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Presentations from Latin America Conference Now Online
The RISM Central Office hosted a conference entitled “Documenting Musical Sources in Latin America” on September 15, 2016. We invited respected musicologists and librarians from throughout Latin America to report on the current state of describing sources in their countries and the state of research on cultural exchange. These presentations...
18 May 2017
RISM at the IMS Congress in Tokyo
I (Jennifer Ward) attended the International Musicological Society (IMS) congress in Tokyo from March 19 to 23, 2017, supported by a grant from Bibliothek & Information International/Goethe-Institut. The congress was hosted by the Tokyo University of the Arts and revolved around the theme Musicology: Theory and Practice, East and West....
20 April 2017
RISM at the International Musicological Society Congress in Tokyo
RISM will be represented at the 20th Congress of the International Musicological Society in Tokyo next week, from March 19 to March 23, 2017. The theme of the congress is Musicology: Theory and Practice, East and West. The IMS, along with IAML, co-sponsors the 4 R projects (RISM, RILM, RIdIM,...
13 March 2017
International Women's Day: Women Composers in RISM
Note: We updated this list in 2021. Today, March 8, is celebrated around the world as International Women’s Day. Among many other things the organizers support “a call to action for accelerating gender parity.” In music, as we know, women musicians have struggled throughout history to be as visible as...
8 March 2017
RISM at the MLA Conference in Orlando, Florida
The annual Music Library Association conference (US branch of IAML) will be held from 22-26 February 2017 in sunny Orlando, Florida. This conference will be the first Pan American regional IAML meeting and many of our colleagues from the entire Latin American region will be in attendance. The timing of...
13 February 2017
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
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
Bringing the Past into the Future: Creating and Curating Digital Music Archives (Seoul, South Korea)
On October 28 and 29, 2016, our colleagues from RISM South Korea were our hosts for the conference Bringing the Past into the Future: Creating and Curating Digital Music Archives, held at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. The conference had a twofold purpose: a symposium and concert on October 28...
28 November 2016
Muscat Workshop in Prague
As you all know, our new cataloging program Muscat was released last week, and excitement for the new program continues to grow. Following workshops in Frankfurt, Berlin, Warsaw, and Seoul, an additional workshop was held last week at the National Library in Prague. From November 14 to 16, Guido Kraus...
21 November 2016
Muscat Workshop in Warsaw
The following has come in from Sonia Wronkowska of the Polish RISM Centre: On Monday and Tuesday last week 14 people took part in a Muscat workshop at the National Library of Poland in Warsaw. The workshop was organised by the Music Department and Librarian Education Department, and it wasconducted...
3 November 2016
