Program notes in German by Dietrich Kämper with German translations of texts and a listing of the contents with performers, ensembles, original record sources, and printed music sources (20 p. : ill.) laid in container. Contains works by Machaut, Landini, Ciconia, Dunstable, Dufay, Desprez, Isaac, Festa, Verdelot, Arcadelt, Rore, Palestrina, Gastoldi, Marenzio, Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Byrd, Morley, Farnaby, Gibbons, Dowland, Weelkes, Tomkins, Ward, Sermisy, Janequin, Passereau, Cadéac, Clemens non Papa, Souliaert, Costeley, Bonnet, Vásquez, Flecha, Hofhaimer, Othmayr, Lasso, Hassler, Schein, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Distler, Schönberg, Webern, Ligeti, Nono. Durations on labels.