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MUSIQUM | A Digital Panorama of the 19th Century Musical Heritage in Slovenia

The MUSIQUM relational database offers a comprehensive digital overview of Slovenia’s musical heritage in the 19th century. It contains detailed profiles of musicians, information on compositions, notable musical events and various sources closely related to the historical landscape of Slovenia during this period. This database is more than just a source of information. It offers valuable insights through meticulously transcribed concert programs and detailed reconstructions of musical events from cities such as Ljubljana, Celje, Maribor, Ptuj and Trieste, based on periodicals, correspondence and various other historical sources. MUSIQUM long term goal is collecting, organizing and transcribing a wide range of accessible materials which together shed light on the Slovenian musical landscape of the 19th century. Its long-term goal is to provide a detailed and visually rich insight into various facets of this heritage, including musical dedications, music-related correspondence, the musical topography of Ljubljana, the dynamics of the music market and a detailed list of musical events in the Estates Theater and other venues. In this way, MUSIQUM not only preserves historical information, but also weaves a visually captivating narrative about an important chapter in Slovenian music history. Chair: dr. Maruša Zupančič; Members: dr. Marko Motnik, Tonja Čakš, Monika Marušič; Design: dr. Maruša Zupančič.

Author: Maruša Zupančič, PhD
Period of creating: since 2022
Caretaker: Maruša Zupančič, PhD
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General register of earlier music sources (1600–1850) preserved in the Republic of Slovenia

About 6000 earlier manuscript music works survived in the territory of the present-day Slovenia. These, together with a number of extant earlier music prints, now form the general fund of the national early music heritage in Slovenia. Old music manuscripts stored in archives at various locations throughout the area of Slovenia were first inventorised at the Institute of Musicology in the form of a loose-leaf catalogue, containing around 1500 units. In 1993 the Institute joined the international documentation-musicology project RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales), based in Frankfurt-am-Main, which collects and presents such kinds of materials on an international basis within the series A I (Music Prints before 1800) and A II (Music Manuscripts 1600–1850). For this purpose a regional committee of RISM (the regional group for the inventory of manuscripts, seated at the Institute of Musicology) was founded in 1993 for the Republic of Slovenia. Since then the members of the Institute have continued to catalogue these materials within the most up-to date computer systems, and supplement documentation with additional contents. The results of the RISM project are accessible online: http://opac.rism.info. The work for RISM has no special financing and is performed as part of the infrastructure programme of the Institute of Musicology, as part of projects and program, and is at times supported by state and municipal grants.

Period of creating: since 1993
Caretaker: Répertoire international des sources musicales (RISM), Področna skupina za Slovenijo