News archive
Restitution made easy
On the heels of our visit to Nuremberg for AIBM conference in September comes this story by our colleague Guido Kraus about the history of some of the rare items at the Nuremberg Public Library. Two valuable items found their way back to Germany after having been in the United...
15 December 2014 – In the news
Historical Schott Archive Acquired by State Libraries in Berlin and Munich and Six Research Institutions
This article comes from Gottfried Heinz-Kronberger of RISM Germany, Bavarian State Library. The historical archive of the music publisher Schott represents a unique cultural asset. There is no other German music publishing house archive that is as big and comprehensive. It comprises the business records (correspondence; records of printers, engravers,...
11 December 2014 – Library collections
Arias from St. Petersburg
The new CD St. Petersburg by Cecilia Bartoli will certainly be a present under many Christmas trees this year. The Italian singer consulted the archives of the Mariinsky Theater Library in St. Petersburg (RUS-SPtob) for this album. These holdings are not yet cataloged in RISM but many of the arias...
8 December 2014 – In the news
A Summer of Musical Sources
Martin Bierwisch, a musicology student at the Universität Mainz, spent the summer with us as an intern. Read on about his experiences. If you are interested in an internship with RISM, please get in touch: contact@rism.info The idea of doing an internship at the RISM Zentralredaktion was the result of...
4 December 2014 – New at RISM
RISM and the Philippines
In October, the RISM director, Klaus Keil, was invited to speak at a conference and workshop called Preserving and Cataloguing Music Cultural Heritage in Asia/Laon-Laon Forum at the University of the Philippines College of Music/UP Center for Ethnomusicology. He had the opportunity to present RISM to an international audience. RISM...
1 December 2014 – Events
Music for Advent
On Sunday, the Christmas season will be in full swing: It’s the first Sunday of Advent. This time is peak season for church musicians. At no other time of the year are churches host to so many musical events and concerts. But how can you put together an interesting program?...
27 November 2014 – Events
Hasse's Siroe in Versailles
On November 26, the opera Siroe, re di Persia by Johann Adolf Hasse will premiere at the Opera Royal de Versailles. This is a nice opportunity to take a look at the more than 150 sources for this opera that are in the RISM database. Two sources from Dresden are...
24 November 2014 – In the news
The Lost Voices Project is now live
The Lost Voices Project is now online: http://digitalduchemin.org/ “Focusing on a neglected but important repertory of polyphonic songs from mid-sixteenth-century France, this unique project puts old books before a diverse audience of modern scholars and musicians in ways that will prompt renewed understanding of these cultural artifacts and their meanings....
20 November 2014 – Electronic resources
Niccolò Jommelli rediscovered: International award for essay on autograph extant at the National Library of Portugal
The following article originally appeared on the website of the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (CC BY 4.0) Niccolò Jommelli rediscovered: a new autograph of a 16 voice Laudate pueri, by António Jorge Marques, has received a special mention in the 6th Principe Francesco Maria Ruspoli Musicological Studies International Prize. The...
17 November 2014 – Rediscovered
Christoph Wolff named Honorary President of RISM
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christoph Wolff has been named Honorary President by the current RISM Board of Directors. While he was president of RISM from 2004-2013, he made outstanding contributions to the Association. First and foremost was the successful renewal of funding for the RISM Zentralredaktion by the Union der...
14 November 2014 – New at RISM
