find/research manuscripts, early printed music, and facsimiles up to ca. 1600, including these eras: "antiquity," medieval" (or "middle ages") and the "Renaissance."
find books and articles about this music using the same sources and strategies you use for music from all eras.
Records about manuscript and printed music sources, 1500-1800.
Includes: Series A/I (individual printed music 1600-1800); Series A/II (music manuscripts 1600-1800); and part of Series B/I (printed music anthologies 1500-1550). Series B/IV (Manuscripts of polyphonic music, 11th-16th centuries) online in DIAMM http://www.diamm.ac.uk/ Series C and full Series B available in print only.
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