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Message from the Librarian of CongressPreface, Richard SherrAcknowledgementsOriginal Programme of the ConferenceDedication: Howard Mayer Brown (1930-1993), James HaarMusic in the Papal chapel in the 14th, 15th, and 16th CenturiesEarly Papal Motets, Margaret BentPapal Chapels and Italian Sources of Polyphony During the Great Schism, Guiliana Di Bacco/John NádasMusic for the Papal Chapel in the Early Fifteenth Century, Alejandro PlanchartLiturgical (and Paraliturgical) Music in the Papal Church towards the End of the 15th Century: a Repertory in Embryo, Adalbert RothThe Evolutions of a Canon at the Papal Chapel: The Importance of Old Music in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, Jeffrey DeanTraditions in the Repertory of the Papal Choir in the 15th and 16th Centuries, Mitchell BraunerThe Papal Choir as InstitutionStrange Obituaries: The Historical Use of the per obitum Supplication, Pamela StarrA Curious Incident in the Institutional History of the Papal Choir, Richard SherrStudies of IndividualsJosquin in Rome: Some Evidence from the Masses, James HaarA Virtuoso Singer at Ferrara and Rome: The Case of Bidom, Lewis LockwoodWho wrote Ninot's Chansons?, Louise LitterickPalestrina at Work, Jessie Ann Owens