It became famous for music, fine printing and for the sisters' art collections which they bequeathed to the nation.

Another very important discovery at this time was music printing.

In music printing, engraving is an intaglio technique.

The wide spread of his fame was made possible by the concurrent development of music printing.

Until Susato set up his press in Antwerp, music printing had been done mainly in Italy, France and Germany.

King, A. Hyatt (1971) "The significance of John Rastell in early music printing".

During this period, music printing (technically more complex than the printing of written text) was adopted from continental practice.

The wide distribution of his music is all the more impressive considering that he died decades before the availability of music printing.

The sung parts in a vocal work are not usually issued separately today, although this was historically the case, especially before music printing made sheet music widely available.

Even after the advent of music printing, much music continued to exist solely in manuscripts well into the 18th century.