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Main fields for searches (‘queries’) include:
personal names (of all individuals involved)
nature of the occasion
keywords in titles of poems
localities (including place of printing/publication)
types of illustration
melodies and songs languages; and literary societies (with information on patronage).
In many cases, the CD-ROM provides additional information on the personal history of the individuals named in the records.
Musicologists, for instance, can quickly establish that 1,474 editions in these collections contain a total of 2,403 songs, based on 1,043 different melodies. Thirteen of these songs are accompanied by musical scores, one of which is in handwriting.
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