Locheimer Liederbuch

Germany, fifteenth century
Littera bastarda

Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerödische Bibliothek, Wernigerode (Germany)
Ms. Z b. 14

Date of Publication of the Facsimile:circa 1925
Publisher: Im Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel (Germany)
Printer: C.G. Röder GmbH, Leipzig (Germany)

This is a collection of songs gathered for a young German lady at a time when musical notation had acquired almost a modern look, except that the notes were square. These were not religious songs; love was a common theme.

fols. 14v-15r (144K)

fols. 50v-51r (104K)

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