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Exhibit at the Frankfurt University Library: 350th Anniversary of Johann Andreas Herbst's Death
Johann Andreas Herbst (1588–1666) and His Music Library: A Testimonial to Music Playing and the Art of Printing Music Motivated by the ceremonial coronations for Holy Roman Emperor that took place in Frankfurt am Main in 1612 for Matthias and in 1619 for Ferdinand II, the city appointed its first...
28 January 2016 – Musical anniversaries
Ausstellung in der Frankfurter Universitätsbibliothek zu Johann Andreas Herbst aus Anlass des 350. Todestags
Johann Andreas Herbst (1588–1666) und seine Notenbibliothek – Ein Zeugnis für Musikpraxis und Notendruckkunst Angeregt durch die feierlichen Krönungen von 1612 (Kaiser Matthias) und 1619 (Kaiser Ferdinand II) wurde 1623 der erste städtische Musikdirektor in Frankfurt am Main angestellt. Die Wahl fiel auf den aus Nürnberg stammenden und zuvor an...
28 January 2016 – Library collections
RISM Modern Monday: Mexican Music
Our third entry in our RISM Modern Monday series is by John G. Lazos, who contributes Mexican sources to RISM (Spanish follows): Mexican music is generally recognized as the music from the first decades of the twentieth century, a perception which was influenced by a twentieth-century Mexican cultural national ideology....
25 January 2016 – Library collections
Donostia / San Sebastián: European Capital of Culture 2016
Donostia, the Basque name for San Sebastián in Spain, is one of the two European Capitals of Culture in 2016. Donostia joins Wrocław, Poland for year-long festivities of theater, music, dance, exhibitions, and more. Our colleagues at ERESBIL-Basque Archives of Music (E-RE) have written an overview of music life in...
21 January 2016 – In the news
RISM Modern Monday: Richard Strauss
The second part of our RISM Modern Monday series is dedicated to Richard Strauss (1864-1949), showing you again how sources in the RISM database extend well past the year 1800. Through a partnership with the Richard Strauss Institute, we have integrated their index of sources (RSQV) into the RISM database....
18 January 2016 – Library collections
Looking Back at 2015
The year 2015 is behind us, so we’d like take a moment to look at the stories that helped shape the past twelve months. We enjoyed a year full of thousands of new musical sources in the RISM database, exciting discoveries from our users, and fantastic new databases and digital...
14 January 2016 – New at RISM
RISM Modern Monday: Music Manuscripts in the Gustav Mahler-Alfred Rosé Collection
Did you know that music in RISM’s database extends beyond the year 1800? RISM has quite a bit from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Over the next few Mondays, we’ll put the spotlight on some of the newer pieces in the database. The first entry comes from Cheryl Martin (RISM...
11 January 2016 – Library collections
Oldest complete Finnish songbook discovered in Dresden
New year, new discovery: musicologist Suvi-Päivi Koski has uncovered the oldest known complete Finnish songbook at the SLUB in Dresden, according to the SLUBlog. It is entitled Yxi Wähä Suomenkielinen Wirsikiria (“A small Finnish songbook”), published by Hemmingius Henrici Maschoensis, and was printed in 1607 in Rostock, Germany. The first...
7 January 2016 – Rediscovered
Musical Anniversaries in 2016
Happy New Year! Once again, the new year brings us many opportunities to celebrate musicians who have big (sometimes very big) birthdays and remember those who have died. We’ve found over 800 people in the RISM database who will have their semicentennials, centennials, and various combinations thereof in 2016. These...
4 January 2016 – Musical anniversaries
Happy Holidays 2015!
The RISM Central Office wishes you and your family all the best for a festive holiday season and a Happy New Year. We look forward to working with you again in 2016. Image: New York Public Library Digital Collections, postcard from early 1900s.
21 December 2015 – Events
