News archive
Cataloging and Digitizing the Dom-Musikverein and Mozarteum Collection in Salzburg (to 1881)
The following announcement has reached us from our RISM colleagues in Austria: The International Mozarteum Foundation has started a new project in cooperation with the Archdioceses Archive in Salzburg. The goal is to catalog the valuable historical collection of the Dom-Musikverein und Mozarteum (Society for Music at the Cathedral and...
9 March 2015 – Library collections
The 2014 Annual Report
The annual report for 2014 has been posted to the RISM website. Did you know that thanks to the hard work of our colleagues–in over 35 countries around the world–there are over 880,000 records in the online database? Other highlights from 2014: The CD-ROM data for series A/I (Einzeldrucke vor...
5 March 2015 – New publications
New research on copyists and watermarks
Colloquium: Researching Copyists and Watermarks in the Digital Age: Between Academic Specialization and Catalog Enrichment Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, 6-8 October 2014 The study of copyists and watermarks is deeply rooted in the German tradition of researching historical musical sources. Both branches of research are descended from the practice of making...
2 March 2015 – Events
RISM at the MLA Conference - live stream
The 84th Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association will take place on February 25-28, 2015, in Denver, Colorado. Sarah Adams of the US RISM office will be participating in a plenary session entitled “Digital Musicology: the role of music library collections.” She will report on new developments in RISM....
26 February 2015 – Events
Elizaveta, Elisabeth, and Elizabeth
Today, our series RISM from A–Z takes us on a journey that spans three centuries as we visit the lives of an Elizaveta, Elisabeth, and Elizabeth. The first is Elizaveta Alexievna (1779-1826), the Empress of Russia. She was born Princess Louise of Baden (Germany) and married Alexander I of Russia....
23 February 2015 – RISM A-Z
Funding Renewed for KoFIM Berlin Project
The following announcement has come to us from Martina Rebmann (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin): With generous support from the German Research Foundation (DFG), the KoFIM Berlin project (Kompetenzzentrum Forschung und Information Musik/Center of Excellence for Research and Information in Music) will continue at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin for another three years....
19 February 2015 – Library collections
Sensational new source: A previously unknown Carnival song by Beethoven!
The following extremely important announcement has reached us from Henle Verlag and is published here with kind permission: The new series PianoPlus is an ideal entry and re-access to the world of classical music, and likewise for all carnival enthusiasts and carnival grouches, who would like to make music with...
16 February 2015 – Rediscovered
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day
February 14 – Valentine’s Day – is the day of love in many countries. Today we’re featuring a small selection of Romeo and Juliet compositions from our online catalog for all you romantics out there (and also non-romantics). The results list shows almost 400 entries. Among these are Vincenzo Bellini’s...
13 February 2015 – In the news
‘Crown jewels’ of English lute music go online
The following news has reached us from the University of Cambridge (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0): Handwritten copies of scores by composers of English lute music have been digitised in a programme to make a precious legacy available to professional and amateur musicians around the world. Cambridge Digital Library is launching a...
10 February 2015 – Electronic resources
“Catalog of the Music of the Diocese of Würzburg” published
From RISM Germany we bring you the following: At the end of 2014, Dieter Kirsch, former director and professor at the Hochschule für Musikin Würzburg, and who was most recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the same institution, has published the monumental Katalog der Musikalien der Diözese Würzburg (Catalog of...
5 February 2015 – New publications
