Early Modern German Music Sources

Here are two really good sources of period songs from Early Modern Germany, that aren't church songs. Plus, they include the music to sing them and what original text they were gathered from.
Two very nice things considering that they were published in the mid-19th century!

50 Ballads and Love Songs of the 16th and early 17th century, with the old tunes
Fünfzig ungedruckte Balladen und
Liebeslieder des xvi. Jahrhunders: mit den alten Singweisen
By Franz Wilhelm Ditfurth, Published 1877

Review: I really like this book as he gives the original source of the song, what book, where it was published and even the page number! Pretty good documentation for such an old book.

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The Historic Folk Songs of the Germans from the 13th to the 16th Century
Die historischen Volkslieder der Deutschen vom 13. Bis 16. Jahrhundert by
Compiled by Rochus Liliencron, Published 1865 -1869
Volume 1: 1243 to 1447
Volume 2: 1471 to 1507
Volume 3: 1507 to 1529
Volume 4: 1530 to 1554

Volume 5: The Tunes and Alphabetical Index

Review: A very through and scholarly set of books. He gives the orginal publication source of the song/poem, historical background behind it, notes on the text, etc. I wish that there was a table that linked the words of the songs in volumes 1-4 with the tunes in volume 5, but there isn't. You either have to hunt through them, or better yet, use the Google search tools on volume 5 to find the name of the song that you are looking for. Other than that slight inconvenience, its a really great resource, and I love that its online and free!