Manuscript songbooks are among the genres in which the manuscript tradition has been preserved the longest, in spite of various printed editions. In the archive of the Institute of Ethnomusicology at ZRC SAZU there are manuscript songbooks from the late 18th to the mid-20th century that have not yet been researched. The article presents manuscript songbooks from the legacy of the priest Ivan Kokošar, originating from Cerkno, Podmelec and Medana.
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