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RISM Lecture on the Cappella Sistina Collection Now Online
We are happy to report that the inaugural RISM Lecture held on January 28, 2021 proved a runaway success. Over 270 people attended the event online, not merely from almost all European countries, but also from Brazil, Mexico, the United States and even Nigeria. We are particularly proud of our...
4 March 2021 – Evénements
Two Books about Music at the Salzburg Cathedral Now Online
The newest issue of Fontes Artis Musicae caught our eye because it contains reviews of two recent publications involving our RISM Salzburg working group. Dommusikarchiv Salzburg (A-Sd). Thematischer Katalog der musikalischen Quellen, Reihe A. Edited by Eva Neumayr and Lars E. Laubhold with Ernst Hintermaier, RISM Arbeitsgruppe Salzburg. Vienna: Hollitzer...
1 March 2021 – Nouveautés
Digital Analysis of Chant Transmission
We have received the following from Anna de Bakker: Do you own a piece of a chant manuscript? Or perhaps you know about a manuscript page displayed in a choir room, or at a church or library? Then we are looking for you! Digital Analysis of Chant Transmission is an...
25 February 2021 – Ressources en ligne
The Musical Public Domain in 2021
When we said goodbye to 2020, we said hello to a host of composers whose music entered the public domain on January 1, 2021. This means that the people in question died long enough ago that copyright protection has expired for their works and there is no law prohibiting the...
22 February 2021 – A la une
400 Years of the Florilegium Portense
Strictly speaking, the number in the title above only refers to the second part of the collection of motets published by Erhard Bodenschatz (ca. 1576-1636). The first part appeared in 1618 and contains 115 motets for four to eight voices. A further 150 motets by over 50 composers, from Agostino...
18 February 2021 – Anniversaires
Looking Back on 2020
This time, looking back on the past year is not as refreshing as it has been previously. It goes without saying that 2020 did not proceed as we thought it would, and our grand plans to highlight 19th-century music throughout the year - inspired by the Beethoven anniversary - unraveled...
15 February 2021 – Nouveau au RISM
Three Musical Children: A Common Illustration on 18th-Century Printed Music
We have a guest post by Martin Bierwisch (Universität Mainz): Decorative frames, extravagant illustrations, or even small vignettes are typical elements that catch the eye on music printed editions. You can of course find a lot of nice examples through the digitized sources linked in the RISM online catalog, but...
11 February 2021 – Nouveau au RISM
An Internship in Stages: How an Internship at RISM was Possible, Despite the Corona Pandemic
Report on an internship at the RISM Zentralredaktion in Frankfurt am Main My internship at the RISM Editorial Center in Frankfurt am Main was marked by the 2020 corona pandemic. It all began in December 2019 with an application and interview at the RISM office in the presence of the...
8 February 2021 – Nouveau au RISM
Introductory Muscat Workshops in February 2021 (FULL)
The English workshops are now full. If you are interested in attending a future Muscat workshop, please write to contact@rism.info and we will let you know when future dates have been set. The RISM Editorial Center will be hosting an online, introductory two-part workshop on cataloging musical sources using the...
4 February 2021 – Evénements
OnStage
Nous avons reçu les informations suivantes du RISM Digital Center: OnStage est le portail de documents numérisés sur les performances musicales en Suisse (ce qu’on appelle les performance ephemera, comme programmes et annonces de concerts). OnStage présente actuellement les collections du Conservatoire de Lausanne, du Conservatoire de Genève, de l’Association...
1 February 2021 – Ressources en ligne