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Who will be King Soccer?
The RISM online catalog already knows the answer! Take a look at Koning voetbal (King soccer). Willi Schootemeijer was inspired by a match between the Netherlands and Belgium in 1934 and wrote this march. Koning voetbal is the most famous of his ca. 50 marches. RISM unfortunately does not have...
9 July 2014 – New at RISM
Does Christoph Willibald Gluck deserve better?
Last week, we celebrated the 300th birthday of one of the most important opera composers and reformers of the second half of the eighteenth century: Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787). His birthday is an occasion for various events in Germany and abroad. The Bavarian town of Berching, where Gluck...
7 July 2014 – Musical anniversaries
Music Collections in Berlin and Munich
C.P.E. Bach, Wilhelm Killmayer, Ruth Zechlin, Richard Strauss, Manfred Schubert, and RISM itself. The latest edition of Bibliotheksmagazin: Mitteilungen aus den Staatsbibliotheken in Berlin und München is packed with articles about music collections and includes an article by our colleague Steffen Voss of RISM Germany about the continuation of the...
23 June 2014 – Library collections
National anthems @RISM
How many national anthems do you know? The songs of 32 countries are resounding at the World Cup at the moment. The RISM online catalog offers numerous national anthems. The majority of the over 700 sources are recorded anonymously. Four of them are digitally available. The series A/I Individual prints...
16 June 2014 – New at RISM
World Cup Kickoff with RISM Brazil
The World Cup kicks off today in São Paulo! Did you know that RISM has its own lineup in Brazil? We would like to introduce you to the RISM Brazil team players: The RISM Brazil group was reactivated in 2005 by André Guerra Cotta, Beatriz Magalhães Castro and Pablo Sotuyo...
12 June 2014 – New at RISM
Richard Strauss at 150
Today marks the 150th birthday of Richard Strauss (1864-1949). The Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where the composer lived for over 40 years, will begin its celebration with the Richard Strauss Festival. In numerous other events, the music of Strauss, one of the most performed composers in the world, will be...
11 June 2014 – Musical anniversaries
Conference: Jommelli, Gluck and Avondano: On the occasion of their 300th anniversary
From the CEMSP–18th Century Musical Studies Center in Portugal: To celebrate its first year of activity, CEMSP organizes an international conference on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Avondano, Gluck and Jomelli. June 20-21, Queluz National Palace For more information, see the website of the CEMSP or contact cesmpqueluz@yahoo.com.....
10 June 2014 – Events
Celebrating 1,000 Facebook Fans!
Today RISM reached a new milestone: 1,000 Facebook fans! Thank you to everyone who has liked the RISM Facebook page! Where are our fans from? The top 10 countries are: Italy Grazie! Portugal Obrigada! Germany Danke! United States Thanks! France Merci! Spain !Gracias! Poland Dziękuję! United Kingdom Cheers! Netherlands Bedankt!...
6 June 2014 – New at RISM
Blog roundup
Manuscripts, modern editions, and eighteenth-century printed music–RISM likes it all. Read on for what has caught our attention recently: • Trouvère songs online New additions to Digitised Manuscripts at the British Library Egerton MS 274 is now online (see photo, left, taken from f.27v), “a little anthology written in the...
5 June 2014 – New publications
Carlo Broschi (Farinelli)
Carlo Broschi (1705-1782), known to most people as Farinelli, was the celebrated Italian castrato who was widely admired all across Europe. RISM has around 150 sources mentioning him as a singer, including arias, operas, duets, and a cantata. Farinelli also composed a little: there are nine pieces attributed him in...
4 June 2014 – RISM A-Z
