DECIPHERED NEUME NOTATION OF THE LATEST PERIOD.
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One of the oldest forms of this notation is that of the lament for the death of Charlemagne, an extract from which is here presented, together with its translation as given by Naumann.
Incidentally this illustration gives a fair specimen of mediæval melody of the earlier period. It dates from the tenth century.
