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Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of Carl Maria von Weber’s death
Carl Maria von Weber died on 5 June 1826, at the age of 40 in London, where he had premiered his final opera, Oberon, König der Elfen, at the Haymarket Theatre just a few months earlier. The original English title was actually Oberon, or the Elf King’s Oath, and librettist...
5 June 2026 – Anniversaires
Private collections and libraries - Part 3
In the final part of our news series on private collections and libraries, we would like to call your attention to a new feature in the search for private collections. When you search among the institutions on RISM Online, you can select the “Private collection” option in the “Type of...
28 May 2026 –
The month of May in music
“In the beautiful month of May” – thus goes the first line of a well-known poem by Heinrich Heine, which Robert Schumann set to music to open his song cycle “Dichterliebe.” This Lied is arguably one of the best known of its kind and would certainly rank among the most...
21 May 2026 – Evénements
The “Bußpsalmencodex” of Albrecht V exhibited in Munich on 20 and 21 May
It is too large to be considered a typical devotional book. Too precious to be used in church services. Too sophisticated in its illustrations to serve merely as a representative work, and too unsystematic in its presentation of knowledge to meet the standards of an encyclopaedia. (Andrea Gottdang in...
7 May 2026 – Evénements
Deux catalogues thématiques natifs du numérique
Deux catalogues thématiques nativement numériques consacrés aux compositeurs Francesco Pollini et Luigi Cherubini ont récemment été publiés. Ils viennent s’ajouter au nombre croissant de versions numériques de catalogues thématiques traditionnels consultables sur la plateforme de recherche RISM Online. Directement reliés à la base de données de descriptions de sources musicales,...
30 April 2026 – RISM Digital Center
The music collection of Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Meiningen, at the Meiningen Museums
The Max Reger Archive (RISM siglum: D-MEIr) forms part of the Music History Collection of the Meiningen Museums and includes musical collections of various provenances. One of these formerly belonged to Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Meiningen (1687–1763). During his sojourns in Vienna (ca. 1720–1740), Anton Ulrich had more than 100...
23 April 2026 – Collections de bibliothèques
Mozart Treasures from Salzburg on Exhibition in New York
The International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg owns one of the world’s most significant Mozart collections, which originated from gifts and bequests from the Mozart family. For a remarkable exhibition, a significant part of this collection has traveled to the United States for the first time. They are on display at...
16 April 2026 – Evénements
Marking Music: The Use of Music Books in Early Modern Europe
The acronym DORMEME stands for “Dissemination, Ownership, and Reading of Music in Early Modern Europe.” This interdisciplinary project – led by Dr. Elisabeth Giselbrecht at King’s College London – focuses on surviving copies of polyphony printed across Europe between 1500 and 1545, and poses diverse questions regarding their users. Who...
9 April 2026 – Evénements
Collaboration between the WEAVE project "Tartinians" and RISM supports the long-term preservation of project data
The WEAVE research project Tartinians – The School of Nations and its networks, based at the Universities of Graz and Augsburg, as well as the Schola Cantorum in Basel, was launched in April 2025. It examines the pedagogical work of Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770) and his students primarily on three levels:...
2 April 2026 – A la une
The National Library of Spain and its Music Department collaborated with RISM to disseminate its musical heritage
Over the past 30 years, the Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) collaborated closely with the RISM project. Through Nieves Iglesias and José Carlos Gosálvez the National Library participated in the team that translated RISM’s cataloging guidelines into Spanish – alongside other notable experts such as José Vicente, González Valle and...
26 March 2026 – Collections de bibliothèques
