It is a house still in the scaffoldings, one room nicely decorated, some staircases missing, the doorstep scrubbed but the hall still half bare and the attic. As a sort of "completion" will be a matter of a longer time, I decided to issue this intermediate state of affairs. each publication with a description of its sources Endless Beginnings This is a first tentative version of the vocal catalogue. editions in chronological order of early prints 2. c) No complete work list and no Opera Omnia: 1. b) Opera Omnia available all other editions refer to the description of it. Composers Organization differs as per composer: a) Complete list of works all editions refer to the numbers in that list. Modern Collections in alphabetical order of titles All compositions ascribed to a composer are also included in the section "Composers A - Z". Other editions of works ascribed to a composer (or several composers) can be traced in the section "Composers A-Z" where the lists of sources refer back to the manuscripts and early prints. Early Prints in chronological order of publication After the description and inventory of each early print are to be found the editions (in facsimile or in transcription) of the complete or partial contents of this print, editions of anonymous works, and concordances with manuscripts and other early prints. After the description and inventory of each manuscript are to be found the editions (in facsimile or in transcription) of the complete or partial contents of this ms., editions of anonymous works, and concordances with other mss. To make things easier you will find a complete list (again under: "Sources") of all manuscripts described here, specifying call names and sections where to find them. Manuscripts in alphabetical order of the RISM-library sigla which are listed here under the tab "Sources" they have been selected from the complete RISM-list, readily available in "RISM-Bibliotekssigel.
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However, in the vocal section manuscripts hold much more the spotlight, as all music up to about 1500 has come down to us in hand-written form only since the 1530s-1540s the printing presses flooded the market with editions for a much larger public than before.
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This catalogue follows the same principles as the one of instrumental music which was issued in 2002 and of which a completely revised and updated version is in preparation: it tries to link information on the sources (manuscripts and early printed editions) to all currently available modern editions, not only of the calibre of the Opera Omnia, but also all those practical ones of more modest scope. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY OPERA, MASQUE, BALLET & THEATRE MUSIC