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Genesis of DTÖ
In 1885 the Professor of Musicology at the University of Prague, Guido Adler, who had studied music, and law at the University of Vienna, advocated the publication of a historical musical edition. His advocacy strengthened into a recommendation to the Austrian Ministerium for Kultus und Unterricht that a series of publications would be desirable for the musical life of Austria. The series was originally to be entitled Monumentae Historiae Musicae: Adler further viewed the musical works of the Austrian monarchy and other composers in the German-speaking world as a good place to start. However, Germany already had Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst, and Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern, and so the plan would not work. The situation was saved by an adroit renaming of Monumentae Historiae Musicae to Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich. Two volumes of works by two Austrian monarchs were published in 1892, and 1893. The publication of the Trent Codices, which were acquired by the Austrian Government with Adler's encouragement, was envisaged as a future project for the new DTÖ. In 1898 Adler became Professor of Music at the University of Vienna in succession to Eduard Hanslick. Adler remained with the project until 1938 as lead editor. He died in 1941.