Gotha. The Ducal library contains a small but interesting collection, comprising several rare early works.
Grimma. The Landesschule has about 131 works of the 16th and 17th centuries. A catalogue was published by N. M. Petersen in the yearly school report for 1861.
Güstrow. The Domschule library contains a small but valuable collection of rare early printed musical works, chiefly of the 16th century. They are described in the school prospectus for 1853.
Hannover. There are a few rare early works on music (including a copy of Burtius' 'De Musica,' 1487) in the Royal Public Library.
Heilbronn. The Gymnasium library possesses 16th and 17th century part-books, apparently of considerable value.
Jena. The University library contains about 60 vols. of music, chiefly consisting of rare early treatises.
Liegnitz. The Bibliotheca Rudolfina of the Ritter-Akademie contains an extremely valuable collection of 16th and 17th century music. The catalogue of the printed books was published in the official programme of the academy (1876–8) by Dr. Ernst Pfudel. That of the MSS. appeared as a supplement to the Monatshefte für Musik-Geschichte in 1886.
Lübeck. The Stadtbibliothek is said to contain valuable early German and Italian printed music. An account of a few interesting volumes appeared in the Monatshefte für Musik-Geschichte for 1884, No. 11.
Lüneburg. The Stadtbibliothek is rich in musical works of the 16th and 17th century, both MS. and printed.
Mayringen. The Oettingen-Wallerstein library contains much MS. music: 390 symphonies, 214 cantatas and oratorios, 114 masses and in works for stringed instruments—chiefly by composers of the late 18th century. There are also 120 works on theory.
Munich. The University library has a small but valuable collection of 16th and 17th century music.
Neisse. The Kreuzheiliges Stift has a few printed works of the 16th century and also MS. liturgical works.
Nürnberg. The Stadtbibliothek possesses 13 MSS. and 47 printed volumes of 16th and 17th century church music. It also contains a MS. Antiphoner in eight folio volumes.
Pirna. The Stadtkirche library contains 8 16th century MSS. and 63 printed musical works of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Prague. The University library possesses a few valuable early MS. treatises, besides printed works of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Sondershausen. The Schlosskirche library contains much MS. music, chiefly sacred cantatas of the first half of the 18th century.
Strassburg. The University library possesses a small collection of early printed musical works, the rarest of which are the 'Harmonie' of Tritonius (Augsburg, 1507) and the 'Novus partus sive concertationes musicae' of Besardus (Augsburg, 1617).
Ulm. The Stadtbibliothek has about 141 volumes of printed music, chiefly dating from the early 17th century.
Vienna. c. Dr. Gehring's library was sold in 1880.
Wolffenbüttel. The Grand Ducal library and Bibliotheca Augusta are rich in music, especially in hymns and liturgical works of the 17th century.
Würzburg. The University library possesses liturgical and choir books of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, besides other musical works of interest.
Zittau. The Stadtbibliothek has a few early printed works, and several MSS., among which are 7 missals, dating from 1435, decorated with illuminations of great beauty.
Zwickau. The Rathsschulbibliothek is rich in early printed music, particularly in Psalters and collections of Hymns. There are also a few MSS. The library is described in the 'Monatshefte für Musik-Geschichte' for 1875, No. 11, and 1876, No. 2.
For many less important collections, see the 'Monatshefte für Musik-Geschichte' for 1872, Nos. 1 and 2, and 1873, No. 12.
Italy.
Bologna. The library described in vol. ii. p 425 belongs to the Liceo Comunale di Musica, not to the Liceo Filarmonico. The mistake has arisen owing to the Accademia Filarmonica being located in the same building. A catalogue has been compiled by Prof. Gaetano Gasparo, and is announced for publication (June, 1888).
Crespano. The musical library formed by Professor P. Canal is very extensive, and rich in musical literature. There are several early printed treatises here, and also a number of madrigal part-books. A catalogue of the collection was published at Bassano in 1885.
Florence. a. Add and also some interesting MSS., particularly a volume (Cod. MS. No. 58) containing compositions by the Netherlands School, described in the 'Monatshefte für Musik-Geschichte,' 1877, No. 2.
Rome. The archives of the Papal Choir have been at length examined with the greatest care by F. X. Haberl. The results of his labours have been published in an admirable bibliographical and thematic catalogue which appeared first as an Appendix to the 'Monatshefte für Musik-Geschichte,' and has since been published separately by Breitkopf & Härtel. See Sistine Chapel in Appendix.
Venice. a. The library of St. Mark's contains much interesting music. Amongst the theoretical books are copies of the works of Galilei, Aron, Artusi, L. Folianus, Zacconi, Zarlino, J. Froschius, Gafori, Ornithoparcus, Burtius ('Opusculum,' 1487), and many others. The collection of practical music is rich in part-books of madrigals, chiefly in Venetian editions. The following is a list of composers whose works
