Association Répertoire International d’Iconographie Musicale is presenting the 15th International RIdIM Conference, hosted by the Ohio State University Libraries in Columbus, 8-10 November 2015. The Conference will address research related to manifestations of power and repression reflected in visual representations of music, dance, and dramatic arts of all periods, cultures and media.

Last September I sent an announcement telling you about the
public presentation of a newly discovered autograph fragment of Mozart's
famous Sonata in A major (K. 331, with the 'Alla Turca' finale). Now I am
happy to add that the National Széchényi Library has just launched a
website to make this precious manuscript freely accessible to all...

C'est mon troisième congrès. C'est certain, New-York, la Juilliard School, ça impressionne. Mais au fil des conférences, ce sont des têtes connues qu'on recroise, des identitées virtuelles avec qui on fait enfin connaissance.

The formal program for a conference is only part of the story. The other crucial pieces are the setting in which it takes place, and the people one gets to spend a week with. This year's IAML/IMS conference was my first, and it excelled in all three areas. Music library conferences are always a bit like a family reunion, whether on the chapter, national, or international level, and I'm willing to bet we have more fun, and come away more personally and professionally energized, than many disciplines' major gatherings.

Van 21 t.m. 27 juni was ik op het congres Music Research in the Digital Age van de International Musicological Society en de International Association of Music Libraries in New York. Het was een interessant en veelzijdig congres, en ik dacht: misschien aardig om wat te vertellen over het er anno 2015 aan toe gaat in een niet zo grote maar wel zeer levendige en internationale geesteswetenschappelijke discipline.