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The Glogauer Liederbuch is a forgotten treasure a rich repository of fifteenth-century music. It contains 292 songs devotional chants and instrumental pieces which were performed by educated enthusiasts or students not by professional musicians. The collection also includes several pieces known as 'Schwanz' (tail) which probably designates them as dances ('schwanzen' being a derivation of 'tanzen' i.e. dancing). The music sung or played in this Lower Silesian monastic community originated in many different countries but all the pieces show a richly developed standard. The Liederbuch is the oldest known set of part-books from central Europe. Album Tracks 1. Christ Ist Erstanden - Martin Hummel/Dulce Melos 2. Der Ratten Schwanz - Sabine Lutzenberger/Dulce Melos 3. In Pr'clare Barbar'// O Wie Gern Und Doch Entbern - Various Performers 4. Es Solt Ein Man// All Voll - Dulce Melos 5. Der Morgenstern// Ich Sach Eins Mals// Die Nacht - Martin Hummel/Dulce Melos 6. Der Seiden Schwanz// Zu Aller Zeit - Martin Hummel/Dulce Melos 7. Elende Du Hast - Various Performers 8. O Rosa Bella - Dulce Melos 9. Ich Bins Erfreut// Die Libe - Sabine Lutzenberger/Dulce Melos 10. Der Pfauen Schwanz - Dulce Melos 11. In Feuers Hitz// Ach Reine Zart// Mole Gravati Criminum - Dulce Melos 12. Der Entrepris - Martin Hummel/Dulce Melos 13. L'tare, Germania// Elslein, Liebstes Elselein - Dulce Melos 14. Auf Rief Ein Hübsches Freuelein// Zenner, Greiner - Sabine Lutzenberger/Dulce Melos 15. Groß Senen// Die Welt, Die Hat Einen Tummen Sin - Dulce Melos 16. Die Katzenpfote// [Untitled] - Various Performers 17. Nu Bitten Wir - Dulce Melos 18. Der Vöglein Art - Martin Hummel/Dulce Melos 19. Die Eselskrone - Dulce Melos 20. Tärste Ich Mit Libe// Ach Got// Der Wächter - Various Performers