PIAE CANTIONES

PIAE CANTIONES, a Latin song collection, the first book printed in measured notation in the Swedish empire (1582) with songs dating as far back as the tenth century. The Piae Cantiones Ecclesiasticae et scholasticae veterum episcoporum (Ancient Bishops' Religious Songs for Church and School) is not only the most significant evidence of the singing in the Finnish schools of the Middle Ages and Renaissance but is also unique in Northern Europe. It was published in 1582 in Greifswald by...