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From the Library's Treasure Chest: A RISM Concert in Cologne
The library at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne (RISM siglum: D-KNh) houses a comprehensive collection of music manuscripts, with an emphasis on vocal music from the first half of the nineteenth century. These items are from older holdings that were taken over from the institution’s predecessor, the...
23 October 2015 – Events
New CD of Music for Johann Konrad Wörle's Organs
This announcement has come to us from Hildegard Herrmann-Schneider of RISM Landesleitung Tirol-Südtirol & OFM Austria: Premieres of new sounds: Presenting music from the Biblioteca dell’Accademia nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana in Rome (I-Rli), the Biblioteca nazionale centrale in Rome (I-Rn), and the Santini-Bibliothek in Münster (D-MÜs) on an organ...
22 October 2015 – New publications
Neue CD: Die Orgel von Johann Konrad Wörle
Diese Ankündigung sandte uns Hildegard Herrmann-Schneider von RISM Landesleitung Tirol-Südtirol & OFM Austria: Neue Klangpremieren: Präsentiert wird Musik aus der Biblioteca dell’Accademia nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana in Rom (I-Rli), der Biblioteca nazionale centrale in Rom (I-Rn) und der Santini-Bibliothek in Münster (D-MÜs) auf einer Orgel des Tiroler Orgelmachers Johann...
22 October 2015 – New at RISM
The Royal Library of Belgium acquires the only known manuscript of "Le Retour des plaisirs" (1719) by André Vaillant
We have received this announcement from our colleagues at RISM Belgium: After his campaign in the Austro-Turkish war (1716-1718) in Hungary, Duke Léopold-Philippe of Arenberg (1690-1754) was sent back to the Austrian Netherlands and became governor of Hainaut. On the occasion of his solemn entrance in the city of Mons,...
19 October 2015 – Library collections
Luigi Marchesi - A famous singer from the 18th century
Luigi Marchesi (1754-1829) – one of the most famous singers at the end of the eighteenth century – will be the focus of attention in the next few days with large celebrations in Italy. An exhibit dedicated to the Italian castrato, whose career began in 1765 as a choirboy at...
15 October 2015 – In the news
RISM Conference in Taiwan
The 2015 Taipei Conference for a Collaborative Project on Chinese Music Resources, organized by Chun-Zen Huang, will be held from October 15 to 16 at National Taiwan Normal University in order to try to set up a network of music repositories in the Chinese-speaking region (mainland China, Hong Kong, and...
12 October 2015 – Events
New Discoveries of Vivaldi in Dresden
The following is a guest post by Francisco Javier Lupiáñez Ruiz: Two years ago I started to prepare a concert program based on anonymous pieces from the Schrank II collection from Die Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB). The Schrank II contains a large collection of musical works...
8 October 2015 – Rediscovered
Music, musicology, libraries: An intern's report
We just said farewell to our intern Anne-Marie Wurster, who spent five weeks with us here at the RISM Central Office in Frankfurt. She has submitted this reflection of her time here: At the intersection of musicology and librarianship - that’s right where I wanted to be. And that is...
7 October 2015 – New at RISM
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) at the British Library
Jacques Offenbach died 135 years ago today. To mark the occasion we’re bringing you this post by Susan Halstead, which originally appeared on the British Library’s European Studies Blog (CC-BY). The RISM database has 125 works relating to Offenbach. A dish fit for the gods: 150 years of Offenbach’s ‘La...
5 October 2015 – Musical anniversaries
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) an der British Library
Heute vor 135 Jahren starb Jacques Offenbach. Aus diesem Anlass übernehmen wir einen Beitrag von Susan Halstead, der erstmals im British Library’s European Studies Blog (CC-BY) veröffentlicht wurde. Der RISM Online-Katalog verzeichnet 125 Werke zu Offenbach. Ein passendes Gericht für die Götter: 150 Jahre ‘La belle Hélène’ von Offenbach Als...
5 October 2015 – Library collections
