News archive from the RISM Switzerland
End of cataloging project “Adolf Reichel”
The cataloging of the collection of Adolf Reichel (1816-1896) was completed by the Swiss RISM office at the beginning of December 2017. The cataloging of manuscript and printed sources adds 1201 titles to our database. The collection is kept in the Music Library of the University of the Arts Bern....
11 December 2017
OnStage: Workshop in the SLUB Dresden
In October, the web platform “OnStage” was presented by two collaborators with a poster at a workshop of the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB). The purpose of the workshop was to compare different solutions for the development and access to “music performance ephemera” with regard to the realization...
29 November 2017
Informationspool: Improved user experience
Thanks to the latest developments in the RISM software, the user experience of the project “Repertory of Swiss composers of the 19th century” was improved. The project aimed at digitising and publishing online ca. 250 sources of importance for Swiss musical output, mostly from the 19th century. They are kept...
29 November 2017
Frey-Grynäum: Publication of a pilot project on late medieval fragments
Together with the Institute for Musicology of the University of Basel, the Frey-Gryn Institute and Basel University Library, RISM Switzerland launched a pilot projet to catalogue musical fragments from the late Middle Ages. The Frey-Gryn library in Basel dates from 1747. Some of the parchment of its bindings was taken...
29 November 2017
75 Years Freunde Alter Musik Basel
For its 75th anniversary (1942-2017), the association Freunde Alter Musik Basel decided to publish its concert programmes on the OnStage platform of RISM Schweiz. The almost complete collection of all concert and season programmes was digitised and indexed by date, composer and performer. In addition, a full-text search is possible...
10 May 2017