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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
New RISM Coordinating Committee
RISM relies on its international partners and benefits from several structures in place to maintain a close relationship between RISM, its sponsoring societies, and its working groups. One of these bodies is the Advisory Council, whose membership includes all active RISM contributors around the world. Five members from Advisory Council...
29 January 2018 – Nouveau au RISM
New FONCA-RISM project in Mexico City | FONCA-RISM: Nuevo Proyecto en la Ciudad de México
We have received the following announcement from John Lazos (RISM Mexico/Canada): Dr. John Lazos, who has collaborated with RISM to catalogue over 500 music works from Mexico, just received a grant from FONCA (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes). This grant permits Dr. Lazos to catalogue around 450...
25 January 2018 – Collections de bibliothèques
The secret garden of Pierre Bergé
The following originally appeared the blog of the Loeb Music Library (Harvard University) and is by Christina Linklater (RISM US). It is reproduced here with kind permission. The Loeb Music Library has just acquired three items previously owned by the French industrialist, arts patron and AIDS activist Pierre Bergé (1930-2017)....
22 January 2018 – Collections de bibliothèques
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
We continue our series RISM A–Z with Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706). Organists certainly do not need convincing that Johann Pachelbel wrote more than just the Canon in D! Jean M. Perreault breaks down the numbers like this in his Thematic Catalogue of the Musical Works of Johann Pachelbel: Of the 528...
18 January 2018 – RISM A-Z
Exhibit in the Bavarian State Library on Historic Tablatures
The Bavarian State Library (BSB) in Munich is presenting an exhibit on tablature manuscripts entitled “Etlich Liedlein zu singen oder uff der Orgeln und Lauten zu schlagen.” The manuscript tablatures and partbooks from the 16th and 17th centuries will be on view until 28 March 2018. The tablatures present a...
15 January 2018 – Evénements
Looking Back on 2017
Last year, we enjoyed sharing news with you from the world of musical sources: discoveries, rediscoveries, new resources, and more. Let’s take a moment to look back on the stories from 2017 that were the most popular: Musical Anniversaries in 2017: Glad you liked it! Here’s...
11 January 2018 – Nouveau au RISM
Musical Anniversaries in 2018
Happy New Year! It has become something of a tradition for us to kick off the year by taking a look at musical anniversaries for the next twelve months. The people whose birthdays or anniversaries of death we mark are not only composers but they can also be librettists, performers,...
8 January 2018 – Anniversaires
Happy Holidays 2017!
The RISM Central Office wishes you and your family all the best for a festive holiday season and a happy New Year. Our office will be closed the week of December 25. We look forward to working with you again in 2018. Image: Postcard circa 1900 from Furman University, Special...
21 December 2017 – Evénements
