News archive – Library collections
A Numerical Riddle, or a Chronogram in a Musical Manuscript
We have received the following from Ewa Hauptman-Fischer (University of Warsaw Library, Music Department). It was originally published on the library’s blog and is reprinted here with kind permission. Anonymous vespers—Vesperae ex D (PL-Wu, shelfmark RM 5265), held in the Music Department of the University of Warsaw Library, is one...
22 June 2023
The Archivio musicale Luca Moretti in RISM
A new music collection in our database is the Archivio musicale Luca Moretti in Perugia, Italy. This private collection can be found under the RISM siglum I-PEmoretti (RISM Catalog | RISM Online). Luca Moretti is a violist and teaches music theory and solfeggio at the Conservatorio di Musica di Perugia....
1 June 2023
Demestvo or Demestvennoe mnogogolosie: An Example of Early Russian Orthodox Vocal Polyphony
Our colleague Elena Chernova has created a critical edition of the music manuscript Add. MS 30063 from the British Library (GB-Lbl). The ceremonial illuminated manuscript dates from the time 1685 to 1710 and likely originally belonged to the choir of the Moscow Patriarch. It contains the repertoire of the singers...
23 March 2023
Transcripts of Dramatic Musical Works in Full Score at the Library of Congress
We have received news of a new research portal at the Library of Congress from Susan Clermont (Music Division): A bibliography of over 600 transcripts of dramatic musical works in full score copied from original music manuscripts and early imprints for the Library of Congress’s Music Division between 1903 and...
23 February 2023
Best Paper Award to Luiz Mantovani for his article on a guitar sonata by Ferdinand Rebay
We have received the following from P. MMag. Roman Nägele OCist, head of the music archives of Heiligenkreuz Abbey: About a year ago, in January 2021, the Brazilian guitarist Luiz Mantovani visited Heiligenkreuz Abbey to prepare the first recording of Ferdinand Rebay’s Guitar Sonata No. 2 in E major; an...
30 January 2023
Franz Liszt at the Library of Congress
We have received this announcement of the new Franz Liszt portal from Susan Clermont (Music Division, Library of Congress): The Music Division is a vital resource for primary source material related to the life and work of Franz Liszt (1811-1886). From the earliest days of the Music Division, 1st editions...
17 November 2022
Magdalene Partbooks
We have received the following from Catherine Sutherland (Magdalene College, UK): The Magdalene Partbooks (RISM ID no. 1001209736; RISM Catalog | RISM Online) are a collection of over 650 pieces, many of which have been identified as arrangements of incidental music from plays of the 17th and early 18th centuries,...
27 October 2022
Bel canto and beyond
The following is by Christina Linklater (U. S. RISM Office, Harvard University) and originally appeared on the Loeb Music Library’s blog. It is reprinted here with kind permission. The Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library has recently acquired the personal collection of Italian accompanist, conductor and vocal coach Luigi Ricci (1893-1981):...
6 October 2022
IFMuC: Musical Heritage in Catalonia
We have received the following from Josep Maria Gregori i Cifré (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona): Catalonia is one of the few European regions on its way to discovering the richness of its musical heritage with respect to the repertory of compositions by its chapel masters, organists and musicians, which are...
30 June 2022
Historical Music from the Badische Landesbibliothek (D-KA)
The Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe has completed a massive project to catalog all notated music in its collections. A report of this undertaking by Julia von Hiller was originally published on the BLBlog. The portions mentioning RISM are summarized here; for the full version, please switch to the German page...
30 May 2022
