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Conference and Workshop: Works, Work Titles, Work Authorities: Perspectives on Introducing a Work Level in RISM
Dates: May 9-11, 2019 Location: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 2 55131 Mainz Registration: Registration form The conference is free and open to the public. Please help us plan by registering by 5 April 2019. Conference and Workshop: Works, Work Titles, Work Authorities: Perspectives on Introducing a Work...
14 March 2019 – Evénements
RISM at the Coding da Vinci 2018 Hackathon
RISM was one of the data providers at last year’s Coding da Vinci Rhein-Main Hackathon, which had participation from colleges and universities in Aschaffenburg, Darmstadt, Frankfurt am Main, Gießen, Mainz, Offenbach, Wiesbaden and Worms and was organized in part by the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek and Wikimedia Deutschland and supported by...
11 March 2019 – Evénements
A New Catalog of Works for Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz died 150 years ago tomorrow. Right in time for this major anniversary, a revised edition of the Catalogue of the Works of Hector Berlioz (originally published in 1987) has been released as a digital resource that is free online. D. Kern Holoman and Jonathan Minnick. Catalogue of the...
7 March 2019 – Nouveautés
New on our bookshelves: Three composing Franciscan monks
Three Franciscan monks from the 17th and early 18th centuries who were composers have piqued the interest of Ivano Bettin. Francesco Antonio Vannarelli (1615-1679), Francesco Antonio Urio (ca. 1631 - ca. 1719), and Francesco Maria Benedetti (1683-1746) were the focus of three smaller studies and some modern editions. At the...
4 March 2019 – Nouveautés
The Newly Adapted Music Archive at Heiligenkreuz Abbey
We received this post from Father Roman Nägele (RISM Austria, Heiligenkreuz Abbey): Music plays a considerable role in monastic everyday life. Not a day goes by without us coming into contact with music here. The abbey’s musicians pay - and paid - special attention to the presentation of the music...
28 February 2019 – Collections de bibliothèques
The 2018 Annual Report
The 2018 annual report for the RISM Central Office has now been published. You can read the report in its entirety on the RISM website. Here are some of the highlights: Total records: Our contributors from all over the world have worked hard this past year to catalog music manuscripts,...
25 February 2019 – Nouveautés
Annual Meeting of the Collaborative Project on Chinese Music Resources in Shanghai
We have received the following from Tzu-Chia Tseng of the RISM Chinese-Language Region: 2018/12: RISM-CLR held the annual meeting of the Collaborative Project on Chinese Music Resources and a Muscat workshop in Shanghai The Collaborative Project on Chinese Music Resources initiated by Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong is now...
21 February 2019 – Nouveau au RISM
Close Cooperation between RISM and the Chopin Institute
RISM and the Fryderyk Chopin Institute (PL-Wbfc) are now working even closer together. On 5 February 2019, a meeting was held in Frankfurt where staff from the Chopin Institute in Warsaw and the RISM Central Office could discuss further details of their project (images, left). Since 2016, our colleagues at...
18 February 2019 – Collections de bibliothèques
Wedding Music by Melchior Franck
Since today is Valentine’s Day, we’re going to take a look at three pieces by Melchior Franck (ca. 1579-1639) that were written for weddings. Festive music composed especially for the occasion has unfortunately gone out of style today. Many bridal couples are instead quick to draw on the “Wedding March”...
14 February 2019 – Evénements
New Catalog of the Archivo Histórico de la Arquidiócesis de Antequera Oaxaca (Mexico)
We have received the following from Edgar Alejandro Calderón Alcántar (Conservatorio de las Rosas) and Anastasia Krutitskaya (ENES, UNAM), Morelia, Mexico: Anastasia Krutitskaya and Edgar Alejandro Calderón Alcántar. Repertorio de villancicos y cantadas del Archivo Histórico de la Arquidiócesis de Antedquera Oaxaca (cajas 49 y 50). Mexico City: Universidad Nacional...
11 February 2019 – Nouveautés
