Complete Critical Edition of the Tunes
This complete critical edition of German hymn tunes replaces the earlier essays in this field by Wilhelm Bäumker and Johannes Zahn with modern editions reflecting the current state of scholarship.
Section I contains a bibliography of printed musical sources of the German church hymn from its beginnings until 1800. The tunes in section III are edited on the basis of the first printed edition with a complete account of their dissemination and variant readings. They are arranged chronologically by source groups (author’s prints, song sheets, part song anthologies, agendas and hymnals.
The edition is divided into three sections:
Section I: Catalogue of Prints
Section II: German Sacred Medieval Vocal Music
Section III: Complete Edition of the Tunes from Printed Sources
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