Bibliography
Since this bibliography is fully searchable, I decided to use for it the format «author's first name – surname», with the editor's name (when present) placed after the title of the book. The sigla of primary sources of duos are linked to the dedicated pages.
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| Anonymous, Bertalotti | Angelo Bertalotti: 50 solfeggi a 2 voci (Calcografia di Musica Sacra, Milan [1877 - 1896]). | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Bertalotti's duo collection. |
| Various composers (1531) | Canzoni frottole et capitoli: Libro secondo de la Croce (Valerio Dorico, Rome 1531) | Primary source of duos Two duos: one with Italian text attributed to Festa, one textless with French incipit. |
| Various composers (1539-a) | Le Parangon des Chansons: Quart livre contenant XXXII chansons a deux et a troys parties (Jacques Moderne, Lion 1539) | Primary source of duos 16 chansons by various composers. |
| Various composers (1539-b) | Canzoni francese a due voci buone da cantare et sonare (Antonio Gardane, Venice 1539) | Primary source of duos 28 French chansons, plus one published only in all the reprints. |
| Various composers (1543) | Il primo libro a due voci de diversi autori (Antonio Gardane, Venice 1543) | Primary source of duos 67 textless duos by various composers: 65 sacred bicinia and two chansons. |
| Various composers (1545-a) | Bicinia gallica, latina, germanica ex praestantissimis musicorum munumentis collecta et secundum seriem tonorum disposita: Tomus primus (Georg Rhau, Wittenberg 1545) | Primary source of duos 92 duos, including sacred and secular bicinia with texts in Latin, Italian, German and French, and textless duos. Nos. 77, 83 and 85 are tricinium. |
| Various composers (1545-b) | Secundus tomus biciniorum quae et ipsa sunt gallica, latina, germanica ex praestantissimis symphonistis collecta, et in Germania typis nunquam excusa. Additae sunt quaedam, ut vocant, fugae, plenae artis et suavitatis (Georg Rhau, Wittenberg 1545) | Primary source of duos 107 duos, including sacred and secular bicinia with texts in Latin, Italian, German and French, and textless duos. No. 29 was not used, while No. 108 is a tricinium. |
| Various composers (1556) | Villancicos de diversos autores a dos y a tres y a quatro y a cinco bozes (Girolamo Scotto, Venice 1556) | Primary source of duos |
| Various composers (1571) | Liber Musicus, duarum vocum cantiones, tum latinas tum gallicas atque teutonicas longe suavissimas complectens, instrumentis musicis admodum convenientes. Iam recens summa diligentia collectas. Livre de musicque, contenant plusieurs excellentes chansons et motetz a deux parties, convenables à tous instrumens musicalz, nouvellement amassées hors de divers livres (Pierre Phalèse and Jean Bellère, Antwerp and Leuven 1571) | Primary source of duos 81 duos by various composers, including sacred bicinia and chansons in Latin, French and Flemish. |
| Various composers (1578) | Premier livre de chansons à deux parties (Adrian Le Roy and Robert Ballard, Paris 1578) | Primary source of duos 31 French chansons by various composers. |
| Various composers (1590) | Bicinia, sive cantiones suavissime duarum vocum, tam divinae musices tyronibus, quam eiusdem artis peritioribus magno usui futurae, nec non et quibusuis instrumentis accomodae: ex praeclaris huius aetatis auctoribus collectae: quarum catalogum pagella sequens explicat (Pierre Phalèse and Jean Bellère, Antwerp 1590) | Primary source of duos 61 duos by various composers, including sacred bicinia, chansons, madrigals and textless duos. |
| Various composers (1649) | 't Uitnement Kabinet: Tweede deel (Paulus Matthysz, Amsterdam 1649) | Primary source of duos 29 textless duos aimed to instruments. |
| Various composers (1686) | Various composers, Ricercari a due voci: Libro primo (Stamperia di S.A.S. alla Condotta, Florence 1686) | Primary source of duos 22 textless duos by composers from Bari. |
| Adams, Chansons | French Chansons for Three Voices (ca. 1550), ed. by Courtney S. Adams. Recent Research in the Music of the Renaissance, 36-37 (A-R, Madison 1982) | |
| Agee, Festa | Costanzo Festa: Counterpoints on a Cantus Firmus, ed. by Richard J. Agee. Recent Research in the Music of the Renaissance, 107 (A-R, Madison 1997) | complete modern edition Modern edition of Festa's manuscript collection of counterpoints on La Spagna. |
| Akos, Schola | Schola cantorum, ed. by Fodor Akos. Vol. 3 (Editio Musica, Budapest 1974) | partial modern edition Anthology of duos found in various collections. |
| Albrecht, Stoltzer: Hymnen | Thomas Stoltzer: Sämtliche Lateinischen Hymnen und Psalmen, ed. by Hans Albrecht and Otto Gombosi. Denkmäler Deutscher Tonkunst, 65 (Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1931) | |
| Ambros, Gesch | August Wilhelm Ambros, Geschichte der Musik. Vol. 5 (Leuckart, Leipzig 1880) | |
| Ameln, Rhau | Deutsche Zwiegesänge aus Georg Rhaws Bicinia Gallica, ed. by Konrad Ameln (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1950) | partial modern edition Partial modern edition of Rhau's anthology. |
| Angleria (1622) | Camillo Angleria, La regola del contraponto, e della musical compositione. Nella quale si tratta brevemente di tutte le consonanze e dissonanze coi suoi esempi a due, tre e quattro voci (Giorgio Rolla, Milan 1622) | Primary source of duos |
| Anglés, Cabezón | Antonio de Cabezón: Obras de música para tecla, arpa y vihuela, ed. by Higinio Anglés (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcellona 1982) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Cabezón's collection. |
| Apel, Anthology | Historical Anthology of Music, ed. by Willy Apel and Archibald T. Davison. Vol. 1 (Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.) 1946) | |
| Arx, Gletle | Johann Melchior Gletle (1626-84): 36 Trompeter-Stückle (1675) für 2 Altblockflöten oder andere Melodieinstrumenten, ed. by Arthur von Arx (Noetzel Edition, Locarno 1986) | complete modern edition Modern edition of all the duos found in Gletle's treatise. |
| Arx, Othmayr | Caspar Othmayr: Bicinia sacra. Geistliche Zwiegesänge für 2 Alt [Sopran]blockflöten, ed. by Arthur von Arx. 2 vols (Noetzel Edition, Locarno 1984/89) | partial modern edition Partial modern edition of Othmayr's duo collection. |
| Arx, Phalèse | Cantiones Suavissimae «Anmutige Weisen». Gesammelt und gedruckt 1590 von Pierre Phalèse. Für Sopran- und Altblockflöte, ed. by Arthur von Arx (Noetzel Edition, Locarno 1985) | partial modern edition Modern edition of some duos found in Phalèse (1590). |
| Asola (1584) | Giovanni Matteo Asola, Madrigali a due voci accomodati da cantar in fuga diversamente sopra una parte sola (Giacomo Vincenti, Venice 1587) | Primary source of duos 36 «fughe» (i.e. canonic duos), most with sacred Italian texts. |
| Baird, Manchicourt: Chansons | Pierre de Manchicourt: Twenty-nine Chansons, ed. by Margery Anthea Baird. Recent Research in the Music of the Renaissance, 11 (A-R, Madison 1972) | |
| Banchieri (1601) | Adriano Banchieri, Cartella overo regole utilissime a quelli che desiderano imparare il canto figurato (Giacomo Vincenti, Venice 1601) | Primary source of duos Four duos on the hexachord. |
| Banchieri (1609) | Adriano Banchieri, Duo in contrapunto sopra Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La. Utile a gli figliuoli et principianti che desiderano praticare le note cantabili con le reali mutationi semplicemente e con il maestro (Giacomo Vincenti, Venice 1609) | Primary source of duos Four duos on the hexachord. |
| Banchieri (1610) | Adriano Banchieri, Cartella utile a gli figliuoli et principianti che desiderano con facilità imparare sicuramente il canto figurato (Giacomo Vincenti, Venice 1610) | Primary source of duos |
| Banchieri (1613-a) | Adriano Banchieri, Altri documenti musicali nel canto fermo (Giacomo Vincenti, Venice 1613) | Primary source of duos |
| Banchieri (1613-b) | Adriano Banchieri, Duo spartiti al contrapunto in corrispondenza tra gli dodeci modi e otto tuoni (Giacomo Vincenti, Venice 1613) | Primary source of duos |
| Banchieri (1613-c) | Adriano Banchieri, Moderna pratica musicale (Giacomo Vincenti, Venice 1613) | Primary source of duos |
| Banchieri (1614) | Adriano Banchieri, Cartella musicale (Giacomo Vincenti, Venice 1614) | Primary source of duos |
| Banchieri (1615) | Adriano Banchieri, La cartellina musicale (Giacomo Vincenti, Venice 1615) | Primary source of duos |
| Banchieri (1623) | Adriano Banchieri, La Banchierina overo cartella picciola del canto figurato. Opera utilissima alli figlioli, per acquistarne il nome di sicuro cantore (Alessandro Vincenti, Venice 1623) | Primary source of duos Four duos on the hexachord. |
| Banchieri (1625) | Adriano Banchieri, Il principiante fanciullo a due voci, che sotto la disciplina d'Autori Illustri impara a solfizare note e mutationi, e parole solo, et asuefar l'orecchio in compagnia: Opera Quarantesima sesta (Bartolomeo Magni, Venice 1625) | Primary source of duos 28 duos with and without text. Among them, madrigals, motets and solmization exercises. |
| Baroni (1704) | Filippo Baroni Giamaglia, Canoni a due voci (Stamperia delli Peri, Bologna 1704) | Primary source of duos |
| Bartei (1618) | Girolamo Bartei, Il primo libro de ricercari a due voci: Opera duodecima (Bartolomeo Zannetti, Rome 1618) | Primary source of duos 22 textless duos. |
| Bellanda (1599) | Lodovico Bellanda, Canzonette spirituali a due voci con altre a tre et a quattro da sonare (Francesco dalle Donne and Scipione Vargnano, Verona 1599) | Primary source of duos Eleven spiritual canzonette: nine by Bellanda and two by Fonghetti. |
| Bellin, Ms. 260 | Sixteenth Century Bicinia: A Complete Edition of Munich, Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek Mus. Ms. 260, ed. by Bruce A. Bellingham and Edward G. Jr Evans (A-R, Madison 1974) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Munich MS 260. |
| Bellin, Rhau | Bicinia gallica, latina, germanica: Tomus I, II. 1545, ed. by Bruce A. Bellingham. Georg Rhau: Musikdrucke aus den Jahren 1538-1545 in praktischer Neuausgabe, 6 (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1980) | complete modern edition Complete edition of the duo anthology published by Rhau. |
| Berg, Whythorne | Thomas Whythorne: Fifteen Duos in Canon (1590) for Recorders, ed. by Walter Bergmann (Schott, London 1955) | partial modern edition Modern edition of the 15 canons found in Whythorne's duo collection. |
| Bergquist, Lasso: Motets | Orlando di Lasso: The Complete Motets, ed. by Peter Bergquist. Recent Research in the Music of the Renaissance, 103 (A-R, Madison 1995) | complete modern edition Bergquist's edition of Lasso's motets includes the whole duo collection published in 1577. |
| Beringer (1610) | Maternus Beringer, Musicae, das ist der freyen lieblichen Singkunst erster und anderer Theil (Georg Leopold Fuhrmann, Nuremberg 1610) | Primary source of duos 68 duos: 45 canons with and without text plus a series of 23 bicinia attributed to Lasso. |
| Bernstein, Certon: Chansons | Pierre Certon: Complete Chansons, ed. by Jane A. Bernstein. Sixteenth-Century Chansons, 6 (Garland, New York 1990) | |
| Bernstein, Parangon | Tiers livre contenant xxvi chansons .. (Lyons, 1538) and Le parangon des chansons. Quart livre contenant xxii chansons a deux et a troys parties (Lyons, 1539), ed. by Jane A. Bernstein. Chansons published by Jacques Moderne, 25 (Garland, New York 1993) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of the fourth book of Le parangon des chansons. |
| Bernstein, Scotto | Jane A. Bernstein, Music Printing in Renaissance Venice: The Scotto Press (1539-1572) (Oxford University Press, New York 1998) | |
| Bernstein, «Scotto» | Jane A. Bernstein, entry «Scotto: (3) Girolamo» in The New Grove Dictionary, 23 (Macmillan, London 2001), p. 8-9 | |
| Bern&Haar, Gero | Ihan Gero: Il primo libro de' madrigali italiani et canzoni francese a due voci, ed. by Lawrence F. Bernstein and James E. Haar. Monuments of Renaissance Music, 1 (The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1980) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Gero's duo collection. |
| Bertalotti (1698) | Angelo Michele Bertalotti, Regole facilissime per apprendere con facilità, e prestezza li canti fermo e figurato (Marino Silvani, Bologna 1698) | Primary source of duos Two textless duos among a series of 21 textless ricercares for one and two voices. |
| Bertalotti (1744) | Angelo Michele Bertalotti, Solfeggi a canto e alto. Dati alle stampe per comodo delli putti delle scuole pie di Bologna (Lelio Dalla Volpe, Bologna 1744) | Primary source of duos 50 textless duos, all of them for soprano and alto. |
| Bianco (1610) | Giovanni Battista Bianco, Musica a due voci. Utilissima per instruir i figliuoli a cantar sicuramente in breve tempo, et commodi per sonar con ogni sorte di strumenti (Giacomo Vincenti, Venice 1610) | Primary source of duos 24 duos; among them, five textless duos (chansons), eight motets, and a mass (11 duos). |
| Biss, Morley | Thomas Morley: Nine Fantasies, ed. by Roderick Biss (Schott, London 1963) | partial modern edition Modern edition of the texless duos found in Morley (1595). |
| Blume, Josquin: Beata Virgine | Josquin Desprez: Missa de Beata Virgine, ed. by Friedrich Blume. Das Chorwerk, 42 (Möseler Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 1950) | |
| Blume, Josquin: Pange lingua | Josquin Desprez: Missa Pange lingua, ed. by Friedrich Blume. Das Chorwerk, 1 (Möseler Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 1999) | |
| Boalch, Morley | Thomas Morley: Two-Part Canzonets for Voices and Instruments (Viols or Recorders). Prepared from the original edition of 1595, ed. by D.H. Boalch (Hinrichsen, London 1967) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Morley's duo collection. |
| Bodenschatz (1615) | Erhard Bodenschatz, Bicinia XC. selectissima, accomodata insignioribus dictis evangeliorum dominicalium, et precipuorum festorum totius anni (Abraham Lamberg, Leipzig 1615) | Primary source of duos |
| Bodig, Roten | Erasmus Rotenbucher: Diphona amoena et florida. A Collection of Bicinia, ed. by Richard D. Bodig. 2 vols (PRB Productions, Albany (CA) 1996) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Rotenbucher's anthology, though textless. |
| Bononcini (1673) | Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Musico prattico che brevemente dimostra il modo di giungere alla perfetta cognizione di tutte quelle cose, che concorrono alla composizione de i canti, e di ciò ch'all'arte del contrapunto si ricerca: Opera ottava (Giacomo Monti, Bologna 1673) | Primary source of duos |
| Bornstein, Anonymous | Anonimo: Il primo libro a note negre a due voci (Venezia 1565), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 42 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 2001) | complete modern edition Modern edition of the duos found in the 1565 edition of Lupacchino's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Asola | Asola: Madrigali a due voci accomodati da cantar in fuga diversamente sopra una parte sola (Venezia, 1587), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 35 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1999) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Asola's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Baresi | Diversi autori baresi: ventisette duo da una raccolta perduta del sec. XVI, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 5. 2 vols (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Modern edition of all the surviving duos from the anthology edited by de Antiquis. |
| Bornstein, Baroni | Filippo Baroni Giamaglia: Canoni a due voci (Bologna, 1704), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 34 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1998) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Baroni's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Bartei | Girolamo Bartei: Il primo libro de' ricercari a due voci (Roma, 1618), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 14 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Bartei's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Bellanda | Lodovico Bellanda: Canzonette spirituali a due voci con altre a tre et a quattro da sonare (Verona 1599), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 17 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Bellanda's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Bertalotti | Angelo Bertalotti: Solfeggi a canto e alto, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 32 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1997) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Bertalotti's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Bertalotti: Ricercare | Angelo Bertalotti: Ricercare a una e due voci per soprano e contralto, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Ricercare Capriccio Fantasia. Musiche per ogni sorta di strumenti, 1 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Modern edition of the 21 ricercares from Bertalotti's Regole facilissime. |
| Bornstein, Bianco | Giovanni Battista Bianco: Musica a due voci (Venezia 1610), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 18 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Bianco's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Bortoli | Antonio Bortoli: Primi elementi di musica prattica (Venezia, 1707 ca.), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 44 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 2002) | complete modern edition Modern edition of Bortoli's treatise. |
| Bornstein, Cares I | Cristoforo Caresana: Duo, ed. by Andrea Bornstein and Sara Pucciarelli. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 26 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1996) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Caresana's first book of duos. |
| Bornstein, Cares II | Cristoforo Caresana, Duo: Opera seconda, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 36 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1999) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Caresana's second book of duos. |
| Bornstein, Cartella | Adriano Banchieri: Duo dalla Cartella Musicale (Venezia 1614), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 10 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Modern edition of all the duos found in Banchieri's treatise Cartella. |
| Bornstein, Cini | Giuseppe Ottavio Cini: Solfeggiamenti a due voci (Lucca 1708), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 41 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 2001) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Cini's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Corti | Stefano Corti: Ricercari a due voci, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 23 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1996) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Corti's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Fanciullo | Adriano Banchieri: Il principiante fanciullo a due voci (Venezia 1625), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 33 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1998) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Banchieri's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Fong: Capriccios | Paolo Fonghetti: Sedici capricci (Verona 1598), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 3 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | partial modern edition Modern edition of all the capriccios found in Fonghetti's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Fong: Madrigals | Paolo Fonghetti: Dodici madrigali (Verona 1598), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 16 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | partial modern edition Modern edition of all the madrigals found in Fonghetti's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Gardane | Antonio Gardane: Il primo libro a due voci de diversi autori, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 8 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Gardane's anthology of textless bicinia. |
| Bornstein, Gastoldi | Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi: Il primo libro della musica a due voci (Milan 1598), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 40 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 2001) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of the duo anthology by Milanese composers. |
| Bornstein, Gentile | Giovanni Gentile: Solfeggiamenti et ricercari a due voci (Roma 1642), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 2 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Gentile's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Giamberti | Giuseppe Giamberti: Duo (Roma 1657), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 39 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 2001) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Giamberti's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Guami | Francesco Guami: Ricercari a due voci (Venezia 1588), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 20 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1995) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Guami's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Infantas | Fernando de las Infantas: Plura modulationum genera super excelso gregoriano cantu (Venezia 1579), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Musica Sacra, 38 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 2004) | complete modern edition Modern edition of Infantas' opus. |
| Bornstein, Italian Duos | Andrea Bornstein, Two-Part Italian Didactic Music: Printed Collections of the Renaissance and Baroque (1521-1744). Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 47. 3 vols (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 2004) | A study of the Italian duo throughout the Renaissance and the Baroque. |
| Bornstein, Lasso | Orlando di Lasso: Dodici fantasie (Monaco 1577), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 4 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | partial modern edition Modern edition of all the textless duos found in Lasso's collection. |
| Bornstein, Licino | Agostino Licino: Il primo e secondo libro dei duo cromatici (Venezia 1545/46), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 11 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Licino's first and second books. |
| Bornstein, Lupac | Bernardino Lupacchino e Gioan Maria Tasso: Il primo libro a due voci, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 28 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1997) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Lupacchino's and Tasso's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Magini | Francesco Magini: Solfeggiamenti a due voci, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 29 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1997) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Magini's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Monteverdi IV | Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigali. Libro IV, ed. by Andrea Bornstein (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1998) | Complete modern edition of Monteverdi's fourth book of madrigals. One of the Monteverdi madrigal was borrowed by Banchieri in this duo. |
| Bornstein, Natali | Pompeo Natale: Ventisei solfeggiamenti a due voci (Roma 1674/1681), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 13 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Modern edition of all the duos found in Natali's first and second books. |
| Bornstein, Nicoletti | Filippo Nicoletti: Madrigali a due voci, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 27 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1997) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Nicoletti's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Paien | Gioan Paien: Il primo libro de madrigali a due voci (Venezia 1564), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 43 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 2001) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Paien's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Piochi | Cristofano Piochi: Opere didattiche, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 24 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1996) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Piochi's three books of duos and trios. |
| Bornstein, Rossi | Giovanni Battista Rossi: Duo da Organo de cantori (Venezia 1618), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 46 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 2002) | Modern edition of all the duos found in Rossi's treatise. |
| Bornstein, Sangiorgio | Pietro Sangiorgio: Il primo libro de capricci a due voci (Venezia 1608), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 15. 2 vols (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Sangiorgio's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Scotto: Duos | Girolamo Scotto: Diciasette duo (Venezia 1558/60), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 1 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | Modern edition of the textless duos found in Scotto's first book of madrigals and in Lupacchino's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Scotto I | Girolamo Scotto: Il primo libro dei madrigali a doi voci, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 31 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1997) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Scotto's first book of madrigals. |
| Bornstein, Strozzi | Gregorio Strozzi: Elementorum Musicae Praxis (Napoli 1683), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 38 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 2001) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Strozzi's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Troilo | Antonio Troilo: Sinfonie, scherzi, ricercari, capricci et fantasie a due voci (Venezia 1608), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 7 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Troilo's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Villan | Villancicos de diversos autores a dos bozes: Dal Cancionero de Upsala (Venezia, 1556), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 37 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1998) | complete modern edition Modern edition of all the duos found in the Cancionero de Upsala. |
| Bornstein, Vinci | Pietro Vinci: Il primo libro della musica a 2 voce (Venezia 1560), ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 45 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 2002) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Vinci's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Viviani | Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani: Solfeggiamenti a due voci, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 21 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1996) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Viviani's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, Zuccaro | Annibale Zuccaro: Ricercate a due voci, ed. by Andrea Bornstein. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 9 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1994) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Zuccaro's duo collection. |
| Bornstein, «Chanson» | Andrea Bornstein, «I duo vocali parte I: la Chanson», Hortus Musicus, 7 (2001), 96-102. | An article about two-part chansons, particularly the ones published in Italy. |
| Bornstein, «Italian» | Andrea Bornstein, «Il duo in Italia (1521-1744)», Hortus Musicus, 5 (2001), 42-51. | An article about early duos published in Italy. |
| Bornstein, «Madr Duos» | Andrea Bornstein, «I duo vocali parte II: i Madrigali», Hortus Musicus, 8 (2001), 98-103. | An article about early madrigalian duos published in Italy. |
| Bornstein, «Nicoletti's&Fonghetti's madrigals» | Andrea Bornstein, «I duo vocali parte II: i Madrigali (3) I Madrigali a due voci di Nicoletti (1588) e Fonghetti (1598)», Hortus Musicus, 11 (2002), 85-87. | An article about the madrigalian duos by Nicoletti and Fonghetti. |
| Bornstein, «Paien's madrigals» | Andrea Bornstein, «I duo vocali parte II: i Madrigali (2) I Madrigali a due voci di Gioan Paien», Hortus Musicus, 10 (2002), 94-100. | An article about the madrigalian duos by Gioan Paien. |
| Bornstein, «Solm I» | Andrea Bornstein, «A cosa servono i duo? La solmisazione (Parte I)», Hortus Musicus, 2 (2000), 37-42. | First part of an article about the relationship between solmization technique and duos. |
| Bornstein, «Solm II» | Andrea Bornstein, «A cosa servono i duo? La solmisazione (Parte II)», Hortus Musicus, 3 (2000), 45-50. | Second part of an article about the relationship between solmization technique and duos. |
| Bornstein, «V. vs. I.» | Andrea Bornstein, «Vocale versus strumentale», Hortus Musicus, 6 (2001), 59-63. | An article about performance praxis of early duos. |
| Bortoli (c. 1707) | Primi elementi di musica prattica (Antonio Bortoli, Venice [1707]) | Primary source of duos |
| Bossuyt, Castro: O.O. | Jean De Castro: Opera omnia, ed. by Ignace Bossuyt. Vol. 1-2 (Leuven University Press 1993) | complete modern edition Modern edition of the three duo collections by Jean de Castro. |
| Bramanti, Metallo | Grammatio Metallo: Ricercari a due voci per sonare et cantare, ed. by Lapo Bramanti. Musica Rinascimentale Italiana, 12 (Pro Musica Studium, Rome 1987) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Metallo's duo collection. |
| Brown, French Theater | Howard Mayer Brown, Music in the French Secular Theater, 1400-1550 (Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.) 1963) | |
| Brown, Instrumental Music | Howard Mayer Brown, Instrumental Music Printed before 1600 (Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.) 1965) | |
| Brown, Romano | Eustachio Romano: Musica Duorum. Roma, 1521, ed. by Howard Mayer Brown and Edward E. Lowinsky. Monuments of Renaissance Music, 6 (The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1975) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Romano's duo collection. |
| Bukofzer, Coclico | Adrian Petit Coclico: Compendium musices, facsimile ed. by Manfred F. Bukofzer. Documenta Musicologica. Erste Reihe: Druckschriften-Faksimiles, 9 (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1954) | Facsimile edition |
| Cabezón (1578) | Antonio de Cabezón, Obras de música para tecla, arpa y vihuela (Francisco Sanchez, Madrid 1578) | Primary source of duos |
| Calì (1605) | Giovan Battista Calì, Il primo libro di ricercari a due voci (Ricciardo Amadino, Venice 1605) | Primary source of duos 20 textless duos; 17 by Calì, two by his teacher Il Verso, and one by Palazzotto e Tagliavia, who was another of Il Verso's pupils. |
| Call, MsCensus | Census–Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music: 1400-1550, ed. by Jerry Call. University of Illinois Musicological Archives for Renaissance Manuscript Studies, 5 vols (Hänssler-Verlag, Stuttgart 1979-88) | |
| Carapezza, Duo | Scuola polifonica siciliana: Musiche strumentali didattiche, ed. by Paolo Emilio Carapezza. Musiche Rinascimentali Siciliane, 2 (De Santis, Rome 1971) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of the duos collections by Calì, Vinci and Il Verso. |
| Caresana (1681) | Cristoforo Caresana, Duo (Novello de Bonis, Naples 1681) | Primary source of duos 78 duos: some textless, others partially texted in Latin. |
| Caresana (1693) | Cristoforo Caresana, Duo: Opera seconda (Novello de Bonis, Naples 1693) | Primary source of duos |
| Casimiri, Palestrina: O.O. | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Opere complete, ed. by Renato Casimiri. 9 vols (Scalera, Rome 1939) | |
| Castro I (1592) | Jean de Castro, Sonets avec une chanson, contenant neuf parties l'une suivant l'autre, le tout a deux parties, tant convenable a la voix, comme aux instruments. Livre premier (Pierre Phalèse and Jean Bellère, Antwerp 1592) | Primary source of duos 7 chansons divided into parts (27 duos). |
| Castro II (1592) | Jean de Castro, Chansons, stanses, sonets, et epigrammes à deux parties. Livre second (Pierre Phalèse and Jean Bellère, Antwerp 1592) | Primary source of duos Nine chansons divided into parts (28 duos). |
| Castro (1593) | Jean de Castro, Bicinia seu duarum vocum cantiones aliquot sacrae (Gerhard Grevenbruch, Cologne 1593) | Primary source of duos Twelve motets divided into parts (32 duos). |
| Da Cavi (1608) | Pietro Paolo da Cavi, Il primo libro di recercari a due voci per sonare et cantare (Bartolomeo Zannetti, Rome 1608) | Primary source of duos 14 textless duos: 13 by da Cavi and one anonymous found in the 1620 reprint only. |
| Cazeaux, Claudin: Chansons | Claudin de Sermisy: Chansons, ed. by Isabelle Cazeaux. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 52. 2 vols (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1974) | |
| Cerone (1613) | Domenico Pietro Cerone, El Melopeo y Maestro (Giovanni Battista Gargano, Naples 1613) | Primary source of duos |
| Cerreto (1601) | Scipione Cerreto, Della prattica musica vocale et strumentale (Giovanni Giacomo Carlino, Naples 1601) | Primary source of duos |
| Cerreto (1631) | Scipione Cerreto, Dialogo harmonico, ove si tratta con un sol raggionamento di tutte le regole del contrapunto che si fa sopra Canto Fermo et sopra Canto Figurato, et anco della compositione di più voci, de canoni, delle proportioni et d'altre cose essentiali ad essa prattica musica (Naples, circa 1631). MS C131 preserved in Bologna: Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale | Primary source of duos 37 duos; among them, six textless duos, eight duos with Latin texts, five madrigals, and 18 canons. |
| Cini (1708) | Giuseppe Ottavio Cini, Solfeggiamenti a due voci (Bartolomeo Gregorii, Lucca 1708) | Primary source of duos |
| Coclico (1552) | Adrian Petit Coclico, Compendium musices (Johann vom Berg and Ulrich Neuber, Nuremberg 1552) | Primary source of duos Six textless duos employed as examples of composition technique, modality and divisions. |
| Corti (1685) | Stefano Corti, Ricercari a due voci: Opera prima (Stamperia di S.A.S. alla Condotta, Florence 1685) | Primary source of duos 18 textless duos. |
| Cross, Pipelare: O.O. | Pipelare: Opera omnia, ed. by Ronald Cross. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 34 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1966) | |
| Crüger (1660) | Johann Crüger, Musicae practicae: Praecepta brevia, et exercitia pro tyronibus varia (Sumptibus authoris, Berlin 1660) | Primary source of duos 32 textless canonic duos at the unison.. |
| Dart, Madrigals | Invitation to Madrigal, ed. by Thurston Dart. Vol. 4 (Stainer & Bell, London 1967) | partial modern edition Modern edition of 24 duos found in various sources. |
| Davison, La Rue: Homme armé | Pierre de La Rue: Missa L'Homme armé, ed. by Nigel St. John Davison. Das Chorwerk, 114 (Möseler Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 1972) | |
| Davison, La Rue: O.O. | Pierre de La Rue (ca. 1460-1518): Opera omnia, ed. by Nigel St. John Davison et al. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 97 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1990) | |
| De Antiquis (1585) | Giovanni Giacomo de Antiquis, Il primo libro a due voci de diversi autori di Bari (Venice 1585) | Primary source of duos 31 textless duos by 18 composers from Bari: missing. |
| De Magri (1611) | Floriano de Magri, Canzonette, villanelle et arie a due voci: Libro primo (Heir of Simon Tini and Filippo Lomazzo, Milan 1611) | Primary source of duos 13 canzonette. The upper part-book is missing. |
| De Spagnolis (1626) | Giovanni Camillo de Spagnolis, Il primo libro delle recercate a due voci (Ottavio Beltrano, Naples 1626) | Primary source of duos |
| Degen, Rotenbucher | Erasmus Rotenbucher: Schöne und liebliche Zwiegesänge (Diphona amoena et florida) für zwei Melodie–Instrumente, ed. by Dietz Degen. Hortus Musicus, 74 (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1951) | partial modern edition Partial modern edition of Rotenbucher's duo anthology published in 1549. |
| Demantius (1607) | Johann Christoph Demantius, Isagoge artis musicae ad incipientium captum maxime accomodata (Valentin Fuhrmann, Nuremberg 1607) | Primary source of duos 73 textless canons plus one with Latin text. |
| Denti, Ortiz | Diego Ortiz (ca. 1510-dopo il 1570): 4 Recercadas per Viola da Gamba sola e 6 Recercadas sopra «La Spagna» per Viola da Gamba e Basso dal «Trattado de glosas» (Roma 1553), ed. by Carlo Denti (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 2003) | complete modern edition Modern edition of Ortiz' duos on La Spagna. |
| Diruta (1609) | Girolamo Diruta, Seconda parte del Transilvano (Alessandro Vincenti, Venice 1609) | Primary source of duos |
| Doflein, Bicinien | Bicinien: 20 two-part Fantasias from around 1600 for 2 Violins (Flutes), ed. by Erich Doflein (Schott, London 1932) | partial modern edition Anthology of duos found in various collections. |
| Dolmetsch, Morley | Thomas Morley: Neun Fantasien für zwei Violen da Gamba (oder andere Instrumente), ed. by Nathalie Dolmetsch. Hortus Musicus, 136 (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1956) | partial modern edition Modern edition of the texless duos found in Morley (1595). |
| Du Pont (1545) | Jacques du Pont, Cinquanta stanze del Bembo con la musica di sopra (Antonio Gardane, Venice 1545) | |
| Elzing, Richafort: O.O. | Johannes Richafort (ca. 1480-ca. 1548): Opera omnia, ed. by Harry Elzing. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 81 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1979-99) | |
| Expert, Flor | Florilège du concert vocal de la Renaissance, ed. by Henry Expert. Vol. 8: Claudin de Sermisy, Peletier, Guillaume le Heurteur, Antoine Gardane. DUOS (La Cité des Livres, Paris 1937) | partial modern edition Anthology of chansons in two parts. |
| Expert, Missae I | Les Maîtres Musiciens de la Renaissance française, ed. by Henry Expert. Vol. 8: Liber quindecim missarum. A. Brumel, Missa «De Beata Virgine». P. de la Rue, Missa «Ave Maria» (A. Leduc, Paris 1894-1908) | |
| Faber (1548) | Heinrich Faber, Compendiolum musicae pro incipientibus (Braunschweig 1548) | Primary source of duos Ten textless duos and canons employed as examples of notation and solmization technique. |
| Fagotto, Gardane | Antonio Gardane: Canzoni francesi, ed. by Virginio Fagotto and G. Francesco Malipiero. Collana di Musiche Veneziane Inedite o Rare, 8 (Ricordi, Milan 1973) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Gardane's anthology of chansons. |
| Fellowes, Morley | Thomas Morley: Nine Fantasies for two Viols ... Arranged for two Violins, ed. by E. H. Fellowes (Stainer & Bell, London 1928) | Modern edition of the texless duos found in Morley (1595). |
| Ferri (1713) | Francesco Maria Ferri, Solfeggi a due per i principianti (Mascardi, Rome 1713) | Primary source of duos |
| Festa (c. 1530) | MS C36 (Rome, circa 1530) preserved in Bologna: Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale | Primary source of duos Two duos based on the Tenor di Spagna, which is always in the lower line. |
| Fonghetti (1598) | Paolo Fonghetti, Capricii et madrigali a due voci (Francesco dalle Donne and Scipione Vargnano, Verona 1598) | Primary source of duos Twelve madrigals and 16 textless capriccios. |
| Frei, Glarean | Bicinien aus Glareans Dodekachordon zum Singen und Spielen auf zwei Melodie-Instrumenten, ed. by Walter Frei. Hortus Musicus, 187 (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1978) | partial modern edition Anthology of duos found in Glareanus' treatise. |
| Friderici (1623) | Daniel Friderici, Bicinia sacra, sive disticha super evangelia dominicalia et precipuorum festorum … duabus vocibus composita et adornata (Johann Hallervord, Rostock 1623) | Primary source of duos 86 sacred bicinia with Latin non-canonical texts. |
| Friedlander, Volks | Volksliederbuch für die Jugend, ed. by Max Friedlander. 4 vols (Peters, Leipzig 1930) | |
| Gabbrielli, Galilei | Vincenzo Galilei: Contrapunti a due voci, ed. by Michelangelo Gabbrielli. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 25 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1996) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Galilei's duo collection. |
| Gabbrielli, Lasso | Orlando di Lasso: Mottetti a due voci, ed. by Michelangelo Gabbrielli. Duo. Collana di musiche a due voci, 19 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna 1995) | partial modern edition Modern edition of all the motets found in Lasso's duo collection. |
| Galilei (1584) | Vincenzo Galilei, Contrapunti a due voci (Giorgio Marescotti, Florence 1584) | Primary source of duos 29 textless duos. |
| Gastoldi (1598) | Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Il primo libro della musica a due voci (Heir of Simon Tini and Giovanni Francesco Besozzo, Milan 1598) | Primary source of duos 36 textless duos by various composers. |
| Gát, Lasso | Lassus: 24 Motette a due voci, ed. by József Gát. Vol. 3 (Editio Musica, Budapest 1954) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Lasso's collection, though textless. |
| Gentile (1642) | Giovanni Gentile, Solfeggiamenti et ricercari a due voci (Lodovico Grignani, Rome 1642) | Primary source of duos 14 textless duos by various composers. |
| Gero (1541) | Jhan Gero, Il primo libro de madrigali italiani et canzoni francese a due voci (Antonio Gardane, Venice 1541) | Primary source of duos 27 Italian madrigals and 26 French chansons. |
| Gesius (1609) | Bartholomäus Gesius, Synopsis musicae variis exemplis illustrata (Johannes Eichhorn, Frankfurt am Oder 1609) | Primary source of duos |
| Gevicenus (1579) | Andreas Chrysoponus Gevicenus, Bicinia nova (Typis Nigrinianis, Prague 1579) | Primary source of duos 102 sacred bicinia, each of them with texts both in non-canonic Latin and in Czech. |
| Ghezzi, Lasso | Emilio Ghezzi, Le «Cantiones duarum vocum» di Orlando di Lasso: Una ricerca per la didattica (ODC-Libri, Parma 2003) | partial modern edition Complete modern edition of Lasso's twelve motets found in Lasso (1577), plus a study on their structure. |
| Giamberti (1657) | Giuseppe Giamberti, Duo tessuti con diversi solfeggiamenti, scherzi, perfidie et oblighi, alcuni motivati da diverse ariette a benefitio de principianti per allettarli con profitto e godimento allo studio della musica (Amadio Balmonti, Rome 1657) | Primary source of duos 39 textless duos. |
| Giuliani, Asola | Giovanni Matteo Asola: Madrigali a due voci accomodati da cantar in fuga diversamente, ed. by Marco Giuliani (Edizioni Scuola Musicale «C. Eccher», Cles (TN) 1993) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Asola's duo collection. |
| Giuliani, Bartei | Il primo libro de ricercari à due voci del Molto Reverendo Padre F. Girolamo Barthei, ed. by Marco Giuliani (Edizioni Scuola Musicale «C. Eccher», Cles (TN) 1994) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Bartei's duo collection. |
| Giuliani, Gastoldi | Di Gio. Giacomo Gastoldi Il primo libro della musica a due voci (1598), ed. by Marco Giuliani (Nova Scuola Musicale, Trent 1994) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of the duo anthology by Milanese composers. |
| Glareanus (1547) | Heinrich Glareanus, Dodekachordon (Henricum Petri, Basel 1547) | Primary source of duos 36 bicinia by various composers with and without text employed as examples of composition techniques and modal theory. |
| Gletle (1675) | Johann Melchior Gletle, Musica genialis Latino - Germanica (Andrea Erffurt, Augsburg 1675) | Primary source of duos |
| Goitre, Bertalotti | Angelo Bertalotti (1666-1747): Solfeggi cantati a due e tre voci, ed. by Roberto Goitre (Suvini Zerboni, Milan 1977) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Bertalotti's duo collection. |
| Grampp, Gesangtraktate | Deutsche Gesangtraktate des 17. Jahrhunderts, facsimile ed. by Florian Grampp. Documenta Musicologica. Erste Reihe: Druckschriften-Faksimiles, 43 (Bärenreiter, Cassel 2006) | Facsimile edition Three German treatises: D. Friderici, Musica figuralis (1638), J.A. Herbst, Musica moderna prattica (1658), and J. Crüger, Musica practicae (1660). |
| Gruber (1673) | Erasmus Gruber, Synopsis musica. Oder Kurtzer Inhalt, wie die Schul-Jugend […] in der Sing-Kunst abzurichten (Cristoph Fischer, Ratisbon 1673) | Primary source of duos 14 duos on the hexachord all taken from Banchieri's Cartella, 1614 edition. |
| Guami (1588) | Francesco Guami, Ricercari a due voci (Angelo Gardano, Venice 1588) | Primary source of duos 23 textless duos; one of them is a canon that may be played in two different ways, hence the total number of duos raises to 24. |
| Gumpelzhaimer (1591) | Adam Gumpelzhaimer, Compendium musicae pro illius artis tironibus (Valentin Schönig, Augsburg 1591) | Primary source of duos 145 duo: among them 110 canons and 35 bicinia in Latin, Italian, German, and textless. This is the first known edition of Gumpelzhaimer's treatise. |
| Gumpelzhaimer (1611) | Adam Gumpelzhaimer, Compendium musicae latino-germanicum (Valentin Schönig, Augsburg 1611) | Primary source of duos 108 bicinia and canons in Latin, Italian, German, and textless. |
| Haberl, Bertalotti | Angelo Bertalotti's funfzig zweistimmige Solfeggien, ed. by Franz Xavier Haberl (F. Pustet, Regensburg 1888). Fourth edition (Regensburg 1896). | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Bertalotti's duo collection. |
| Hans, Song | David Hans, The Art of Polyphonic Song (Schirmer, New York 1940) | |
| Harman, Morley | Thomas Morley: A plain and easy introduction to practical music, ed. by R. Alec Harman (J.M. Dent & Sons, London 1952) | complete modern edition Modern edition of Morley's treatise. |
| Hechler, Praet I | Michael Praetorius (1571-1621): Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern. Zwei- bis fünfstimmige Gesänge aus “Musae Sioniae”, 1610, ed. by Ilse Hechler (Hermann Moeck Verlag, Celle 1988) | |
| Hechler, Praet II | Michael Praetorius (1571-1621): Weinachtliche Zwiegesänge für zwei Blockflöten (S SA), ed. by Ilse Hechler. Zeitschrift für Spielmusik, 631 (Hermann Moeck Verlag, Celle 1991) | |
| Heseltine, Whythorne | Philip Arthur Heseltine, Thomas Whythorne: An unknown Elizabethan Composer (Humphrey Milford, London [1927]) | Modern edition of Whythorne's autobiography. |
| Hettrick, Fonghetti | Paolo Fonghetti: Four Duets from His Capricii, et madrigali… a due voci, 1598, ed. by William E. Hettrick. Musica selecta: Critical Editions of Early Music for Performance and Study, 3 (Sweet Pipes Recorder Music, Levittown (UK) 1980) | partial modern edition Partial modern edition of Fonghetti's duo collection. |
| Hettrick, Gastoldi | Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi: Six Duets from the Primo libro della musica a due voci, 1598, ed. by William E. Hettrick. Musica selecta: Critical Editions of Early Music for Performance and Study, 1 (Sweet Pipes Recorder Music, Levittown (UK) 1979) | partial modern edition Partial modern edition of the duo anthology by Milanese composers. |
| Hettrick, Mancinus | Thomas Mancinus: Eight Bicinia from Duum vocum cantiuncularum … liber, 1597, ed. by William E. Hettrick. Italian Renaissance Consort Series, 12 (Dovehouse Editions, Ottawa 1984) | partial modern edition Partial modern edition of Mancinus' duo collection. |
| Thomas Mancinus: Four Duets from His Duum vocum cantiuncularum… liber, 1597, ed. by William E. Hettrick. Musica selecta: Critical Editions of Early Music for Performance and Study, 6 (Sweet Pipes Recorder Music, Levittown (NY) 1983) | ||
| Heyden (1540) | Sebald Heyden, De arte canendi, ac vero signorum in cantibus usu, libri duo (Johannes Petreius, Nuremberg 1540) | Primary source of duos Eleven canons with and without text by various composers employed as examples of solmization, notation and composition techniques. |
| Hoor, Metru | Nicolas Metru: Fantaisies à deux parties pour les violes, 1642, ed. by Paul Hooreman. Le Pupitre, 47 (Huegel, Paris 1980) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Metru's duo collection. |
| Houle, Doulce Memoire | George Houle, Doulce memoire: A Study in Performance Practice (Indiana University Press, Bloomington (Indiana) 1990) | partial modern edition Twenty-four settings of Sandrin's chanson, including three duos. |
| Hudson, Brumel: O.O. | Antoine Brumel (ca. 1460-ca. 1515): Opera omnia, ed. by Barton Hudson. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 5 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1951-72) | |
| Hudson, Crecquillon: O.O. | Thomas Crecquillon (ca. 1510 - ca. 1557): Opera omnia, ed. by Barton Hudson et al. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 63 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1974-) | |
| Hudson, Chaconne | Richard Hudson, The Folia, The Saraband, the Passacaglia, and the Chaconne. The Historical Evolution of Four Forms that Originated in Music for Five-Course Spanish Guitar. Musicological Studies & Documents, 35 (Hänssler-Verlag, Stuttgart 1982) | |
| Il Verso (1596) | Antonio Il Verso, Il primo libro della musica a due voci (Giovanni Antonio de Franceschi, Palermo 1596) | Primary source of duos |
| Infantas (1579) | Fernando de las Infantas, Plura modulationum genera quae vulgo contrapuncta appellantur super excelso gregoriano cantu omnibus musicam profitentibus utilissima (Heirs of Girolamo Scotto, Venice 1579) | Primary source of duos Ten textless duos on a cantus firmus – the Gregorian chant «Laudate Dominum omnes gentes» – plus an enigmatic canon by inversion. |
| Jeffery, Chanson Verse | Brian Jeffery, Chanson Verse of the Early Renaissance. 2 vols (Tecla, London 1971-76) | |
| Jöde, Kanon | Der Kanon: Ein Singbuch für alle, ed. by Fritz Jöde (Möseler, Wolfenbüttel 1959) | partial modern edition Anthology of canons found in various sources. |
| Jöde, Rhau | Georg Rhau: Bicinia Germanica, ed. by Fritz Jöde. Zeitschrift für Spielmusik, 112 (Hermann Moeck Verlag, Celle 1943) | partial modern edition Partial modern edition of Rhau's anthology. |
| Keahey, Prioris: O.O. | Johannes Prioris (15th c.): Opera omnia, ed. by T. Herman Keahey and Conrad Douglas. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 90 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1982) | |
| Kirkendale, Aria | Warren Kirkendale, L'Aria di Fiorenza, id est il Ballo del Gran Duca (Olschki, Florence 1972) | |
| Lampadius (1539) | Auctor Lampadius, Compendium musices (Mathias Apiarius, Bern 1539) | Primary source of duos Three duos employed as examples of notation and composition technique. |
| Lasso (1564) | Orlando di Lasso, Le premier livre de chansons (Jacob Susato, Antwerp 1564) | |
| Lasso (1577) | Orlando di Lasso, Novae aliquot et ante hac non ita usitatae ad duas voces cantiones suavissimae, omnibus musicis summe utiles; nec non tyronibus quam eius artis peritioribus summopere inservientes (Adam Berg, Munich 1577) | Primary source of duos Twelve sacred bicinia and 12 textless duos. |
| Lasso (1585) | Orlando di Lasso, Madrigali a cinque voci (Catharina Gerlach, Nuremberg 1585) | |
| Lenaerts, Monumenta | Monumenta Musicae Belgicae, uitgegeven door de Vereniging voor Musiekgeschiedenis te Antwerpen, ed. by René Bernard Lenaerts. Vol. 9: Nederlandse Polyfonie uit Spaanse Bronnen (n. pub., Antwerp 1963) | |
| Lerner, Agricola: O.O. | Alexander Agricola (1446-1506): Opera omnia, ed. by Edward R. Lerner. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 22 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1961-70) | |
| Lerner, Isaac: O.O. | Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450-1517), Opera omnia, ed. by Edward R. Lerner. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 65 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1974-98) | |
| Licino (1545/46) | Agostino Licino, Primo libro di duo cromatici da cantare et sonare. Composti una parte sopra l'altra con la sua resolutione da parte (Antonio Gardane, Venice 1545) | Primary source of duos 45 textless canons: 20 in the Primo libro and 25 in the Secondo libro. |
| Agostino Licino, Il secondo libro di duo cromatici da cantare et sonare. Composti una parte sopra l'altra con la sua resolutione da parte (Antonio Gardane, Venice 1546) | ||
| Lincoln, Italian Madrigal | Harry B. Lincoln, The Italian Madrigal and Related Repertories: Indexes to Printed Collections, 1500 - 1600 (Yale University Press, New Haven; London 1988) | |
| Lincoln, Latin Motet | Harry B. Lincoln, The Latin Motet: Indexes to Printed Collections, 1500 - 1600 (The Institute of Medieval Music, Ottawa (Canada) 1993) | |
| Lindner (1591) | Friedrich Lindner, Bicinia sacra ex variis autoribus in usum iuventutis scholasticae collecta. Quibus adjuncta est compendiaria in artem canendi introductio: unde brevissimo tempore et labore facilimo, non solum necessaria huius artis praecepta (quae nec multa nec difficilia adeo sunt) sed et artem ipsam canendi, pueri addiscere possunt (Catharina Gerlach, Munich 1591) | Primary source of duos 80 duos by various composers, including sacred bicinia and textless Italian duos. |
| Luisi, Musica vocale | Francesco Luisi, La musica vocale nel Rinascimento: Studi sulla musica vocale profana in Italia nei secoli XV e XVI (ERI, Turin 1977) | |
| Lumpkin, «Troilo» | Royce Edgar Lumpkin, «The Sinfonie, Scherzi, Ricercari, Caprici, et Fantasie of Antonio Troilo: A Discussion and Modern Edition». Master Thesis (University of Oklahoma, 1978) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Troilo's duo collection. This 1978 thesis is the most exhaustive study so far conducted on Troilo's duos. |
| Lupacchino (ante 1550) | Bernardino Lupacchino and Gioan Maria Tasso, Il primo libro a due voci. Aggiontovi ancora alcuni canti a due voci de diversi autori (Antonio Gardane, Venice 1559) | Primary source of duos 43 textless duos plus six anonymous madrigals found in the 1565 edition only. |
| Lupacchino (1565) | Bernardino Lupacchino and Gioan Maria Tasso, Il primo libro a note negre a due voci (Girolamo Scotto, Venice 1565) | Primary source of duos |
| Magini (1703) | Francesco Magini, Solfeggiamenti a due voci (Mascardi, Rome 1703) | Primary source of duos 24 solfeggi notated on two staves in score with continuo figures printed between the two lines. |
| Mancinus (1597) | Thomas Mancinus [Menckin], Duum vocum cantiuncularum liber (Jacobus Lucius, Helmstadt 1597) | Primary source of duos |
| Martelli, Rime | Lodovico Martelli, Le rime volgari (Antonio Blado d'Asola, Rome 1533) | |
| Martini (1775) | Giovanni Battista Martini, Esemplare o sia saggio fondamentale pratico di contrapunto fugato: Parte seconda (Lelio Dalla Volpe, Bologna 1775) | Primary source of duos |
| Meier, Rore: O.O. | Cipriano de Rore (1516-1565): Opera omnia, ed. by Bernhard Meier. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 14 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1956-97) | |
| Metallo (ante 1591) | Grammatio Metallo, Ricercari a due voci, per sonare e cantare (Ricciardo Amadino, Venice 1605) | Primary source of duos |
| Métru (1642) | Nicolas Métru, Fantaisies à deux parties pour les violles (Robert Ballard, Paris 1642) | Primary source of duos |
| Miller, Glarean | Heinrich Glarean: Dodecachordon, ed. by Clement A. Miller. Musicological Studies and Documents, 6. 2 vols (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1965) | complete modern edition English modern edition of Glareanus' treatise. |
| Miller, Heyden | Sebald Heyden: De arte canendi, ed. by Clement A. Miller. Musicological Studies and Documents, 26 (American Institute of Musicology, Dallas 1972) | complete modern edition English modern edition of Heyden's treatise. |
| Minor, Mouton: O.O. | Jean Mouton (ca. 1459-1522): Opera omnia, ed. by Andrew C. Minor and Thomas G. MacCracken. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 43 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1988) | |
| Mönk, Bicinia I | Bicinien um 1550: Wohlauf mit reichem Schalle!, ed. by Helmut Mönkemeyer (Tonger, Rodenkirchen 1962) | partial modern edition Anthology of duos found in various collections. |
| Mönk, Bicinia II | Meister des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts: Spielstücke zu zwei Stimmen im Quintabstand, ed. by Helmut Mönkemeyer. Musica Instrumentalis, 4 (Pelikan Edition, Zurich 1960) | partial modern edition Anthology of duos found in various collections. |
| Mönk, Chorbuch | Antiqua Chorbuch, ed. by Helmut Mönkemeyer. 2 vols (Schott, Mainz 1951-52) | |
| Mönk, Demantius | Demantius: Zehn Fugen zu zwei Stimmen. 1632, ed. by Helmut Mönkemeyer (Heinrichshofen's Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 1963) | partial modern edition Anthology of two-part canons found in the 1632 edition of Demantius' treatise. |
| Mönk, Gesius | Bartholomäus Gesius (um 1560-1613): Exercitia duarum vocum zu zwei Stimmen aus “Synopsis musicae”, 1615 für Blockflöten in verschiedenen Stimmlagen, ed. by Helmut Mönkemeyer. Zeitschrift für Spielmusik, 557/558 (Hermann Moeck Verlag, Celle 1985) | complete modern edition Modern edition of all the duos found in Gesius' treatise. |
| Mönk, Lasso | Orlando di Lasso (um 1532-1594): Bicinien (1577) für zwei Blockflöten (SA) oder andere Melodieinstrumente, ed. by Helmut Mönkemeyer. Zeitschrift für Spielmusik, 18 (Hermann Moeck Verlag, Celle 1941) | partial modern edition Partial modern edition of Lasso's duos found in Beringer (1610). |
| Mönk, Rhau | Rhaw: Bicinia gallica et latina zu zwei stimmen. 1545, ed. by Helmut Mönkemeyer. 3 vols (Heinrichshofen's Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 1963) | partial modern edition Modern textless edition of some bicinia found in Rhau's anthology. |
| Mönk, Romano | Romanus Eustachius: 18 Spielstücke zu zwei Stimmen. 1521, ed. by Helmut Mönkemeyer. Musica Instrumentalis, 29 (Pelikan Edition, Zurich 1977) | partial modern edition Modern edition of 18 duos found in Romano's duo collection. |
| Mönk, Roten | Bergkreyen 1551: zu zwei Stimmen, ed. by Helmut Mönkemeyer. Zeitschrift für Spielmusik, 431 (Hermann Moeck Verlag, Celle 1975) | partial modern edition Modern edition of seven bicinia found in Rotenbucher's duo collection published in 1551. |
| Mönk, Scheidt | Samuel Scheidt 1587-1654: Magnificat und Hymnen zu zweistimmig für Blockflöten (ST) oder andere Melodieinstrumente, ed. by Helmut Mönkemeyer. Zeitschrift für Spielmusik, 499 (Hermann Moeck Verlag, Celle 1980) | |
| Morley (1595) | Thomas Morley, The first booke of canzonets to two voyces (Thomas Este, London 1595) | Primary source of duos Twelve English canzonets and nine textless fantasias. |
| Morley (1597) | Thomas Morley, A plaine and easie introduction to practicall musicke set downe in forme of a dialogue (Peter Short, London 1597) | Primary source of duos 17 textless duos employed as examples of notation and composition technique. |
| Moser, Carmina | Carmina: Ausgewählte Instrumentalsätze des 16. Jahrunderts, ed. by Hans Joachim Moser and Fritz Piersig. Nagels Musik-Archiv, 53 (Nagel, Hannover 1929) | |
| Mousley, «Whythorne» | Andrew Mousley, «Renaissance Selves and Life Writing: The Autobiography of Thomas Whythorne», Forum for Modern Language Studies, 26 (1990), 222-230 | |
| Jena MS Chorbücher | MS Chorbücher (?) preserved in Jena: University Library | Primary source of duos |
| Copenhagen MS 1848 | MS Ny, Kgl. Saml. 1848, 20 (c. 1515-1525) preserved in Copenhagen, Royal Library | Primary source of duos |
| Munich MS 260 | Munich MS 260 (c. 1550) preserved in Munich: Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek - Musiksammlung | Primary source of duos 100 duos by various composers, including sacred bicinia in Latin, chansons in French and Flemish, and textless duos. |
| Oxford MS Can. Misc. 42 | MS Can. Misc. 4 (late XV cent.) preserved in Oxford: Bodleian Library | Primary source of duos |
| Perugia MS 431 | MS 431 (Perugia, c. 1485) preserved in Perugia: Biblioteca Comunale Augusta | Primary source of duos |
| Perugia MS 1013 | MS 1013 (Perugia, 1509-52) preserved in Perugia: Biblioteca Comunale Augusta | Primary source of duos |
| Vienna MS 18832 | Vienna MS 18832 (Brussels and Mechlin, 1521-25) preserved in Vienna: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Musiksammlung | Primary source of duos 89 textless duos, all anonymous with the exception of one attributed to Isaac. |
| Weimar MS B | MS B (1540-44) preserved in Weimar: Herderkirche. Ephoralbibliothek | Primary source of duos |
| Natali (1674) | Pompeo Natali, Solfeggiamenti a due e tre voci per cantare e suonare. Composti da lui in diverse occasioni per li suoi scolari, e da quelli poi raccolti e dati in luce per beneficio di chi desidera fondarsi bene nel tempo e sicurezza del tuono (Giovanni Angelo Mutii, Rome 1674) | Primary source of duos 19 textless solfeggi a 2, plus 26 a 3. |
| Natali (1681) | Pompeo Natali, Libro secondo de' solfeggiamenti a due e tre voci, per cantare, suonare con diversi stromenti, violino, violone, e flauto, ecc. Composti per li suoi scuolari in varie occorrenze per instruirli nella battuta e tuono. Nel fine si è posto il modo per intendere il tempo della Messa de l'Homme Armè del Palestina. Il rincontro delle chiavi. La valuta delle legature per intendere li libri antichi sì del Palestina, come d'altri (Mascardi, Rome 1681) | Primary source of duos 7 textless solfeggi a 2, 21 a 3, and a cantata «A 2 canti, basso e basso continuo divisa in 3 parti»: A battaglia, Alla pugna, Al ferir. |
| Nicoletti (1588) | Filippo Nicoletti, Madrigali a due voci (Giacomo Vincenti, Venice 1588) | Primary source of duos 22 Italian madrigals. |
| Nowak, Bicinia | Bicinien der Renaissance für zwei ungleiche Instrumenten, ed. by Leopold Nowak. Hortus Musicus, 27-28 (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1931) | partial modern edition Anthology of some duos found in Vienna MS 18832. |
| Nowak, Gesell | Das deutsche Gesellschaftslied in Österreich von 1480-1550, ed. by Leopold Nowak. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich, 72 (n. pub., Vienna 1930) | |
| Nowak, «Vienna» | Leopold Nowak, «Eine Bicinienhandschrift der Wiener Nationalbibliothek», Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft, 14 (1931-32), 99-102 | Nowak was the first scholar to study this duo manuscript; he found the sources of several compositions. |
| Oberborbeck, Schultz | Aus dem «Musikalischen Lustgarten» des Johannes Schultz 1622: Duette für gleiche Melodieinstrumente, ed. by Felix Oberborbeck. Zeitschrift für Spielmusik, 147 (Hermann Moeck Verlag, Celle 1951) | partial modern edition Modern edition of some duos found in Schultz's collection. |
| Ortiz (1553) | Diego Ortiz, El primo libro: Nel quale si tratta delle glose sopra le cadenze et altre sorte de punti in la musica del violone novamente posti in luce (Valerio Dorico, Rome 1553) | Primary source of duos Six duos based on the Tenor di Spagna, which is always in the lower line. |
| Osborn, Whythorne | The Autobiography of Thomas Whythorne, ed. by James M. Osborn (Clarendon Press, Oxford 1961) | Modern edition of Whythorne's autobiography. |
| Othmayr (1547) | Caspar Othmayr, Bicinia Sacra: Schöne geistliche Lieder unnd Psalmen mit zwo Stimmen lieblich zu singen (Johann vom Berg and Ulrich Neuber, Nuremberg 1547) | Primary source of duos |
| Owens, Verdelot: Madrigals | Philippe Verdelot: Madrigals for Four and Five Voices, ed. by Jessie Ann Owens. Italian Madrigal in the Sixteenth Century, 28-30. 3 vols (Garland, New York 1989) | |
| Pahor, Puliti | Gabriello Puliti (1575-1641?): Tre fantasie per flauti dolci (S, T), ed. by Irena Pahor (Pizzicato, Adliswil (CH) 1994) | partial modern edition Three duos. The original lower part, missing at the present time, has been reconstructed by the editor. |
| Paien (ante 1564) | Gioan Paien, Il primo libro de madrigali a due voci dove si contengono le Vergine (Antonio Gardane, Venice 1564) | Primary source of duos 44 Italian madrigals. |
| Paix (1587) | Jacob Paix, Selectae, artificiosae et elegantes fugae duarum, trium, quator, et plurium vocum partim ex veteribus et recentibus musicis summa diligentia et accurato iudicio collectae, partim compositae (Leonhard Reinmichel, Lawingen 1587) | Primary source of duos Twelve canons and a duo by various composers. |
| Pinthus, Lasso | Orlando di Lasso: Bicinien, ed. by Gerhard Pinthus. Hortus Musicus, 2 (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1950) | partial modern edition Modern edition of all the duos attributed to Lasso found in Beringer (1610). |
| Piochi (1671) | Cristofano Piochi, Ricercari a due e tre voci. Utilissimi a chi desidera imparare presto a cantare e sonare (Giacomo Monti, Bologna 1671) | Primary source of duos 15 textless ricercari a 2, plus five a 3. |
| Piochi (1673) | Cristofano Piochi, Ricercari a due voci: Libro secondo, opera ottava (Giacomo Monti, Bologna 1673) | Primary source of duos 21 duos: the first four and the last one are textless ricercari, while the remaining 16 are canons at various intervals. |
| Pitoni, Guida | Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Guida armonica: Libro primo (n. pub., n. d.) | |
| Pitoni, Notitia | Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, MS Notitia de' contrapuntisti e compositori di musica (Rome, c. 1725) preserved in Rome: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana | |
| Praetorius (1610) | Michael Praetorius, Musae Sioniae IX (n. pub., Wolfenbüttel 1610) | Primary source of duos |
| Pudelko, Bicinia | Leichte Duette alter Meister des 16. Jahrhunderts, ed. by Walther Pudelko. Hortus Musicus, 4-5 (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1930) | partial modern edition Anthology of duos found in various collections. |
| Pudelko, Lasso | Orlando di Lasso: Sechs Fantasien für zwei gleiche Instrumente besonders für Blockflöten, ed. by Walther Pudelko. Hortus Musicus, 18-19 (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1968/69) | partial modern edition Partial modern edition of Lasso's duo collection. |
| Puliti (1605) | Gabriello Puliti, Scherzi, capricci et fantasie per cantar a due voci (Giacomo Vincenti, Venice 1605) | Primary source of duos 16 textless duos. |
| Rasch, Kabinet | 't Uitnement Kabinet. II, ed. by Rudi A. Rasch. Vol. 2: Werken voor Twee Melodie-Instrumenten (Saul B. Groen, Amsterdam 1975) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of 't Uitnement Kabinet anthology |
| Razzi (1563) | Serafino Razzi, Libro primo delle laudi spirituali (Francesco Rampazetto, Venice 1563) | Primary source of duos |
| Reichen, Bicinia | Bicinia Germanica: Deutsche Volkslieder für zwei gleiche oder gemischte Stimmen, ed. by Herman Reichenbach. Der Musikant, 10 (Kallmeyer, Wolfenbüttel 1926) | partial modern edition Modern edition of some German bicinia found in various sources. |
| Resinarius (1543) | Balthasar Resinarius, Responsorium numero octoginta (Georg Rhau, Wittenberg 1543) | Primary source of duos |
| Rob, Chans | Adrian Le Roy & Robert Ballard: Premier Livre de Chansons à Deux Parties. 1578, ed. by Alan Robson. Renaissance Music Prints, 1-2 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1977) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of the anthology of chansons published by Le Roy and Ballard in 1578. |
| Rob, Claudin | Claudin de Sermisy: Fifteen chansons for four voices or instruments SATB, ed. by Alan Robson. The Parisian Chanson, 4 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1976) | |
| Rodio (1609) | Rocco Rodio, Regole di musica (Giovanni Giacomo Carlino and Costantino Vitale, Naples 1609) | Primary source of duos |
| Romano (1521) | Eustachio Romano, Musica duorum: Liber primus (Giovanni Giacomo Pasotti, Rome 1521) | Primary source of duos 45 textless duos. |
| Rossi (1618) | Giovanni Battista Rossi, Organo de cantori (Bartolomeo Magni, Venice 1618) | Primary source of duos |
| Rost, Giamberti | Giuseppe Giamberti: Duetti per due strumenti soprani o tenori, ed. by Giancarlo Rostirolla. Armonia Strumentale, 1 (SIFD, Rome n. d.) | partial modern edition Anthologies of duos from Giamberti's duo collection. |
| Giuseppe Giamberti: Tre duetti (1657) “da suonare con ogni sorta di strumenti”, ed. by Giancarlo Rostirolla. Armonia Strumentale, 20 (SIFD, Rome n. d.) | ||
| Giuseppe Giamberti: Duetti per due strumenti S T, ed. by Giancarlo Rostirolla. Musica da Suonare, 2 (SIFD, Rome 1976) | ||
| Rotenbucher (1549) | Erasmus Rotenbucher, Diphona amoena et florida (Johann vom Berg and Ulrich Neuber, Nuremberg 1549) | Primary source of duos 98 duo by various composers; among them 97 are sacred and secular bicinia with Latin texts and only one is a textless duo. |
| Rotenbucher (1551) | Erasmus Rotenbucher, Bergkreyen: Auff zwo stimmen componirt (Johann vom Berg and Ulrich Neuber, Nuremberg 1551) | Primary source of duos 37 duos, including German bicinia and textless chansons. |
| Ruhland, Wilffl | Bicinien und Tricinien für Instrumente von Ambrosius Wilfflingseder. Nürnberg 1561, ed. by Konrad Ruhland (Musikverlag Max Hieber, Munich 1976) | complete modern edition Complete edition of the duos and the trios included as appendix of Wilfflingseder's treatise. |
| Salbinger (1540) | Sigmund Salbinger, Selectissimae necnon familiarissimae cantiones, ultra centum vario idiomate vocum… (Melchior Kriesstein, Augsburg 1540) | Primary source of duos |
| Sangiorgio (1608) | Pietro Sangiorgio, Il primo libro de capricci a due voci (Alessandro Raverii, Venice 1608) | Primary source of duos 36 textless duos. |
| Scaletta (1600) | Orazio Scaletta, Scala di musica molto necessaria per principianti: Quarta impressione (Ricciardo Amadino, Venice 1600) | Primary source of duos |
| Scaletta (1647) | Orazio Scaletta, Scala di musica molto necessaria per principianti: Sesta impressione (Giorgio Rolla, Milan 1647) | Primary source of duos |
| Scaletta (1652) | Orazio Scaletta, Scala di musica molto necessaria per principianti: Corretta di nuovo, et aggiontovi alcune cose bisognevole per li scolari dal Sign. Michelangelo Grancino Maestro di Cappella del Duomo di Milano. (Carlo Camagno, Milan 1652) | Primary source of duos |
| Schmidt Görg, Gombert: O.O. | Nicolas Gombert (ca. 1500-ca. 1556): Opera omnia, ed. by Joseph Schmidt Görg. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 6 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1954-98) | |
| Schneider, Ortiz | Diego Ortiz: Trattado de glosas sobre clausulas y otros generos de puntos en la musica de violones. Roma 1553, ed. by Max Schneider (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1936) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Ortiz' treatise. |
| Schröder, Resinarius | Balthasar Resinarius: Responsorium numero octoginta, ed. by schroeder_name (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1955-57) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Resinarius' collection. |
| Schröder, Walter: Werke | Johannes Walter: Sämtliche Werke, ed. by Otto Schröder and Max Schneider (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1955) | |
| Schultz (1622) | Johannes Schultz, Musicalischer Lüstgarte (Andreas Michaelsen, Lüneburg 1622) | Primary source of duos |
| Scotto (1541) | Girolamo Scotto, Il primo libro de i madrigali a doi voci (Girolamo Scotto, Venice 1541) | Primary source of duos 55 duos, including Italian madrigals, Latin motets, and textless duos. |
| Scotto (1559) | Girolamo Scotto, Il secondo libro delli madrigali a duoi voci (Girolamo Scotto, Venice 1559) | Primary source of duos 33 Italian madrigals. |
| Scotto (1562) | Girolamo Scotto, Il terzo libro delli madrigali a due voci (Girolamo Scotto, Venice 1562) | Primary source of duos 21 duos, including Italian madrigals and textless duos. |
| Seay, Arcadelt: O.O. | Jacobus Arcadelt (ca. 1504-after 1567): Opera omnia, ed. by Albert Seay. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 31 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1965-70) | |
| Seay, Carpentras: O.O. | Elzéar Genet (Carpentras) (ca. 1470-1548): Opera omnia, ed. by Albert Seay. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 58 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1972-84) | |
| Seay, Coclico | Adrian Petit Coclico: Compendium musices, ed. by Albert Seay. Translations, 5 (Colorado Music Press, Colorado Springs 1973) | English translation of Coclico's treatise. |
| Seay, Gardane | II Primo libro de canzoni francesi a due voci, ed. by Albert Seay. The Transcription Series, 1 (Colorado College Music Press, Colorado Springs 1979) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Gardane's anthology of chansons. |
| Seay, Sandrin: O.O. | Petrus Sandrin: Opera omnia, ed. by Albert Seay. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 47 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1968) | |
| Slim, Verdelot: A gift of madrigals | A Gift of Madrigals and Motets, ed. by H. Colin Slim. 2 vols (The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1972) | |
| Smijers, Josquin: Missen | Josquin des Prés: Werken, ed. by Albert Smijers and Myroslaw Antonowytsch. Missen (Alsbach, Amsterdam 1931) | |
| Smijers, Josquin: Motetten | Josquin des Prés: Werken, ed. by Albert Smijers and Myroslaw Antonowytsch. Motetten (Alsbach, Amsterdam 1926) | |
| Smijers, Obrecht: O.O. | Jacob Obrecht: Opera Omnia, ed. by Albert Smijers (Alsbach, Amsterdam 1953) | |
| Sohns, Lasso | Orlando di Lasso: Bicinia, ed. by Eduardo Sohns (Eduardo Sohns, Libros de Musica, Buenos Aires 2004) | partial modern edition Modern edition of all the duos attributed to Lasso found in Beringer (1610). |
| Sohns, Villan | Villancicos de diuersos autores. 3 vols, ed. by Eduardo Sohns (Eduardo Sohns, Libros de Musica, Buenos Aires 2000-02) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Villancicos (1556). |
| Sršnová, Gevicenus | Andreas Chrysoponus Gevicenus: Bicinia nova. 1579, ed. by Milena Sršnová and Martin Horyna. Thesaurus musicae bohemiae, Series A (Editio Supraphon, Prague 1989) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Gevicenus' duo collection. |
| Strozzi (1683) | Gregorio Strozzi, Elementorum musicae praxis (Novello de Bonis, Naples 1683) | Primary source of duos |
| Stryckers, Bicinia | Bicinia, sive Cantiones: Antverpiae, Petrum Phalesium, 1609, facsimile ed. by Piet Stryckers (Musica, Peer 1987) | Facsimile edition |
| Sweelinck (1612) | Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck, Rime françoises et italiennes mises en musique, à deux et à trois parties, avec une chanson à quatre (Imprimerie Plantinienne de Raphelengius, Leyden 1612) | Primary source of duos |
| Tevo (1706) | Zaccaria Tevo, Il musico testore (Antonio Bortoli, Venice 1706) | Primary source of duos |
| Thomas, Asola | Giovanni Giovanni Matteo Asola: Nine Canonic Madrigals (1584) for two equal voices or instruments, ed. by Bernard Thomas. Thesaurus Musicus, 18 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1981) | partial modern edition Partial modern edition of Asola's duo collection. |
| Thomas, Canons | Seven Canons of the sixteenth century for two equal voices or instruments, ed. by Bernard Thomas. Thesaurus Musicus, 1 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1979) | partial modern edition Anthology of two-part canons found in various sources. |
| Thomas, Claudin | Claudin de Sermisy: Twenty chansons for four voices or instruments ATTB, ed. by Bernard Thomas. The Parisian Chanson, 3 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1975) | |
| Claudin de Sermisy: 2 Chansons of Clement Marot for four voices or instruments. Including versions for voice and lute, ed. by Bernard Thomas. Early Music Library, 205 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1991) | ||
| Thomas, Duos | Eight fantasies of the late sixteenth century for two instruments, ed. by Bernard Thomas. Italian Instrumental Music of the Renaissance, 8 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1978) | partial modern edition Anthology of duos found in various collections. |
| Thomas, Giamberti | Gioseppe Giamberti: Duo Tessuti con diversi Solfeggiamenti, Scherzi, Perfidie et Oblighi (1657), ed. by Bernard Thomas. Renaissance Music Prints, 4 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1985) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Giamberti's duo collection. |
| Thomas, Guami | Francesco Guami: Ricercari 1588, ed. by Bernard Thomas. Italian Instrumental Music of the Renaissance, 3-4 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1973-74) | partial modern edition Partial modern edition of Guami's duo collection. |
| Thomas, Hofhaimer | Paul Hofhaimer: Seven Tenor Songs for four voices or instruments, ed. by Bernard Thomas. Thesaurus Musicus, 8 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1979) | |
| Thomas, Lupac | Bernardo Lupacchino and Joan Maria Tasso: Nine fantasies for two instruments, ed. by Bernard Thomas. Italian Instrumental Music of the Renaissance, 6 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1976) | partial modern edition Modern edition of some duos found in Lupacchino's and Tasso's duo collection. |
| Thomas, Morley | Thomas Morley: First Book of Canzonets to two voyces (1595) for two voices or instruments, ed. by Bernard Thomas. Renaissance Music Prints, 8 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 2000) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Morley's duo collection. |
| Thomas, Rhau | Georg Rhaw: Bicinia Germanica (1545) for two voices or instruments, ed. by Bernard Thomas. Thesaurus Musicus, 2, 19 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1979-81) | partial modern edition Modern edition of 16 German duos found in Rhau's anthology. |
| Thomas, Turnhout | Gerard de Turnhout: Chansons (1571) for two voices or instruments, ed. by Bernard Thomas. Thesaurus Musicus, 27 (London Pro Musica Edition, London 1981) | partial modern edition Partial modern edition of G. de Turnhout's two-part chansons found in Phalèse (1571). |
| Tillman, Janequin: Chansons | Clément Janequin: Chansons polyphoniques, ed. by A. Merritt Tillman and François Lesure (L'Oiseau-Lyre, Munich 1971) | |
| Torchi, Arte Musicale | L'arte Musicale in Italia, ed. by Luigi Torchi (G. Ricordi, Milan and Rome 1897-1908). Vol. 5: Composizioni ad una e più voci. Secolo XVII | An anthology of some of the more important Italian musical works from the 14th to the 18th century. |
| Troilo (1608) | Antonio Troilo, Sinfonie, scherzi, ricercari, caprici et fantasie a due voci. Per cantar et sonar con ogni sorte di stromenti (Ricciardo Amadino, Venice 1608) | Primary source of duos 21 textless duos. |
| Unger, Bicinia | Zehn Bicinien des 16. Jahrhunderts für Alt- und Tenorblockflöte, ed. by Harald Unger. Musik für Blockflöte (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1972) | partial modern edition Anthology of duos already published in Nowak, Gesellschaftslied. |
| Vellek, Bicinia I | Bicinia uit de 15e, 16e en 17e eeuw om te zingen en te spelen op alle mogelijke melodie-instrumenten, ed. by Gerrit Vellekoop. Tweestake, 1 (IXYZET, Amsterdam 1968) | partial modern edition Anthology of duos found in various collections. |
| Vellek, Bicinia II | 3 oud-nederlandse liederen naar een handschrift uit de 16e eeuw, ed. by Gerrit Vellekoop. Tweestake, 2 (IXYZET, Amsterdam 1968) | partial modern edition Modern edition of three textless duos found in MS 260. |
| Vellek, Demantius | Johann Christoph Demantius: Zeventien canons voor twee sopraanblokfluiten en/of andere instrumenten, ed. by Gerrit Vellekoop. Speelmaterial voor de blokfluit, 4 (IXYZET, Apeldoorn n. d.) | partial modern edition Anthology of two-part canons found in the 1632 edition of Demantius' treatise. |
| Vellek, Gardane | Antonio Gardane: Il primo libro de canzoni francese … Venezia 1564, ed. by Gerrit Vellekoop. Tweestake, 5 (IXYZET, Amsterdam 1972) | complete modern edition Complete edition of the 1564 reprint of Various composers (1539-b) |
| Vellek, Lasso | Orlando di Lasso: moduli duarum vocum… 1578, ed. by Gerrit Vellekoop. Tweestake, 3 (IXYZET, Amsterdam 1969) | partial modern edition Modern edition of all the motets found in Lasso's duo collection. |
| Vellek, Metru | Nicolas Metru: Fantaisies à deux parties. Paris 1642, ed. by Gerrit Vellekoop. Tweestake, 7-9. 3 vols (IXYZET, Apeldoorn 1980) | complete modern edition Complete modern edition of Metru's duo collection. |
| Vellek, Phalèse | Verschillende italiaanse meesters 15 bicinia uit bicinia sive cantiones suavissimae duarum vocum… Antwerpen 1590, ed. by Gerrit Vellekoop. Tweestake, 6 (IXYZET, Amsterdam 1973) | partial modern edition Anthology of duos found in Various composers (1590) |
| Vellek, Verdonck | Jan Verdonck: 9 bicinia uit het liber musicus duarum vocum cantiones, ed. by Gerrit Vellekoop. Tweestake, 4 (IXYZET, Amsterdam 1971) | partial modern edition Modern edition of Jan Verdonck's duos found in Various composers (1571) |
| Vinci (1560) | Pietro Vinci, Il primo libro della musica a due voce (Girolamo Scotto, Venice 1560) | Primary source of duos 29 textless duos. |
| Viviani (1693) | Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Solfeggiamenti a due voci. Utilissimi per chi studia potendo apprendere da questi in un tempo istesso la franchezza ed il buon modo di cantare (Vincenzio Vangelisti, Florence 1693) | Primary source of duos Twelve solfeggi with frequent tempo and trill markings. |
| Wagner, Gesch | Peter Wagner, Geschichte der Messe. I Teil: bis 1600 (Kleine Handbücher der Musikgeschichte nach Gattungen). Vol. 1 (Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1913) | |
| Walter (1542) | Johannes Walter, MS Sechs und zwentzig Fügen auff die acht Tonos nach eines ieden art dreymal gesatz unter welchen die ersten XVII dreystimmig die andrem Neune Zweistimmig seindt auf allen gleichstimmen Instrumenten und sonderlich auf tzinken auch der Jugend tzu sonderlicher leichter anfürung und ubung sehr nützlich bequem und dienstlich (1542), preserved in Leipzig: Thomas Church | Primary source of duos |
| Wannenmacher (1553) | Johannes Wannenmacher, Bicinia sive duo germanica ad aequales. Tütsche Psalmen und andre gsang mit zweyen stimmen (Mathias Apiarius, Bern 1553) | Primary source of duos 18 duos with German texts, including sacred bicinia and popular songs. 16 duos are by Wannenmacher, while two are attributed to the publisher, Mathias Apiarius. |
| Webern, Isaac: Choralis Costantinus | Heinrich Isaac: Choralis Costantinus, ed. by Anton von Webern. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich, 32. Vol. 2 (n. pub., Leipzig 1909) | |
| Whythorne (1590) | Thomas Whythorne, Duos, or songs for two voices. Of the which, some be playne and easie to be sung or played on musicall instruments, and be made for yong beginners of both those sorts. And the rest of these duos be made and set foorth for those that be more perfect in singing or playing as aforesaid, all the which be divided into three parts (Thomas Este, London 1590) | Primary source of duos 52 duos, including English sacred bicinia, textless duos, and textless canons. |
| Wicks, Manchicourt: O.O. | Pierre de Manchicourt (1510-1586): Opera omnia, ed. by John D. Wicks and Lavern Wagner. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 55 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1971-99) | |
| Wilbert, Banchieri | Adriano Banchieri: Zwölf Stücke aus der «Cartella Musicale» für zwei ungleiche Instrumente, ed. by H.J. Wilbert. Hortus Musicus, 205 (Bärenreiter, Cassel 1969) | partial modern edition Twelve duos found in the 1614 edition of the Cartella. |
| Wilfflingseder (1561) | Ambrosius Wilfflingseder, Musica Teutsch der Jugent zu gut gestelt (Johann vom Berg and Ulrich Neuber, Nuremberg 1561) | Primary source of duos 17 duos, of which two with Latin text and 15 textless. |
| Wilfflingseder (1563) | Ambrosius Wilfflingseder, Erotemata musices practicae (Christoph Heussler, Nuremberg 1563) | Primary source of duos |
| Zarlino (1558) | Gioseffo Zarlino, Istitutioni harmoniche (Venice 1558) | Primary source of duos |
| Zenck, Willaert: O.O. | Adrian Willaert: Opera omnia, ed. by Hermann Zenck et al. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, 3 (American Institute of Musicology, Rome 1972-98) | |
| Zirn, Bicinien | Bicinien aus der ersten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts für zwei Melodie-Instrumente, ed. by Heinz Zirnbauer (Schott, Mainz 1940) | partial modern edition Anthology of duos found in various collections. |
| Zschiesche, Duos | Zehn Duette aus dem 16. Jahrhundert für Gitarren, ed. by Alf Zschiesche (Schott, Mainz 1968) | partial modern edition Ten duos found in various sources and arranged for two guitars. |
| Zuccaro (1606) | Annibale Zuccaro, Ricercate a due voci: Libro primo (Alessandro Raverii, Venice 1606) | Primary source of duos 20 textless duos and a canon. |
