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Announcing the Third RISM Lecture: Musical Sources in Mexico
Our first pair of RISM Lectures focused on two of the most celebrated music collections of the old continent: the Fondo Cappella Sistina kept in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and the Bach manuscripts preserved in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. In keeping with RISM’s global outlook and mission, we wanted the...
29 September 2022 – Events
Program and Registration for Musical Sources: Past and Future — An International Conference Celebrating 70 Years of RISM
We are pleased to announce the final program for our event Musical Sources: Past and Future - An International Conference Celebrating 70 Years of RISM. It will take place 7-9 October 2022 in the Plenarsaal (Plenary Hall) of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz. Please visit our conference...
22 September 2022 – Events
RISM at the 2022 IMS Congress in Athens
While one of RISM’s sponsoring organizations, the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) holds a congress each year, offering us the chance to share the latest news about our work in person, the International Musicological Society (IMS) puts up full congresses only quinquennially. This year the...
15 September 2022 – Events
An unexpected find: “Le Pêcheur Catalan” WoO II.2, No. 9 by Louise Farrenc
The following is a guest post by Christin Heitmann (author of “Louise Farrenc. Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis” and co-editor of the Farrenc Critical Edition published by Noetzel-Verlag), Beethoven-Haus Bonn (see the full post on the German version of this page): Many can relate to the phenomenon of finding additional sources after wrapping...
9 September 2022 – Rediscovered
New Brochure "RISM: An Overview"
A new version of the RISM brochure is now available. RISM: An Overview is a 12-page, full-color brochure in English and German that describes RISM’s goals, projects, and organization. The new brochure has been updated for 2022 and includes new information on how to contribute to RISM. The brochure is...
30 August 2022 – New publications
Second IAML Congress Diary from Prague
We continue our reflections on the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres congress in Prague. Part one can be found here. Von Guido Kraus: Nach einer dreijährigen Pandemie bedingten Pause war es wieder soweit. Das internationale Musikbibliothekswesen gab sich ein Stelldichein in der historischen Metropole Prag ganz...
23 August 2022 – Events
First IAML Congress Diary from Prague
The RISM Editorial Center was well represented at this year’s annual congress of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres in Prague. In traditional IAML Congress Diary style, we offer you the first of our impressions from Prague, with the usual linguistic mix. Part two will follow...
18 August 2022 – Events
Animal of the Year 2022: Donkey
As in previous years, various organizations have made selections for a plant or animal “of the year” for 2022. The German environmental organization NABU has a good overview. Apart from this list, the non-profit organization Bündnis Mensch & Tier has picked the donkey as the domestic animal of the year....
11 August 2022 – In the news
Antoine Reicha Rediscovered
We have received the following from Jana Franková and François-Pierre Goy: The works of the long undeservedly forgotten French composer of Bohemian origin, Antoine Reicha (1770–1836, also known as Anton Reicha and Antonín Rejcha), have aroused renewed interest in the past decade. To celebrate his 250th birthday, the Moravian Library...
4 August 2022 – New publications
RISM Online launched at the IAML congress in Prague
We are pleased to announce the public launch of RISM Online, a new service designed by our colleagues at the RISM Digital Center. This search tool is intended to complement the RISM Catalog that our users have known for many years, and provide them with alternative ways and means of...
28 July 2022 – Events
