Berg, Adam

BERG, Adam, a renowned music printer of Munich, whose publications extend from 1540 to about 1599. His great work was the ‘Patrocinium musices,’ published under the patronage of the Dukes of Bavaria, the first volume of which appeared in 1573. After the death of Duke Albrecht V, in 1579, the publication was interrupted, and not resumed till 1589, when the second series appeared, also containing five volumes. The following is a list of the contents of the entire work:—...