The Bokemeyer collection is a large music collection, which is housed in the

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. It contains about 1,800 scores of music. It includes an important body of German

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vocal music. The collection was primarily created by composer

Georg Österreich Georg Österreich (baptized on 17 March 1664 – 6 June 1735) was a German Baroque composer and collector. He is regarded as the founder of the so-called '' Bokemeyer collection'' (German: ''Sämmlung Bokemeyer'') which is now housed in the Staa ...

. Subsequently, other collectors contributed, including (March 1679 – 7 November 1751), after whom it is now named. Bokemeyer was a

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, poet and composer, in addition to being a collector.

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Music libraries Music organisations based in Germany {{music-org-stub