A Medieval Song Treasury PiŠ Cantiones ecclesiasticae et
scholasticae veterum episcoporum "Devout ecclesiastical and
scholastic songs of the old bishops" In 1582, Theodoricus Petri,
a Finnish student at the university in Rostock, compiled a song
book containing 74 Latin church and school songs, intending to
preserve some ancient hymns and songs of his fatherland. The
rector of the Turku Cathedral School, Jaakko Finne (or
Suomalainen) edited and then published the first edition in
Greifswald, Sweden. Music was an important part of education in
Scandinavia, as well as elsewhere on the Continent. Students
were required to practice daily, and often participated in
religious services at their schools. PiŠ Cantiones would be one
source for the songs that the students would employ in these
studies and practices. The PiŠ Cantiones collection of medieval
songs from several Finland, Sweden, and other European countries
became one of Finlandĺs greatest musical treasures, and
demonstrated Finland's link to other medieval