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The Thematic Catalogue of the Music Collection of P. Barnabas Weiss
We have received the following from Zuzana Petrášková and Eliška Šedivá (National Library of the Czech Republic): The latest thematic catalogue in the series “Catalogus artis musicae in Bohemia et Moravia cultae” published to date is dedicated to a collection of music established during the course of the 19th century...
21 July 2022 – New publications
RISM at the 2022 IAML Congress in Prague
This year’s annual IAML Congress will take place in Prague from 24–29 July, an event we look forward to every year—and this year even more so, after two years of postponements due to the coronavirus pandemic. RISM has a full week of events planned, capping off with a special RISM...
14 July 2022 – Events
Muscat Workshop in Warsaw
A workshop on cataloging musical sources took place 21–22 June 2022 at the Chopin Institute in Warsaw. Guido Kraus from the RISM Editorial Center introduced new and old Polish colleagues to the topic of music documentation using Muscat. Present at the workshop were Danuta Popinigis (RISM Gdańsk; RISM library siglum:...
7 July 2022 – New at RISM
IFMuC: Musical Heritage in Catalonia
We have received the following from Josep Maria Gregori i Cifré (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona): Catalonia is one of the few European regions on its way to discovering the richness of its musical heritage with respect to the repertory of compositions by its chapel masters, organists and musicians, which are...
30 June 2022 – Library collections
Clara Faisst at 150
We recently told you about the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe and how they completed cataloging for their historical music. Among their collections is the archive of the composer, pianist, and poet Clara Faisst (1872-1948). Her 150th birthday is on 22 June. After studying at the Königliche Hochschule in Berlin, Faisst...
22 June 2022 – Musical anniversaries
"New" Keyboard Music by William Babell
We recently came across this article by Andrew Woolley concerning a collective manuscript in Bergamo (I-BGi XIV 8751 H 1, RISM ID no. 850014351): Andrew Woolley, “New light on William Babell’s development as a keyboard composer,” Early Music 46, no. 2 (May 2018): 251–270. Short title in RISM: WoolleyB 2018,...
14 June 2022 – New publications
New Portal: Between Chopin and Tellefsen. European musical treatises—universalism and national identity
We have received the following from the Fryderyk Chopin Institute: The new portal ‘Music treatises’ is available now! The project Between Chopin and Tellefsen. European musical treatises—universalism and national identity has been underway since November 2020 and will be carried out until October 2022. It aims to facilitate access to...
9 June 2022 – Electronic resources
Historical Music from the Badische Landesbibliothek (D-KA)
The Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe has completed a massive project to catalog all notated music in its collections. A report of this undertaking by Julia von Hiller was originally published on the BLBlog. The portions mentioning RISM are summarized here; for the full version, please switch to the German page...
30 May 2022 – Library collections
The 200th Birthday of Joachim Raff
That Joachim Raff has been forgotten by music history can no more be said than that he still has a permanent place in the repertoire. His merits as the first director of the Hoch’sches Konservatorium in Frankfurt are undisputed. He was able to turn the conservatory into one of the...
27 May 2022 – Musical anniversaries
Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel at 450
Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (25 May 1572–15 March 1632) received the nickname “the Learned” in the 18th century because he was not only a regent (from 1592 to 1627 he was the ruling landgrave of Hesse-Kassel) but also a composer and patron of the arts. He founded the Collegium Mauritianum...
23 May 2022 – Musical anniversaries
