News archive from the RISM Switzerland
Jubilee concert of the Swiss RISM Association on 14 June 2016 in Berne
The association “Swiss Office of the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM)” celebrates its 20th anniversary on 14 June 2016 with a public concert. An ample choice from Maurizio Cazzati’s “Messa e Salmi”, op. 36, will be performed by the Basel vocal ensemble Voces Suaves. On this occasion, a speech...
CD 'From Bologna to Beromünster' with Op. 36 by Maurizio Cazzati
RISM Switzerland is proud to announce the issue of a new CD in co-production. The work recorded here for the first time is the Messa e Salmi Op. 36 by Maurizio Cazzati. It was preserved at the end of the 17th century in the Collegiate church of Beromünster. Unfortunately this...
End of the cataloguing of the Louis Niedermeyer collection
The cataloguing of the Louis Niedermeyer (1802-1861) collection, preserved by the Niedermeyer Foundation in Nyon, was completed by the Swiss RISM office at mid-January 2016. The cataloguing of the manuscript and printed sources has increased the database by 315 entries. The collection, comprising nearly the whole output of Niedermeyer transmitted...
Geo-spatial visualization for music prints
In many domains, data visualization techniques have proven to be extremely useful for analyzing and better understanding large and complex datasets. We recently conducted experiments on how geo-visualization techniques may be applied to music bibliographical resources. With the online publication of the RISM datasets, a large range of new opportunities...
End of the cataloguing at Fischingen
The cataloguing of the Fischingen collection in Frauenfeld State archive was completed by the Swiss RISM office at the beginning of June 2015. The cataloguing of the manuscript and printed sources has increased the database by 1,039 new entries. The music sources from Fischingen monastery date from the 17th to...