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The 475th Anniversary of the Death of Costanzo Festa
The Italian composer Costanzo Festa (born between 1480 and 1490 in Piedmont, died 10 April 1545 in Rome) was a member of the papal choir beginning in 1517 and later directed and composed for the Cappella Sistina. Not much is known for certain about his life. His oeuvre spans numerous...
16 April 2020 – Anniversaires
Raymund Schlecht (1811-1891)
Today our series “RISM A–Z” has reached the letter S and we are going to look at a person as well as an important music collection. Raymund Schlecht studied math, physics, theology, and languages in Regensburg. He was a teacher and school director in Eichstätt (Bavaria) until his retirement. During...
14 April 2020 – RISM A-Z
Farewell Charles de Bériot!
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Belgian composer and violinist Charles de Bériot. We bring you an excerpt from a piece by Richard Sutcliffe (Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel) and invite you to read the post in its entirety at his 19c Belgian Music Blog. Charles de Bériot,...
9 April 2020 – Anniversaires
RISM in re3data
The Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data) is a global registry that covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines. It presents repositories for the permanent storage and access of data sets to researchers, funding bodies, publishers, and scholarly institutions. re3data.org promotes a culture of sharing, increased access, and better...
6 April 2020 – Nouveau au RISM
A New Elise? Discovery Sheds Light on Famous Beethoven Work
A recently discovered music manuscript dating from the early 19th century has musicologists from all over the world speculating whether they are one step closer to finding out the true identity of the dedicatee of Ludwig van Beethoven’s famous bagatelle Für Elise. The previously unknown piece, written for organ and...
1 April 2020 – Redécourvertes
Karin Weißert: Internship report
As part of my bachelor’s degree in musicology at the Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main, one is required to work an internship that lasts 150 hours. For my internship, I resolved not to go to an opera house or concert hall to learn the organizational requirements of putting on events....
26 March 2020 – Nouveau au RISM
First RISM Siglum for Papua New Guinea
Part of our work at RISM includes creating new library sigla for any institution worldwide that holds material related to music research. We regularly receive requests from scholars, archivists, and librarians every month. In the course of our daily work, we also stumble upon institutions for which we have no...
23 March 2020 – Nouveau au RISM
Friedrich Hölderlin at 250
The German writer Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (20 March 1770, Lauffen am Neckar – 7 June 1843, Tübingen) was one of the most important lyric poets of his era. Rousseau, Klopstock, and Schiller, and the ideals of the French Revolution and Greek civilization were impressed upon him as a youth....
20 March 2020 – Anniversaires
RISM Central Office Temporarily Closed
As a precautionary measure due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the RISM Central Office in Frankfurt has been closed since 19 March 2020. We are currently working in a limited capacity, so we thank you in advance for your understanding. We continue to be reachable through the usual ways, including...
18 March 2020 – Nouveau au RISM
Preview of New Records for Polish Music in RISM
We have received the following from Marcelina Chojecka (RISM Poland, Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina): Between August 2019 and January 2020, the Fryderyk Chopin Institute has catalogued 771 manuscripts and autographs by Polish composers in the RISM database: • Józef Elsner (1769–1854) – 58; • Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909) – 38; •...
16 March 2020 – Collections de bibliothèques
