Music Collections in Croatia

Music collections in Croatia exist as substantive collections, originating in or as part of particular institutions. The emergence of the earliest music collections is associated with churches and monasteries, which preserve some of the most valuable and rare music items, like music manuscripts, music codices and incunabulae. Also, music collections held by the library, archive and museum communities preserve many different types of original music items, such as manuscripts, sheet music collections and other materials related to composers’ legacies. All of these represent valuable sources for researching Croatian music history. An emphasis will be placed on a survey of the most representative music collections in Croatia, preserving music manuscripts, sheet music, and music audio material