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RISM at the Helsinki Cataloging Seminar
RISM participated in the Helsinki Cataloging Seminar hosted by the University of Helsinki and the National Library of Finland last month, which took place on October 22. I (Jennifer Ward) was invited by our colleague Jaakko Tuohiniemi (Helsinki University Library) to hold to keynote address for an audience that was...
18 November 2019 – Events
Caught the Catch?
While revising the many anthologies published by John Playford starting around 1650 (titles ranging from Catch that Catch Can and Musicks Recreation to Select Ayres and Dialoges) the entry for B/I 1653|7 (Select Musicall Ayres and Dialogues […] Printed by T[homas] H[arper] for John Playford) stood out because the British...
14 November 2019 – New at RISM
Instrument of the Year 2019: Saxophone
The following was written by our intern from Spain, Carmen Álvarez (English below): Cada año, en Alemania, un intrumento tiene el honor de ser elegido el instrumento del año, y en 2019 el turno ha sido para el saxofón. Inventado a principios de la década de 1840 por Adolph Sax,...
11 November 2019 – In the news
Thematic Catalog of the Clam-Gallas Music Collection
We have received the following announcement concerning a new publication by our colleague Eliška Šedivá (RISM Czech Republic): Catalogus collectionis operum artis musicae comitis Clam-Gallas (ed. Eliška Šedivá, translation of the introduction by Andy Letham), Prague: National Library of the Czech Republic, 2018. 4 vols (1456 pp.), in: Catalogus artis...
7 November 2019 – New publications
New Women Composers in 2019
In March 2017, we published a list with 800 women composers who appear in RISM records. In 2019 alone, we have had over 50 new names, so in total there are over 1,000. As a sampling, here are 17 of them. Some of the new ones are from the records...
4 November 2019 – New at RISM
Johann Walter, Ecuador, Hilario Olazarán
We were happy when this very RISM-rich issue of IAML’s journal Fontes Artis Musicae crossed our desks, featuring the following articles: • “Johann Walter Werke Verzeichnis [JWWV]” by Robin A. Leaver • “The Music Manuscripts in the Church of San Francisco de Quito: An Undocumented Collection” by Jesus Estevez •...
28 October 2019 – New publications
Andreas Christoph Clamer (1633-1701) – Mensa Harmonica – at Heiligenkreuz Monastery
We have received the following from P. Roman Nägele: On 26 October, the national holiday in Austria, abbot prelate Dr. Maximilian Heim OCist once again invites you to look at the various collections of the monastery. A very special musical rarity by Andreas Christoph Clamer (1633-1701) will be performed by...
24 October 2019 – Events
Augsburg, A Musical City
IAML Germany, the national branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML), held its annual meeting in Augsburg this past September. Augsburg has several nicknames: the Mozartstadt (birthplace of Leopold Mozart), the Fuggerstadt (home to the prominent Fugger family in the 15th and 16th centuries),...
21 October 2019 – Events
From Improvisation to Composition
Guido Kraus from the RISM Central Office has written the following to mark the 170th anniversary of Frédéric Chopin’s death: What was Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) thinking of when he improvised and composed? He probably found new ways to creatively combine what he had just heard in his improvisations with what...
17 October 2019 – Musical anniversaries
RISM's Wikipedia Articles Now Updated
The Wikipedia RISM articles in English and German have been updated to better reflect today’s structure of the project and the focus on the online catalog. The RISM article is available in a total of 11 languages: Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. The...
10 October 2019 – New publications
