RILM Releases the RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines (RAPMM)
On May 27, 2025, at 4:30 pm, at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, RILM will unveil its late…
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New Additions to RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text
This summer, RILM Abstracts with Full Text will add eight more titles to its full-text journal colle…
RILM at MLA, 2025
RILM will participate in the 94th Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association (MLA) held online…
RILM at Musicology and Music Librarianship in Cultural Context in Honour of Stephanie Merakos in Athens, 2025
RILM will participate in the conference Musicology and Music Librarianship in Cultural Context in Ho…
RILM at NISO Plus in Baltimore, 2025
RILM will participate in this year’s NISO Plus conference held in Baltimore, Maryland, 10–13 Feb…
New Additions to RILM Music Encyclopedias
RILM Music Encyclopedias has just added three new titles into its continuously expanding collection…
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Musicology's global expansion
The global expansion of musicology beyond Europe and North America in the latter half of the 20th century was shaped by several key factors. Alongside…
Acholitronix: Fusing electronic and traditional music in Uganda
In contemporary Africa, new electronic music can generally be classified into two distinct categories. The first involves artists who adapt mainstream…
Music and the Vietnam War
Following the fall of Sài Gòn (now Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) on 30 April 1975, the experiences and contributions of South Vietnamese war veterans…
The marriage of sounds and music in the Arab world: An annotated bibliography
The library of the Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute) in Paris is home to an extensive collection of writings on music from the Arab world…
The traveling organ
When the congregation of the Catholic Heilig-Geist-Kirche in the historic Hanseatic town of Lemgo, North Rhine-Westphalia, embarked on a renovation pr…
Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) set to introduce its latest product at the special event Sites + Sounds + Scenes
Mark your calendars! On May 27, 2025, at 4:30 pm, at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RI…
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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.