The Union Catalog of Pre-1600 Books Online
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- M2 .D57 Troubadour songs by Dickinson, Clarence, 1873-1969
- M140 .V35 Varietie of Lute-Lessons (London: Thomas Adams, 1610), by Robert Dowland (PDF at shipbrook.com)
- M1490 .W66 M3 The First Set of English Madrigals to 3, 4, 5, and 6 Voices (London: Thomas Fiste, 1598), by John Wilbye (PDF at shipbrook.com)
- M1531 .J66 A Musicall Dreame, or the Fourth Booke of Ayres (London: Simon Waterson, 1609), by Robert Jones (PDF at shipbrook.com)
- M1575.C36 A31 Two Bookes of Ayres (words; from a 1903 edition of this 17th-century text), by Thomas Campion (illustrated HTML at luminarium.org)
- M1579 .R39 D5 Deuteromelia , by Thomas Ravenscroft (HTML and page images at pbm.com)
- M1579 .R39 P3 Pammelia: Musicks Miscellanie , by Thomas Ravenscroft (HTML and page images at pbm.com)
- M1613.3.M477 A127 The XII Wonders of the World (London: Thomas Snodham for John Browne, 1612), by John Maynard (PDF at shipbrook.com)
- M1690 .R25 Melismata: Musicall Phansies Fitting the Court, Citie and Countrey Humours , by Thomas Ravenscroft (page images at pbm.com)
- M1740 .R62 A select collection of English songs, with their original airs: and a historical essay on the origin and progress of national song (vol 1) by Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803 and Park, Thomas, 1759-1834
- M1740 .R62 A select collection of English songs, with their original airs: and a historical essay on the origin and progress of national song (vol 2) by Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803 and Park, Thomas, 1759-1834
- M1740 .S6 1905 Some old French and English ballads by Steele, Robert W and Eragny Press (1905) bkp CU-BANC and Pissarro, Lucien, 1863-1944 and Pissarro, Esther
- M2003 .P6F52 St. Francis of Assisi (Little flowers); oratorio in a prologue and two parts. Poem by Gabriel Nigond. English version by Claude Aveling. Composed for soli and choruses of men, women and children, with orchestra by Pierné, Gabriel, 1863-1937 and Nigond, Gabriel, 1878-1937
- M2136 .R3 W5 The Whole Booke of Psalmes: With the Hymnes Evangelicall, and Songs Spirituall (1621 edition), by Thomas Ravenscroft (page images at pbm.com)
- ML Literature on Music [see the books that were NOT selected]
- ML50 .M415D72 1911M Don Quixote; heroic comedy in five acts by Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912 and Cain, Henri, 1857-1937
- ML50 .M623H72 The Huguenots. Gli Ugonotti. A grand opera in four acts. Words by Scribe and Logouvé [i.e. Legouvé] by Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864 and Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861 and Deschamps, Emile, 1791-1871
- ML50 .S918E52 1910 Elektra: tragedy in one act by Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 and Sophocles and Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929
- ML52.2 .D4 C3 The Discription of a Maske, Presented before the Kinges Maiestie at White-Hall, on Twelfth Night last, in Honour of the Lord Hayes, and his Bride (London: John Windet for John Brown, 1607), by Thomas Campion (PDF at shipbrook.com)
- ML64 .K7 Music in Song, From Chaucer to Tennyson: Being a Selection of Extracts Descriptive of the Power, Influences, and Effects of Music (1883), ed. by L. L. Carmela Koelle (multiple formats at archive.org)
- ML80 .S5E5 Shakespeare in music; a collation of the chief musical allusions in the plays of Shakespeare, with an attempt at their explanation and derivation, together with much of the original music by Elson, Louis Charles, 1848-1920
- ML100 A dictionary of music and musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) Volume 1 by Grove, George, Sir, 1820-1900
- ML100 A dictionary of music and musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) Volume 2 by Grove, George, Sir, 1820-1900
- ML100 A dictionary of music and musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) Volume 3 by Grove, George, Sir, 1820-1900
- ML105 .B16 A biographical dictionary of musicians. [With portraits from drawings in pen and ink by Baker, Theodore, 1851-1934
- ML105 .I53 International who's who in music and musical gazetteer
- ML106 .G7L8 Scottish church music, its composers and sources by Love, James, 1858-
- ML112 .D8 1991 Italian Music Incunabula: Printers and Type (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991), by Mary Kay Duggan (HTML at UC Press)
- ML120 .S7R5 Critical & bibliographical notes on early Spanish music by Riaño, Juan Facundo, 1829-1901
- ML136 .U55D7 Dramatic music (class M 1500, 1510, 1520) Catalogue of full scores by Library of Congress. Music Division and Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore, 1873-1928
- ML136 .U5D7 Dramatic music (class M 1500, 1510, 1520) Catalogue of full scores by Library of Congress. Music Division 1n and Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore, 1873-1928
- ML141 .L6I52 A special loan exhibition of musical instruments, manuscripts, books, portraits, and other mementoes of music and musicians, formed to commemorate the tercentenary of the granting by King James I by London, Eng. Musicians' Company
- ML159 .H392 A general history of the science and practice of music (vol 1) by Hawkins, John, Sir, 1719-1789
- ML159 .H392 A general history of the science and practice of music (vol 2) by Hawkins, John, Sir, 1719-1789
- ML160 .H62 Musical history, biography, and criticism: being a general survey of music, from the earliest period to the present time by Hogarth, George, 1783-1870
- ML160 .H92 1876 The third or transition period of musical history; a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain by Hullah, John Pyke, 1812-1884
- ML160 .M43 1898M A handbook of musical history and bibliography from St. Gregory to the present time by Matthew, James E and Matthew, James E
- ML160 .N2963 1886M The history of music (vol 2) by Naumann, Emil, 1827-1888 and Ouseley, Frederick Arthur Gore, Sir, 1825-1889
- ML160 .N2963 1886M The history of music (vol 2) by Naumann, Emil, 1827-1888 and Ouseley, Frederick Arthur Gore, Sir, 1825-1889
- ML160 .O98 The Oxford history of music.. (vol 1) by Hadow, W. H. (William Henry), 1859-1937
- ML160 .O98 The Oxford history of music.. (vol 2) by Hadow, W. H. (William Henry), 1859-1937
- ML160 .O98 The Oxford history of music.. (vol 3) by Hadow, W. H. (William Henry), 1859-1937
- ML160 .O98 The Oxford history of music.. (vol 4) by Hadow, W. H. (William Henry), 1859-1937
- ML160 .O98 The Oxford history of music.. (vol 5) by Hadow, W. H. (William Henry), 1859-1937
- ML160 .O98 The Oxford history of music.. (vol 6) by Hadow, W. H. (William Henry), 1859-1937
- ML160 .P92 The history of music: a handbook and guide for students by Pratt, Waldo Selden, 1857-1939 and Mendel, Arthur, 1905-
- ML160 .T44 Music and its growth in oriental, Christian & Renaissance periods; together with chapters on the greater tone poets by Tipper, Henry
- ML171 .R29 A Briefe Discourse of the True (But Neglected) Use of Charact'ring the Degrees , by Thomas Ravenscroft (HTML and page images at pbm.com)
- ML172 .H66 Mediaeval music: an historical sketch by Hope, Robert Charles, 1855-1926
- ML180 .H86 1914M Sumer is icumen in by Hurry, Jamieson Boyd, 1857-1930
- ML182 .A822 Trouvères and troubadours, a popular treatise by Aubry, Pierre, 1874-1910 and Aveling, Claude, 1869-1943
- ML188 .H37 A treatise on Byzantine music by Hatherly, Stephen Georgeson, 1827-1905
- ML285 .C76 The story of British music from the earliest times to the Tudor period by Crowest, Frederick James, 1850-1927
- ML285 .C95 The story of British music (fron the earliest time to the Tudor period) .. by Crowest, Frederick James, 1850-1927
- ML285 .C96 1896 The story of British music: (from the earliest times to the Tudor period) by Crowest, Frederick James, 1850-1927
- ML285 .L85 English music [1604 to 1904] being the lectures given at the music loan exhibition of the Worshipful Company of Musicians, held at Fishmongers' hall, London bridge, June-July, 1904 by London, Eng. Musicians' Company
- ML286.8 .L5D3 The king's musick; a transcript of records relating to music and musicians (1460-1700) by De Lafontaine, Henry Cart
- ML385 .A63 Early English music by Anderton, H. Orsmond
- ML390 .B84 Twelve good musicians, from John Bull to Henry Purcell by Bridge, Frederick, Sir, 1844-1924
- ML396 .W5 1899M Cathedral organists past and present: a record of the succession of organists of the cathedrals, chapels royal, and principal collegiate churches of the United Kingdom, from about the period of the reformation until the present day: with biographical notes, extracts from the chapter books, anecdotes, etc. /4cby John E. West by West, John E. (John Ebenezer), 1863-1929
- ML396 .W51 1899 Cathedral organists past and present. A record of the succession of organists of the cathedrals, chapels royal, and principal collegiate churches of the United Kingdom, from about the period of the reformation until the present day. With biographical notes, extracts from the chapter books, anecdotes &c by West, John E. (John Ebenezer), 1863-1929
- ML410 .C3V Campion's works by Campion, Thomas, 1567-1620 and Vivian, Sylvanus Percival, 1880-
- ML420 .W69R4 Who was "Jack Wilson, " the singer of Shakespeare's stage? An attempt to prove the identity of this person with John Wilson, doctor of musick, in the University of Oxford, A.D. 1644 by Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876
- ML703 .N3 An Elizabethan virginal book; being a critical essay on the contents of a manuscript in the Fitzwilliam museum at Cambridge by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall), 1867-1934 and Fitzwilliam Museum. Library
- ML935 .W35 Six lectures on the recorder and other flutes in relation to literature by Welch, Christopher, 1832-1915 and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 and Milton, John, 1608-1674
- ML1300 .F37 The rise & development of military music by Farmer, Henry George, 1882-
- ML1731.2 .C6 1913M Music on the Shakespearian stage by Cowling, George Herbert, 1881-
- ML2529 .E47 The history of German song: an account of the progress of vocal composition in Germany, from the time of the minnesingers to the present age, with sketches of the lives of the leading German composers by Elson, Louis Charles, 1848-1920
- ML2631 .F46 The English madrigal composers by Fellowes, Edmund Horace, 1870-1951
- ML2631 .F46 The English madrigal composers by Fellowes, Edmund Horace, 1870-1951
- ML2631 .F48 1920M The English madrigal school: a guide to its practical use by Fellowes, Edmund Horace, 1870-1951
- ML2633.8.V46 F4 1995 City Culture and the Madrigal at Venice (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995), by Martha Feldman (HTML at UC Press)
- ML3033.8.R66 R49 1995 Papal Patronage and the Music of St. Peter's, 1380-1513 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995), by Christopher A. Reynolds (HTML at UC Press)
- ML3082 .B75 Recent research in plainsong; a paper read to the members of the Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society by Briggs, Henry Bremridge, d. 1901 and Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (Great Britain)
- ML3082 .E38 1895 The elements of plainsong: compiled from a series of lectures delivered before the members of the Plainsong & Mediaeval Music Society by Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (Great Britain) and Briggs, H. B. (Henry Bemridge), d. 1901
- ML3082 .W9 St. Gregory and the Gregorian music by Wyatt, E. G. P. (Edward Gerald Penfold), b.1869 and Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (Great Britain)
- ML3166 .N67 A plea for retaining the Gregorian chant in the recitation of the Psalter & canticles of the Church by Norris, E. J and Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (Great Britain) and Wyatt, Eward Gerald Penfold, 1869-
- ML3186 .H46 Paul Gerhardt as a hymn writer and his influence on English hymnody by Hewitt, Theodore Brown, b. 1881
- ML3186 .L55 Hymn-tunes and their story by Lightwood, James Thomas, 1856-
- ML3650 .D85 The story of minstrelsy by Duncan, Edmondstoune, 1866-1920
- ML3652 .C46 1859M Popular music of the olden time: a collection of ancient songs, ballads, and dance tunes, illustrative of the national music of England: with short introductions to the different reigns, and notices of the airs from writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: also a short account of the minstrels (vol 1) by Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888 and Macfarren, G. A. (George Alexander), Sir, 1813-1887
- ML3652 .C46 1859M Popular music of the olden time: a collection of ancient songs, ballads, and dance tunes, illustrative of the national music of England: with short introductions to the different reigns, and notices of the airs from writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: also a short account of the minstrels (vol 2) by Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888 and Macfarren, G. A. (George Alexander), Sir, 1813-1887
- ML3652 .C46 1893M Old English popular music (vol 1) by Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888 and Wooldridge, H. Ellis (Harry Ellis), 1845-1917
- ML3652 .C46 1893M Old English popular music (vol 2) by Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888 and Wooldridge, H. Ellis (Harry Ellis), 1845-1917
- ML3805 .A2B29 Del svono de'tremori armonici e dell'vdito by Bartoli, Daniello, 1608-1685
- ML A Popular History of the Art of Music: From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock), 1837-1912
- MT Musical Instruction and Study [see the books that were NOT selected]
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