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Universal Circulating Music Library was a music publishers' activity established in the United Kingdom in the 1850s and 1860s.〔For a general history of Circulating Music Libraries see Alec Hyatt King, 'Music Circulating Libraries in Britain' in ''The Musical Times'', Vol. 119, No. 1620 (Feb., 1978), pp. 134-138.〕 By the 1920s no significant such circulating libraries by music publishers survived, most probably due to reduced demand (the interested public would just buy the music they were interested in). In terms of the housed collections/music in such "libraries" run by publishers, it is probably fair to say that most was lost, with only some still being in music publisher's archives. ==Messrs. Schuermann & Co.== Messrs. Schuermann & Co. were probably the first music publisher in the United Kingdom to start a ''Universal Circulating Music Library'' in 1855.〔See announcement in ''The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular'', Vol. 6, No. 139 (Feb. 15, 1855), p. 313〕 An announcement at the time stated: 'Many of our readers will be glad to have their attention directed towards the very comprehensive Music Library which has been formed by Messrs. Schuermann & Co., of 72, Newgate-street. The catalogue contains more than 42,042 separately numbered works, embracing almost every English and Foreign publication, under various headings and subdivisions. Libraries of reference are of such absolute necessity to all students, especially to the musician, that several attempts have been made to satisfy the want; but most of these labor under the serious disadvantage of being confined to either one class of musical works, or—as in the case of the British Museum—of being available only to those who can go from home to study. Messrs. Schuermann’s arrangements allow of a very liberal supply of works at the subscriber’s private residence, And the small annual cost would be well bestowed even by those who ultimately intend to purchase a private library for their own use, because it affords so complete an oppoortunity of examining the merits of a work previously to purchase. A very handsomely printed catalogue may be purchased at small cost; its perusal will fully prove the great outlay at which the proprietors have got together this collection.'〔Announcement in ''The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular'', Vol. 6, No. 139 (Feb. 15, 1855), p. 313〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Universal Circulating Music Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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