PRIMMUS: Item-Level Index to the Music Manuscript Collections of Primary Source Microfilm

Published by Primary Source Microfilm

This CD-ROM - an ideal resource for all musicologists studying Music Manuscripts from the Great English Collections, Italian Music Manuscripts, and Twentieth Century Composers -- facilitates the efficient retrieval of specific manuscript references from the Primary Source Microfilm music archives.

Perform quick and easy searches

PRIMMUS allows musicologists and students the opportunity to search almost 25,000 records of manuscripts and rare printed editions using 10 subject fields.

Libraries already in possession of Primary Source Microfilm's microform music collections will find PRIMMUS vastly enhances bibliographic access to and subsequent use of their collections.

Essential research aid

Each of almost 25,000 records covering approximately 4,000 named composers specify the reel number and published collection title to allow quick access to material from across nine manor libraries and many small and individual collections.

The material included covers a vast range of music specifically:

Music Manuscripts from the Great English Collections
Series One: The Bodleian Library, Oxford
Series Two: St. Michael's College, Tenbury
Series Three: Christ Church, Oxford
Series Four: The British Library, London
Series Five: Royal College of Music, London
Series Six: Cambridge Libraries
Series Seven: Royal Academy of Music, London
Series Eight: The Gerald Coke Handel Collection
Series Nine: St. George's Chapel, Windsor

Italian Music Manuscripts, c.1640-c.1820
Section A: Music Manuscripts, c.1640-c.1720
Section B: Music Manuscripts, c.1720-c.1740
Section C: Music Manuscripts, c.1740-c.1770
Section D: Music Manuscripts, c.1770-c.1820

Twentieth Century Composers
Tippett, Bliss and Finzi