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Finding Unica in the RISM Database
The ability to trace the distribution of musical sources is one of the strengths of the RISM database. Music manuscripts are by their very nature unique, while any given printed edition potentially exists in multiple copies. Finding those printed editions that have only survived in a single known copy has...
2 May 2025 – Nouveau au RISM
How to Cite RISM
Many publications, whether online or in print, use their own style guides. However, citation styles frequently do not capture the nuances of historic music manuscripts and printed editions, making it difficult to identify the item with absolute clarity. RISM has recommendations for researchers and librarians when citing musical sources, including...
24 April 2025 – Nouveau au RISM
The Paul Hirsch Music Collection
The following was originally published on the Music Blog of the British Library (Creative Commons Attribution Licence): The Paul Hirsch Music Collection at the British Library is one of the most outstanding discrete collections of printed music held within the Library.[1] It is accompanied by the Paul Hirsch Papers, which...
17 April 2025 – Collections de bibliothèques
Woelfl-Haus Bonn: A Center for Music and Research
A catalog of Joseph Woelfl’s works, listing no fewer than 620 compositions, was first published in 2011 (RISM short title: HaiW - RISM Catalog | RISM Online). Its second edition will be made available online at the end of 2025, as well as in print the following year. In 2022,...
10 April 2025 – Collections de bibliothèques
New Research Guide on Robert Schumann
The following post originally appeared on the “In the Muse” blog from the Library of Congress. The Music Division is pleased to announce the publication of a new research guide outlining the Library’s rich primary and secondary sources concerning Robert Schumann. Schumann (1810–1856) was an influential composer, pianist, and music...
3 April 2025 – Collections de bibliothèques
EarlyMuse Report Available Online
Last May several representatives of the larger RISM community traveled to Wrocław to participate in a three-day meeting of the EarlyMuse network that seeks to establish “A new ecosystem of early music studies.” While we already published a brief account of this event, it may be of interest for many...
27 March 2025 – Nouveau au RISM
Annual Report 2024
At the time of delivering this report, RISM is in the middle of a two-year phase of transition. While in 2024–25 the Editorial Center in Frankfurt am Main is still financed under the auspices of the German Akademienprogramm, it is now operating on a reduced budget and must intensively be...
20 March 2025 – Nouveautés
RISM Online Winter 2025 Update
The Winter 2025 Update for RISM Online brings with it a whole array of new features, improvements, and bug fixes. This update has been in development since August of 2024, and we hope you will find the changes useful. Cantus Database Integration RISM Online will now provide results from the...
13 March 2025 – RISM Digital Center
International Women's Day: Women Composers in RISM
In 2017 we celebrated the International Women’s Day by publishing a list of all women composers found in the RISM database. Following a 2021 update, it is time to yet again publish a revised list to reflect RISM’s ever more complete coverage. The list that in 2017 included 800 names,...
6 March 2025 – Evénements
New Website for RISM Cataloging Guidelines
The RISM Editorial Center announces the publication of the RISM Cataloging Guidelines on a dedicated website developed by the RISM Digital Center, guidelines.rism.info. The guidelines are RISM’s rules and procedures for describing historical musical sources, and are adapted for use in the cataloging program Muscat which is used by RISM...
27 February 2025 – Nouveau au RISM
