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What constitutes a primary source?

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Say you are writing a history essay which incorporates elements from the sixteenth century and elements from the twentieth. Would a document from the last 30 years which demonstrated your argument count as a primary source? In my case it would be a piece of music written ten years ago, which I want to use as an example of how modern music incorporates Renaissance philosophies. Would this count as a primary source?

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Bump - can anyone answer weedie?

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