deposit foreign reprints importation licensing music, protected subject matter duration duration, prolongation of privileges humanism patronage penalties privileges privileges, French privileges, German Imperial privileges, Polish public good Reformation, the Renaissance, the technical manuals translations, of contemporary works typography utility Responsible editor Friedemann Kawohl Copyright status Photographic images and scans of public domain documents may be protected under some copyright laws and/or contractual restrictions apply. If you wish to use images of this document in other contexts, please contact the relevant archive (see source). Translation and commentary fall under the project licence (see home page). 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