An early-seventeenth-century collection of sacred vocal music and its Augsburg connections. From: Notes | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: Charteris, Richard | COPYRIGHT 2002 Music Library Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Despite extensive study of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, relatively little is known about the repertories of specific churches of the time, and about how their music was acquired and used. One institution about which valuable information has emerged in recent years is the Lutheran Church of St. Anna in Augsburg. In particular, understanding of the church's musical life was augmented with my discovery of some printed music editions purchased in June 1618 by Adam Gumpelzha...