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5 days ago

Some of the earliest written notes in western musical history discovered in Pennsylvania

A ninth-century Latin sacramentary leaf contains early western musical notations above "alleluia", indicating pitch inflections that mark the dawn of modern western musical notation.
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2 days ago

Medieval Musical Notations Discovered in 9th-Century Manuscript - Medievalists.net

A 9th-century vellum leaf with early musical neumes, possibly among Western Europe's earliest written music, has been identified and is for sale for $80,000.
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