RISM - Répertoire International des Sources Musicales

RISM represents a worldwide effort to identify and describe sources of music and writings about music from the earliest times through ca. 1825.

RISM Publications are issued in three series:

Series A: Inventory by composer of musical sources 1600-1800
Series B: Bibliographies of materials organized by topic
Series C: Directories of Music Research Libraries

Series A: Inventory by composer of musical sources 1600-1800 (music imprints and manuscripts)

A/I: Imprints through 1800, 12 vols. to date

A/II: Manuscripts 1600-1800

Series B: Bibliographies of materials organized by topic

B/I and II: Printed Music in Collections, 1500-1799

B/III/(1-6): The theory of music, from the Carolingian era to c. 1500
 
B/IV/(1-5): Manuscripts of Polyphonic Music, 11th-16th centuries

B/V/(1-2): Manuscripts of Tropes and Sequences

B/VI/(1-2): Printed writings about music, to 1800

B/VII: Lute and guitar tablatures

B/VIII: Das deutsche Kirchenlied

B/IX/(1-2): Hebrew sources of music and music theory

B/X: Arabic sources of music and music theory

B/XI: Ancient sources of music and music theory

B/XII: Persian sources of music and music theory

B/XIII/(1-3): Sources of Hymnody

Series C: Directories of Music Research Libraries

C/I: Canada and the United States

C/II: Thirteen European Countries

C/III: Spain, France, Italy, Portugal

C/IV: Australia, Israel, Japan, New Zealand

C/V: Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia


(See RISM Online)