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The German Music Archive (German: Deutsches Musikarchiv, DMA) in Leipzig, [1] is the central collection of printed and recorded music and the music-bibliographic information centre for Germany. It is a Federal agency founded in 1970, tasked with collecting all music published in the country.
Formerly situated in Berlin-Lankwitz, the DMA constitutes a department of the German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek). Publishers of printed and recorded music in Germany are required by law (since 1973) to deliver two copies of every edition to the archive. One copy is kept at the DMA in Leipzig, the second is deposited in Frankfurt.
In 1886 the Dutchman Paul de Wit [] opened a museum of historic musical instruments in Leipzig, but he sold the collection to the paper merchant Wilhelm Heyer in 1905. The "Wilhelm Heyer Museum of Music History" opened in 1913, containing De Wit's collection alongside that of the Florentine Baron Alessandro Kraus [1] and keyboard instruments from the Prussian manufacturer Ibach.
By 2014, RIPM has indexed 215 music periodicals, published 306 printed volumes and a database of more than 726,000 annotated citations. Furthermore, through the RIPM Online Archive and e-Library, RIPM has made available 166 music journals in full-text.
International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) 799,000 Public domain music scores (720,000) and recordings (79,000), including some contemporary composers. International Music Score Library Project: Inventions of Note: popular music, technology: 50 Sheet music for popular songs and piano compositions, mostly 1890–1920. Lewis Music Library ...
While compiling the Köchel catalogue's newest edition – an authoritative list of all of Mozart's documented musical works – classical music researchers rediscovered the manuscript of the previously unknown piece from the Carl Ferdinand Becker collection in Leipzig's music library. The researchers reported that the manuscript was in "dark ...
Music library, Leipzig, 1985. A music library contains music-related materials for patron use. Collections may also include non-print materials, such as digitized music scores or audio recordings. Use of such materials may be limited to specific patron groups, especially in private academic institutions
It is held in the music library of the Stadtbibliothek Leipzig (Municipal Library Leipzig). [3] This manuscript contains 15 compositions by J. S. Bach and is one of the important sources for many North German composers, for example Johann Adam Reincken, Dieterich Buxtehude and Georg Böhm who are the great masters in the training of Bach.