Abstract. With the publication of volumes 4, 5, and 6, the series Music-Archival Patrimony of Minas Gerais (PAMM) takes forward the project launched at the end of 2006 by the Secretaria de Estado de Cultura de Minas Gerais. This project is devoted to the publication of music by composers from the state of Minas Gerais or closely related to Minas Gerais. That is, composers who have been deceased for over seventy years and whose music can be thus considered musical patrimony of Minas Gerais, having entered public domain in accordance with current Brazilian copyright laws (Law 9.610, of February 19, 1998, revoking Law 5.988, of December 14, 1973). The focus of this series, therefore, consists of works from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, by composers who lived all or part of their lives in Minas Gerais or whose works are extant in manuscripts or prints held in depositories in this state. The series prioritizes compositions that either have not been published or have been published in small quantities, or produced with criteria that no longer meet current demands. This is the case of the 77 works that make up the Coleção Música Sacra Mineira (Instituto Nacional de Música, Funarte, end of the 1970’s), except for twelve of these scores that were revised and re-released by Funarte in 2000 and again in 2002. From a methodological point of view, the present series builds upon innovations from the project Acervo da Música Brasileira (Fundação Cultural e Educacional da Arquidiocese de Mariana, Petrobras, Santa Rosa Bureau Cultural, 2001-2003), such as the description of the sources consulted, the itemization of the editorial interventions (including the use of a critical apparatus), and the explanation of the editorial criteria. The present series is based on the methodology and the editorial experience developed in this previous project, while introducing several innovations of its own:

◆ The examination of as many sources from as many depositories as possible, rather than prioritizing a single source from one depository.

◆ The release of all accompanying texts, scores, and vocal/instrumental parts in a CD-ROM, annexed to each of the volumes.

◆ The release of all accompanying texts, scores, and vocal/instrumental parts on the internet, on the page of the Secretaria de Estado de Cultura de Minas Gerais, at 

◆ The inclusion of English translations in the printed volumes, on the CD-ROM, and on the webpage.

◆ The selection of a repertoire that is not exclusively sacred or from the colonial period.

◆ The inclusion of introductory texts by guest musicologists and historians discussing the composers’ lives and works, as well as their personal and professional milieus, respectively. The series Music-Archival Patrimony of Minas Gerais, unlike other initiatives of this type, is being undertaken by the Secretaria de Cultura do Estado de Minas Gerais who, for the first time, fully recognizes the importance of editing and promoting the music compo- sed in this state in previous centuries. In this respect, the laurels must go to the entrepreneurial vision of former Cultural Secretary Eleonora Santa Rosa, who initiated the project in 2006.