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Thesaurus musicarum latinarum.

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Thesaurus musicarum latinarum. Thomas J. Mathiesen, Project Director. Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature, Indiana University. http://www.music.indiana.edu/tml/. [Requires a Web browser and an Internet connection.]

It was with great interest and enthusiasm that I accepted the task of reviewing the Thesaurus musicarum latinarum (TML) for Notes. As a medieval musicologist in his second career as a working librarian, I remember when TML first appeared on the scene, back when FTP and listserv were the dominant means of accessing files over the Internet (well before browsers made their appearance). It was both exciting and exhilarating to be able to participate in one of the first "global" music consortiums, where the effort was done by working musicologists, the content was freely available through FTP download, and one could get regular updates on the progress and content of the project through e-mail. Now, in this Internet environment where Web pages and Web sites are more common and convenient than FTP download and Veronica (remember her?!), TML continues to move forward as a pioneer in the area of music on the Web, and in the continuing development of global participation by the music community to provide open access to this unique and...

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