Description of Collections
The RISM Salzburg Working Group’s main aim is the cataloging and researching of historic musical holdings - currently only the large collection of the Salzburg Dommusikarchiv - for the International Inventory of Musical Sources (RISM).
The Data-base of Watermarks
The documentation of watermarks is an important means to establish reliable data on the provinence of musical manuscripts … continue
The Catalogue of Salzburg Copyists
The identification and documentation of Salzburg Copyists is one of the most important sub-projects of cataloguing … continue
“Not a chance for Mozart”
Luigi Gatti (1740-1817), a composer much revered by his contemporaries, spent the first half of his life in Mantua. On the peak of his career in Italy he was hired to become court-chapel-master in Salzburg by Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo, which office he held from 1782 on to his death in 1817 … continue
The Catalogus Musicalis in Ecclesia Metropolitana
Several historic catalogs of musical manuscripts of the Salzburg cathedral have survived. They give fascinating insights into the history of the collection … continue.