There is not much sacred music in those manuscripts. 
But there are other manuscripts and even prints (Falckenhagen!) only 
containing sacred music as there still was a living tradition of domestic 
devotion.

Thomas

Am Mittwoch, 23. Februar 2005 18:04 schrieb Alain Veylit:
> Ralf,
> This is very interesting: how many of those pieces preserved in
> monasteries (roughly speaking) are sacred works, as opposed to dances or
> preludes? any single volume dedicated to the liturgy?
> Alain
>
> ralf bachmann wrote:
> >>BTW, has anyone noticed that while 50% of the
> >>repertoire in the 16th
> >>century is religious - Ave marias, motets, psalms,
> >>etc. - the later
> >>repertoire is entirely profane?
> >
> >Yeap, that´s true ...  monks seemed to like that new
> >"entirely profane" music. A very substantial part of
> >the 17th & 18th century lute music is (was) preserved
> >in monasteries: Grüssau, Seitenstetten, Kremsmünster,
> >Raigern, Neuburg, etc.
> >
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