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...resembled the earliest known neumatic documents, but was probably at least 100 years older. Yale's Latin Professor Clarence Mendell had bought the document in 1938 from London's E. P. Goldschmidt & Co., Ltd. Experts traced it back to Luxeuil, after that to the abbey library at Admont, Austria, where it had come to rest as part of the bookbinding of a 12th century manuscript. There it remained until 1937, when it was sold to Goldschmidt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Mystery Tune | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

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