Conference of the RISM Working Group Germany "Music Prints and Digital Transformation"

The RISM Working Group Germany, in collaboration with the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB), is hosting an interdisciplinary conference on 13 and 14 November 2025. Under the title “Music Prints and Digital Transformation: Perspectives on Documentation, Representation and Interconnectivity”, experts from the fields of musicology, book studies, information...

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Ignaz Joseph Pleyel’s Violone Concerto Identified

We have received the following from Darija Andelic-Andzakovic (musicologist and double bass player). Johannes Mathias Sperger (Feldsberg/Valtice, 1750 – Ludwigslust, 1812) is widely known as the composer of 18 concertos for double bass. Sperger’s concertos survive in autograph scores as part of his estate housed at the Landesbibliothek Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Günther...

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Private Collections and Libraries - Part 2

In this second part of our introduction to private collections and libraries, we would like to focus on collections that have a long history of continuity, or happen to be relatively young but have already found a safe haven in an institution. In addition, we will also discuss the relocation...

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Using RISM Data to Map Opera Premieres

The following is a guest post by Matthew Lorenzon (Digital Marketing Manager, Musica Viva Australia): I made an animated map of opera premieres from the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) database. Here’s how. The growth of Big Data over the past decades has fed a wave of professional and...

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RISM at the Annual Congress of IAML Germany in Dresden

This year, the annual conference of IAML Germany will take place in Dresden. From 16 to 19 September 2025, music librarians primarily from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland will gather at the Central Library of the Städtische Bibliotheken Dresden, in the so-called Kulturpalast. Once again, we are looking forward to a...

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