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Frisian and the European Capital of Culture 2018
We have received the following from Simon Groot (Universiteit van Amsterdam, RISM Netherlands): One of the European Capitals of Culture in 2018 is Leeuwarden, the capital city of the northern Dutch province Friesland (Frisia). Although a small country, in the Netherlands several dialects of the national language do exist. The...
5 March 2018 – A la une
La nouvelle base de données Medieval Music Manuscripts Online
Nous avons reçu cette annonce de Dominique Gatté que nous vous relayons: C’est avec une grande joie que je vous annonce la mise en ligne de la nouvelle base de données MMMOd (Medieval music manuscripts online database). musmed.eu En juin 2017, j’avais publié une première version de cette base sous...
1 March 2018 – Ressources en ligne
The 2017 Annual Report
The annual report for the RISM Central Office has been published on our website. Here are some of the highlights: Total records: Thanks to the hard work of our international contributors, the RISM online catalog currently has 1,090,000 records. Contributions from national groups: The following national groups created new records...
26 February 2018 – Nouveautés
Music in Different Languages for International Mother Language Day
Today, February 21, is officially International Mother Language Day. This day was first commemorated in 2000 by the United Nations in order to highlight the significance of native languages as a cultural asset and to foster the linguistic and cultural diversity of people around the world. Over 6,000 languages are...
21 February 2018 – Catalogue RISM en ligne
"Mein Herz ist viel zu schwach" – A Newly Discovered Aria by Georg Philipp Telemann
We have received the following from Helmut Lauterwasser (RISM Germany, Munich): In 2017, numerous concerts and other events marked the 250th anniversary of Georg Philipp Telemann’s death, especially in the places where he lived and worked. In CONCERTO magazine’s first issue of 2018, there is an article about a previously...
19 February 2018 – Redécourvertes
Be My (Robert) Valentine
Today is Valentine’s Day, and the perfect Valentine for all music lovers is the music of Robert Valentine. Robert Valentine (1674-1747) was an English composer who spent most of his career in Rome beginning in the 1790s. In his publications, Valentine Italianized his name to “Roberto Valentine” yet also qualified...
14 February 2018 – Evénements
Ecco carnevale!
Today is Rosenmontag in our corner of Germany, the highlight of the Carnival season. It is hard to avoid colorful costumes, parades, and general revelry (in all its forms). Join us on our own parade of Carnival music through the centuries! Carnival has been marked by its unique regional and...
12 February 2018 – Evénements
Contract signed between RISM and UNAM
The Seminario de Música en la nueva España y el México independiente at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) has been building a database called Musicat for a number of years. Its contents include the music collections of the Mexico City Cathedral. A catalog of the polyphonic books from...
8 February 2018 – Nouveau au RISM
New (and first) Library Siglum for Armenia
At RISM we regularly receive requests from scholars, archivists, and librarians for new library sigla to be created. In the course of our daily work, we also stumble upon institutions for which we have no siglum. Such was the case when we read about the Aram Khachaturian Museum in Yerevan,...
5 February 2018 – Nouveau au RISM
Valletta, Malta: European Capital of Culture 2018
Valletta and Leeuwarden are the two European Capitals of Culture for 2018. Valletta is the smallest capital in the European Union and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was built by the Knights of Malta beginning in 1566 and the sights can be reached easily by...
1 February 2018 – A la une
