55,491 incipits from music manuscripts after 1600
contained in libraries of the United States of America.

Composer Title Genre Any anthem ballet canon cantata canzona carol chaconne chanson, polyphonic chorale chorale prelude concerto concerto grosso dance: minuets, sarabandes, gigues divertimento fantasia fugue hymn madrigal march mass mazurka minuet motet nocturne opera: arias, recitatives, sinfonias oratorio overture part song: glees, catches, rounds passacaglia passion music pavans polonaise prelude program music requiem mass ricercars rondo sonata song studies: solfeggi, exercises, etudes suite symphony toccata trio sonatas variations waltz other unknown Keyword Library Any Library University of Michigan University of Texas Maryland Historical Society Peabody Conservatory of Music New England Conservatory of Music University of California at Berkeley Baldwin-Wallace College Bach Choir Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. Harvard Musical Association Library University of Colorado at Boulder Boston Public Library Boston University State University of New York at Buffalo Harvard College Library Harvard University, Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library Harvard University Archives John Milton Ward, private collection University of North Carolina, Music Library Newberry Library University of Maryland University of Chicago Museum of Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association North Texas State University Northwestern University Yale University University of North Carolina at Greensboro Connecticut Historical Society Library Trinity College Cornell University Harry S. Truman Library William A. Little, private collection Kent State University Leon Robbin, private collection Kansas City Conservatory of Music Univeristy of California, Clark Memorial Library University of California, Music Library University of California, Special Collections Depart. University of Louisville Tufts University Vermont Historical Society Rutgers University Library School of Music Library, Yale University Smith College Library Columbia University George R. Hill, private collection Hispanic Society of New York Rudolf F. Kallir, private collection New York Public Library at Lincoln Center Pierpont Morgan Library Queens College of the City University The Galerie St. Etienne Teri Towe, private collection Mills College Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Library of Philadelphia Historical Society of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Vassar College William H. Scheide, private collection Eastman School of Music Peabody and Essex Museums John Kallir, private collection San Francisco Public Library San Francisco State University Washington University Henry E. Huntington Library Dr. Eric Offenbacher, private collection Old Sturbridge Village Stanford University University of Washington Toledo, Ohio, Museum of Art Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library of Congress, Music Division Founder's Library, Harvard University Colonial Williamsburg Research Department Williams College Moravian Music Fountation Old York Historical Society

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