Funding for the German RISM offices by the Union of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, under the leadership of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz, is currently coming to an end.
The RIdIM database will continue to be maintained by the Bavarian State Library.
News
Carl Maria von Weber: A dedication copy of his Mass in E-flat major has resurfaced
A nice discovery was made as part of a smaller cataloguing project at the German RISM Office in Dresden. Although the reorganization of RISM will bring the work of the RISM Office in Dresden to an end, the phase-out funding granted for the year 2026 will help ensure the preservation...
14 July 2026 – Rediscovered
Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (D-Sl): Music manuscripts of the second order (Codices musici II) completely cataloged
The music manuscripts of the Württemberg State Library in Stuttgart (RISM siglum D-Sl) from the “Codices Musici II” collection, which had not previously been listed in either printed catalogs or digital inventories, were cataloged between 2021 and 2026 by the Munich office of RISM Deutschland e. V. and are now...
23 June 2026 – Library collections
Rostock music collection catalogued in RISM
In December 2020, the cataloguing of the music collection of the Rostock University Library in RISM began – exactly five years later, in December 2025, it was completed. The cataloguing was carried out in three work packages at the RISM office in Dresden. The core of the Rostock music collection,...
17 December 2025 – Library collections
The East German RISM Working Group Germany celebrates its 70th anniversary
70 years of the East German Working Group of the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) – this means looking back on international understanding after the Second World War, on East-West German cooperation and reunification, and, last but not least, on 70 years of technical development. RISM was founded after...
14 November 2025 – New at RISM
Conference of the RISM Working Group Germany "Music Prints and Digital Transformation"
The RISM Working Group Germany, in collaboration with the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB), is hosting an interdisciplinary conference on 13 and 14 November 2025. Under the title “Music Prints and Digital Transformation: Perspectives on Documentation, Representation and Interconnectivity”, experts from the fields of musicology, book studies, information...
29 September 2025 – New at RISM