Repertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM)

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Foundation: Internationales Quellenlexikon der Musik e.V. Kassel. Honorary President: Dr. Harald Heckmann, Ruppertshain; President: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christoph Wolff, Cambridge/ Leipzig; Vice President: Catherine Massip, Paris; Secretary: Dr. Wolf-Dieter Seiffert, Munich; Treasurer: Dr. Andreas Klug, Kriftel, and since 4 September 2011 Prof. Dr. Klaus Pietschmann, Mainz; co-opted members of the board: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Konrad, Wurzburg; Prof. Dr. John H. Roberts, Berkeley. Commission Mixte (delegates from AIBM and SIM): Chris Banks (AIBM), Massimo Gentili-Tedeschi (AIMB), Dr. John B. Howard (AIBM), Prof. Dr. Ulrich Konrad (SIM), Catherine Massip (AIBM), Dr. habil. Christian Meyer (SIM), Prof. Dr. Pierluigi Petrobelli (SIM), Prof. Dr. John H. Roberts (AIBM), Prof. Dr. Jurg Stenzl (SIM), Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christoph Wolff (SIM). Director of the Zentralredaktion: Klaus Keil, Frankfurt. Address: Internationales Quellenlexikon der Musik (RISM), Zentralredaktion an der Universitatsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Sophienstr. 26, D-60487 Frankfurt am Main, Tel.: +49 69 706231, Fax: +49 69 706026, E-mail: contact@rism.info, Internet: http://www.rism.info. Publishers: Series A/I, volume VIII, parts 1 and 2 of series B as well as series C: Barenreiter Verlag, Kassel; series A/II, CD-ROM: K. G. Saur Verlag, Munich; Internet database: EBSCO Publishing, Inc., Birmingham, USA; series B (with the exception of volume VIII, parts 1 and 2): G. Henle Verlag, Munich. Personnel: Susanne Buchner, Dr. Martina Falletta, Stephan Hirsch, Klaus Keil, Guido Kraus, Alexander Marxen, Jennifer Ward, Isabella Wiedemer-Holl. The Internationales Quellenlexikon der Musik (Repertoire International des Sources Musicales---RISM), with the Zentralredaktion in Frankfurt, is under the patronage of the Association Internationale des Bibliotheques, Archives et Centres de Documentation Musicaux (AIBM) as well as the Societe Internationale de Musicologie (SIM) and has the task to document printed and manuscript transmissions of music worldwide. Series A/I indexes individual prints published between 1600 and 1800, and series A/II music manuscripts after 1600, with extensive descriptions, including their locations. Both series originally were to be arranged alphabetically by composer name, as it is in the volumes of series A/I. Since series A/II is published electronically as a database, far more access points can be offered. Series B is designed to cover specific categories of repertory, e.g. collected prints from the 16th to 18th centuries, German hymns, source literature on music theory in Latin, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew and Persian, etc. Series A/I, A/II and B are supplemented by series C, the Directory of Music Research Libraries. Series A/I: Issued in 9 main and 4 supplementary volumes and on CD. The CD-ROM of series A/I was released in December 2011. It contains all of the entries from volumes 1-9 and 11-14. Series B: Thirty volumes in this series have so far been published. Recently published: RISM B/XV, Mehrstimmige Messen in Quellen aus Spanien, Portugal und Lateinamerika, ca. 1490-1630, edited by Cristina Urchuegufa, Munich 2005. Three special volumes entitled Das Tenorlied were published between 1979 and 1986. Series C: Five volumes have appeared to date, as well as a special volume issued by the RISM Zentralredaktion in 1999, RISM Bibliothekssigel-Gesamtverzeichnis (RISM Library Sigla, Complete Index). Since that time, the index of sigla has been made available through RISM's website as a searchable database. The database has been significantly enhanced compared to the index: from the siglum entry, one can directly access the holdings of a library as indexed in the online catalog. The library sigla database is also updated regularly. In collaboration with the AIBM Publications Committee it has been possible to issue revised versions of volumes II and These replace the existing volumes II and III, with the exception of the section containing Italian sigla which is intended for volume III/2, still in preparation. …