<P> The father of modern music printing was Ottaviano Petrucci , a printer and publisher who was able to secure a twenty - year monopoly on printed music in Venice during the 16th century . His first collection was entitled Harmonice Musices Odhecaton and contained 96 polyphonic compositions , mostly by Josquin des Prez and Heinrich Isaac . He flourished by focusing on Flemish works , rather than Italian , as they were very popular throughout Europe during the Renaissance . His printing shop used the triple - impression method , in which a sheet of paper was pressed three times . The first impression was the staff lines , the second the words , and the third the notes . This method produced very clean results , though it was time - consuming and expensive . </P>
<P> The father of modern music printing was Ottaviano Petrucci , a printer and publisher who was able to secure a twenty - year monopoly on printed music in Venice during the 16th century . His first collection was entitled Harmonice Musices Odhecaton and contained 96 polyphonic compositions , mostly by Josquin des Prez and Heinrich Isaac . He flourished by focusing on Flemish works , rather than Italian , as they were very popular throughout Europe during the Renaissance . His printing shop used the triple - impression method , in which a sheet of paper was pressed three times . The first impression was the staff lines , the second the words , and the third the notes . This method produced very clean results , though it was time - consuming and expensive . </P>
who was the first person to master the art of printing polyphonic music
who was the first person to master the art of printing polyphonic music
Ottaviano Petrucci
Ottaviano Petrucci