Antiquity, Medieval Era, and the Renaissance (Music)

Published collections of early music

Early music is often published in multi-volume collections. These collections:

• often focus on music of a particular time period or geographic region
• may be facsimile reprints or transcriptions in modern notation
• frequently include very useful critical commentary about the pieces
• may be called "monuments" or  "Denkmäler" (the German word for "monuments")
• are mostly found at call number M2 in Music Reference
• are listed in the library catalog, but sometimes only the title of the collection, not the title/composer of every piece contained in the collection.

Examples of monuments/Denkmäler at UMKC:

• Music Ref M2.M489 Monuments of Renaissance Music
• Music Ref M2.P15 Paleographie Musicale
• Music Ref M2.P652 Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century
• Music Ref M2.R2384 Recent Researches in the Music of the Renaissance
• Music Ref M2.R248 Renaissance Music in Facsimile

Use the main library search to look for titles of works or collections.

Use Oxford Music Online for additional guidance in finding individual pieces within particular collections.