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A Previously Unknown Lute Tablature
We have received the following from Dieter Kirsch: It doesn’t happen too often nowadays for objects to turn up in public collections that have so far managed to elude researchers. Such a case will be described below. Among the music manuscripts housed at the Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig (D-BSstb), which are currently...
27 January 2017 – Redécourvertes
Muscat Workshops in Austria
We have received the following from our colleagues in IAML Austria: IAML Austria successfully held two Muscat workshops recently. On January 12, 2017, a Muscat workshop was held at the Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum, led by Dr. Eva Neumayr (RISM Salzburg). The workshop enjoyed active participation from its seven attendees. This...
26 January 2017 – Evénements
Une acquisition majeure : le fonds Toots Thielemans
Nous avons reçu cette contribution de RISM Belgique: Au mois de décembre dernier, la section de la Musique de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique s’est enrichie d’un nouvel ensemble exceptionnel, le «Fonds Toots Thielemans», du nom de ce musicien belge disparu le 22 août 2016, à l’âge de 94 ans....
24 January 2017 – Collections de bibliothèques
The Thematic Catalogue of the Music Collection in the Premonstratensian Monastery in Želiv
We have received the following publication announcement from Eliška Šedivá (RISM Czech Republic): Pavla Semerádová and Eliška Šedivá. Catalogus collectionis operum artis musicae de Monasterii Siloensis. Catalogus artis musicae in Bohemia et Moravia cultae. Artis musicae antiquioris catalogorum 9/1-2. Prague: Národní knihovna České republiky, 2016. 2 vols. 660p. ISBN 978-80-7050-664-6....
23 January 2017 – Nouveautés
Karl Friedrich Abel Manuscripts Found in Poland
We have received the following from Sonia Wronkowska of RISM Poland: Two new sources for works by Karl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) have recently been found by Sonia Wronkowska in Poland, in the library of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (PL-Pu), originating from the Maltzan family palace in Milicz (formerly...
19 January 2017 – Redécourvertes
A Contribution to the History of Military Music in the Kingdom of Hanover
A unique collection of music manuscripts in the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek (Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek), Hanover The well over 1,000 handwritten scores of the first and last Royal Hanover Army Music Director Johann Viktor Gerold (1808-1876) form one of the most extensive collections of nineteenth-century military music. In a circuitous fashion...
16 January 2017 – Collections de bibliothèques
Looking Back on 2016
The year 2016 was a big year for us: we released our long-awaited and well-received cataloging program Muscat, we invited thirteen colleagues to speak on the state of source research in Central and South America at the conference Documenting Musical Sources in Latin America, and we published another volume in...
12 January 2017 – Nouveau au RISM
Musical Anniversaries in 2017
Happy New Year! We start the year by looking ahead and getting ready to celebrate people in the RISM database who will have a major birthday this year or to remember those who died. We would like to begin 2017 with an overview of these people: they are not only...
10 January 2017 – Anniversaires
Happy Holidays 2016!
The RISM Central Office wishes you and your family all the best for a festive holiday season and a happy New Year. We are looking forward to working with you in the coming year! Image: Historische Bildpostkarten - Universität Osnabrück - Sammlung Prof. Dr. Sabine Giesbrecht, via Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek...
22 December 2016 – Evénements
Weihnachtsgrüße 2016!
Die RISM Zentralredaktion wünscht Ihnen und Ihrer Familie ein frohes Weihnachtsfest und ein gutes Neues Jahr. Wir freuen uns auf die weitere Zusammenarbeit im kommenden Jahr! Abbildung: Historische Bildpostkarten - Universität Osnabrück - Sammlung Prof. Dr. Sabine Giesbrecht, via Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
22 December 2016 – Nouveau au RISM
