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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
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
Christmas greetings
The RISM Central Office wishes you and your family all the best for a festive holiday season and a happy New Year. We look forward to working with you again in 2015. Photo credit: NYPL Digital Gallery
19 December 2014
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
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
RISM at the AIBM Conference
IAML Germany held its annual meeting in beautiful Nuremberg last month. Three members of the RISM Central Office were in attendance. Topics included: • Data transfers of RISM data • Social Media • RDA • Cultural Program RISM’s own Gottfried Heinz-Kronberger from RISM Germany in Munich gave a presentation about...
20 October 2014
IAML Poland Celebrates 50 Years
This week, our Polish colleagues are celebrating the 50th anniversary of IAML Poland with a conference in Warsaw on 23-24 September 2014. The topic of the conference is Music Information in the Future (Muzyczna Informacja Jutra). IAML president Barbara Dobbs Mackenzie has been invited to deliver a presentation about the...
22 September 2014
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Mariae (B.V.) Nativitas
The birth of the Virgin Mary is commemorated on September 8 in the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Church. The feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (In Nativitate B.M.V.) is also called the Nativity of Our Lady. It probably evolved from the festival of...
8 September 2014
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
An Evening of Irish Music
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 6 pm, Ev.-Luth. Wartburgkirche Hartmann-Ibach-Straße 108, 60389 Frankfurt am Main John Sigismond Cousser: Serenata teatrale Matthew Dubourg: Violin Concerto in D Timothy Geary: Six Canzonetts Paul Alday: Grand Symphony (German premiere) Mezzo-soprano: Sharon Carty Piano: Jonathan Ware Violin: Frank Plieninger Junge Sinfoniker Frankfurt Conductor: Bernhard Lingner...
24 February 2014
