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A Word about RISM
RISM is not simply an abstract database or a series of books, the project lives above all through intensive exchange with our users. Therefore we are very grateful for comments pointing out potential errors or reports on personal experiences. Some remarks of this sort you can also find on the...
12 October 2023 – New at RISM
MEC-TEI Joint Conference: Encoding Cultures
The joint conference of the Music Encoding Conference and the Text Encoding Initiative met from 4-8 September 2023 in Paderborn, Germany. The theme was “Encoding Cultures” and the week was full of workshops, papers, posters, meetings, and discussions. It was a hybrid conference with some presenters and participants joining us...
5 October 2023 – Events
Commemorating Archangel Michael
Whereas the Eastern Orthodox churches commemorate Archangel Michael on November 8, in the West his feast is celebrated on 29 September. St. Michael has a prominent position among the angels in heaven. The prefix “arch” is derived from the Greek ἀρχή (archē) and means as much as beginning or leadership,...
28 September 2023 – Events
The 'Master Muñoz Pedrera' collection in RISM
We have received the following from Juan Francisco Murcia Galián (Conservatorio Superior de Música “Manuel Massotti Littel” de Murcia, Spain) (Spanish follows): Pedro Muñoz Pedrera (1865-1925) was a musician born in Murcia, Spain. He began his musical education with Julian Calvo, composer and organist of the cathedral of Murcia. Later...
14 September 2023 – Library collections
New on our Bookshelves: AbelWV
A new catalog of works for Carl Friedrich Abel (cited in RISM as AbelWV) by Günter von Zadow has inspired us to revise the composer’s records in RISM RISM Catalog | RISM Online. We’ve gotten this started and the rest will follow. Günter von Zadow, Catalogue of Works of Carl...
7 September 2023 – New publications
Finding Unica in the RISM Database
At the recent IAML Congress in Cambridge the issue of unica was addressed in diverse contexts. The British Library, for example, expressed an interest in coordinating its digitization projects with other institutions, including internationally, in the hope that new additions to their digital collections could be unique contributions. When speaking...
31 August 2023 – Electronic resources
New Bibliography of Music Anthologies from the Library of Congress
We have received the following from Susan Clermont and Paul Sommerfeld (Music Division, Library of Congress): Among the various early music imprints and manuscripts held among the Library of Congress Music Division’s rare general collections are 306 music anthologies dating from the late 15th through 17th centuries. These materials represent...
24 August 2023 – New publications
Discovering new music collections!
We have received the following from Carmen Álvarez-Escandell (Spanish follows): Fontes Artis Musicae (no. 70/2) recently published the article ‘The Cataloguing Process of the ‘C Collection’ in the Music Archive of the Cathedrals of Zaragoza’ by Carmen Álvarez-Escandell. The article outlines the process of cataloguing a collection of 30 polyphonic...
17 August 2023 – New publications
RISM's Series B/II is Picking up Speed
RISM’s series B (special studies on various topics) is still underrepresented in our database. Luckily this is has been changing recently. Series B/II especially is picking up speed. While printed editions from series B/I, Recueils imprimés, XVIe-XVIIe siècles (printed anthologies of the 16th and 17th centuries) and A/I, Einzeldrucke vor...
27 July 2023 – New at RISM
Two RISM Sessions at MedRen 2023
In the field of musicology, Europe’s largest annual conference has for some time been the International Medieval and Renaissance Music Conference, which is held in a different location each year. The conference once again returns to Germany after last being held here twenty years ago in Jena in 2003. MedRen...
18 July 2023 – Events
