Upcoming events
IAML Deutschland conference in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 17-20 September 2024. Details here
Le Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) est une organisation internationale à but non lucratif qui vise à documenter de manière exhaustive les sources musicales existantes dans le monde entier : manuscrits, musique imprimée, écrits sur la théorie musicale et livrets, que l’on trouve dans les bibliothèques, les archives, les églises, les écoles et les collections privées. Le RISM a été fondé à Paris en 1952 et est la plus grande et la seule organisation mondiale qui documente les sources musicales écrites. Le RISM enregistre ce qui existe et où l’on peut le trouver.
Upcoming events
IAML Deutschland conference in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 17-20 September 2024. Details here
Chercher par sigle pour les bibliothèques, archives et collections possédant des fonds musicaux historiques
Bibliotécaires, trouvez ici ce que le RISM vous offre
Tout sur Muscat, Le programme spécialisé du RISM pour le catalogage des sources musicales
Updating RISM Series C
At the IAML Congress in Cambridge last year, the RISM Editorial Center announced an opportunity for our international community to update RISM’s Series C, the Directory of Music Research Libraries. The Directory is anchored in RISM’s objective to document the locations of musical sources worldwide. Series C provides descriptions of...
2024 IAML Germany Annual Meeting in Frankfurt am Main
From 17 to 20 September 2024 the annual meeting of the German branch of IAML (International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres) took place in Frankfurt am Main. The German National Library was the main venue, and they along with the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Oper...
Musical discoveries from English local archives
The previous RISM news item introduced the project Music, Heritage, Place: Unlocking the Musical Collections of England’s County Record Offices, led by Royal Holloway, University of London. This article introduces some of the sources recently discovered or catalogued in the project, to show the range of musical heritage found in...
Music from English local archives in RISM
The following guest post is by Stephen Rose (Head of Music Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK): Until recently, RISM’s records for the United Kingdom have focused on the holdings of major research libraries such as the British Library, Cambridge University Library and Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Now a richer...
The New Köchel Catalog
This morning the long-awaited new edition of the Köchel Catalog was presented to the public in the Great Hall of the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg. The new edition was compiled by Neal Zaslaw, Professor at Cornell University (Ithaca, New York), and meticulously prepared for printing by the research team...
Upcoming events
IAML Deutschland conference in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 17-20 September 2024. Details here
Chercher par sigle pour les bibliothèques, archives et collections possédant des fonds musicaux historiques
Bibliotécaires, trouvez ici ce que le RISM vous offre
Tout sur Muscat, Le programme spécialisé du RISM pour le catalogage des sources musicales