IT and Libraries: The Library of Congress presents a new digital collection – Books About Music Before 1800

The Library of Congress presents a new digital collection - Books About Music Before 1800.

The collection’s treasures range from incunabula such as Johannes Tinctoris' Terminorum musicae diffinitorium of ca. 1474 (one of the earliest examples of a glossary of musical terms) to Franchinus Gaffurius's Theoricum opus musiche discipline of 1480 (the first printed book principally devoted to the study of music).

This online presentation includes digital scans of well over 2000 pre-1801 publications about music that are reported in the RISM B VI series (the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales Series B).