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Before 1501, nearly 270 liturgies with music appeared,
and about a score of books containing musical
examples. But not one book of polyphonic
compositions came from any press anywhere in
Europe. This preponderance of liturgy was due to
universal demand + to the fact that compared with
polyphony; its music was simple, consisting almost
entirely of plainsong, which was monophonic +
so restricted in range that it rarel exceeded the
compass of a stave of 4 or 5 lines.

1st book of music ever printed, a Gradual
(lacks date + printed name) ? 1473 southern
Germany - single complete copy in Brit. Museum

2nd. Missule Romanum, Ulrich Han, 12 Oct. 1476 f^o
Goff M-688

first to appear in England-Sarum Missal.
10 Jan. 1500, Pynson

G. Stuchs - 1st book is a Roman Missal dated 1484.
He continued printing until 1518. In 1488 on June
20 he printed for Koberger an ed. of the Supplementum
of Nicolaus de Auximo. Born in Sulzbach, Stuchs
learned the art of printing at Nuremburg. (See 1511 ed.)
After rather slow + late start in the 1470's, Missals became
one of the commonest class of 15th C publication.
Hundreds of editions of Missals were printed in the
1480's + 90's in numerous cities; they were adopted
to the specific uses of a wide variety of dioceses +
orders.