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Lovey-Dovey
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day! The turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is an ancient symbol of love, devotion, and affection in many cultures. The bird makes a distinctive cooing sound and is known to be true to its mate. Medieval readers of the Physiologus knew of the bird’s fidelity: upon the death...
13 February 2020 – Events
Articles about Spanish printed music in the 16th century
Spanish below (thanks to Carmen Álvarez Escandell) Recently, we at RISM have read three interesting articles about Spanish printed music in the 16th century: “Printed polyphony acquired by Toledo Cathedral, 1532-1669” by Michael Noone, in Early Music Printing and Publishing in the Iberian World, ed. Iain Fenlon and...
4 February 2020 – New publications
Release of Muscat 6.0 and Import of the Swiss dataset
Muscat 6.0-the latest version of RISM’s central cataloging program for musical sources-is the culmination of several months of work from the development team. This new version brings many “under the hood” improvements and includes various new features. Import of the Swiss dataset Most importantly, Muscat 6.0 was made to merge...
29 January 2020 – RISM Digital Center
Version 4.0 of Weber Complete Edition Digital Edition Published
The digital edition of the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition has just released its Version 4.0. It offers a number of interesting new developments from both technical and content points of view. From the technical side, the site’s responsive web design was improved so that the pages can be...
23 January 2020 – Electronic resources
RISM and Katy Perry
Fifteen musicologists from institutions around the world have come together to argue that singer-songwriter Katy Perry was wrongly convicted of copyright infringement. What is their evidence? Music found in the RISM database, among other things. In 2019, Perry was ordered to pay $2.8 million when a jury found her guilty...
20 January 2020 – In the news
Looking Back on 2019
The year 2020 is still young, but let’s take a moment to look back on 2019 at the most popular stories from the world of musical sources that we published here on the RISM blog. May 2020 be as rich with discoveries! New Music Manuscripts from...
16 January 2020 – New at RISM
2020: Not Just Beethoven!
Happy New Year! As in past years, we would like to take a look at musical anniversaries for the next twelve months. It goes without saying that Beethoven will play a large role at RISM in 2020 but there are also over other 1,300 people to discover: composers, librettists, performers,...
9 January 2020 – Musical anniversaries
Happy Holidays 2019!
The RISM Central Office wishes you and your family all the best for a festive holiday season. We would like to thank you for your valuable work this year and we wish you all the best for a happy and successful 2020. Our office will be closed beginning December 23...
18 December 2019 – Events
Insect of the Year 2019: Red Mason Bee
The Red Mason Bee was chosen as the 2019 Insect of the Year by the environmental organization NABU for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It is the most common mason bee in Germany. When we think about bees, we usually think of the busy honey bee. But there are actually many...
9 December 2019 – In the news
Bari, Barletta, Crispiano, Lecco, Mantova, Noci, Novara, Sassoferrato, and Vercelli
The newest records in the RISM catalog include music manuscripts that we imported from the Italian database SBN Musica. This is part of an ongoing project that we reported on in August. Records from the following libraries can now be found in RISM: I-BAibimus (19 records) I-BARas (33 records) I-CRIc...
5 December 2019 – Library collections
