RILM at EBSCO Open Day in Turin, 2025
Executive Editor Zdravko Blažeković will be present at the EBSCO Open Day Torino on 22 October 202…
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RILM at the Àgora Cívica and MONDIACULT in Barcelona, 2025
Executive Director Tina Frühauf will be present at various events in Barcelona, Spain, 26 September…
RILM at IMSEA in Nanning, 2025
RILM will participate at the eighth biennial conference of the International Musicological Society R…
RILM at IAML Deutschland in Dresden, 2025
RILM will participate at this year’s meeting of the German group of the International Association…
RILM Music Encyclopedias: New Additions for 2026
In January 2026, RILM Music Encyclopedias will welcome significant additions to its expanding collec…
RILM at DTI in Vienna, 2025
RILM will participate in the international workshop Digitize. Transform. Inspire: Shaping the archiv…
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Intangible cultural heritage: An annotated bibliography
In celebration of UNESCO’s International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) on 17 October, RILM presents a selective annotated bibliograp…
Functions of the kidiu in East Malaysia
The kidiu (pictured above) is a unique aerophone in Malaysian folk music, specifically a bullroarer, which is a type of free aerophone that lacks an a…
Mambo’s enduring appeal
The mambo is characterized by short, syncopated rhythmic patterns--the saxophone typically sets the tempo, while the brass instruments carry the melod…
Cassettes as sound archives of the early Colombian punk scene
Cassette tapes played a pivotal role in democratizing music consumption, empowering independent creation and distribution--especially in genres like p…
Music and the status of women in Igbo society
Although Igbo women in Nigeria come from diverse socioeconomic and educational backgrounds, they share common experiences regarding how their gender i…
Poly Styrene in Slash
The February 1978 issue of Slash Magazine opened with the assertion, "We ain't stupid, we know that glamorous women sell more magazines, so what else…
About Us
Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) documents and disseminates music research worldwide. Known for its flagship publication, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, a comprehensive international bibliography of writings on music covering publications from the early 19th century to the present (also available with a full-text enhancement of over 200 journals), RILM produces the annually expanding full-text repository RILM Music Encyclopedias and the Index to Printed Music. RILM maintains its own user platform, Egret, with advanced search and browse capabilities on which it hosts the comprehensive encyclopedia MGG Online, and RILM Music Encyclopedias.