In 2004 the Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale assumed the new name Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna.
The institute is divided into two parts: a vast selection of volumes, paintings, musical instruments are exhibited in the museum at Strada Maggiore 34 (palazzo Sanguinetti), while the majority of the bibliographic material, waiting to be transferred, is available for consultation at Piazza Rossini 2 (the former Convent of San Giacomo), in rooms annexed to the Conservatory of Music G.B. Martini.

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New procedures for reproduction services

As of February 1st 2011, photocopy and digital reproduction services have been reorganized and are managed directly by the staff of the museum.
>new procedures and costs for reproduction

New opening hours

As of September 1st 2010 the library (situated in Piazza Rossini, 2) will observe the following opening hours:
Monday and Tuesday 9:00 - 13:00
Wednesday 9:00 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 17:00
The volumes of sections 20, 21, Villa, Masetti, Gandino are kept in Strada Maggiore, 34, and it is only possible to consult them in Piazza Rossini with a reservation. Delivery time will take 1 to 2 days.

17th Annual Convention of IAML-Italia

The Museo Internazionale e biblioteca della Musica di Bologna will host the 2010 annual encounter of the partners of IAML-Italia (International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres), the professional association of musical librarians.
The assembly and the convention will take place Friday May 7th starting at 10:00, in Sala Eventi of the Museo della Musica (strada Maggiore 34).
>complete program

Catalogue of musical instruments

The catalogue of the musical instruments of the Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna is online. The project has been realized thanks to the intervention of the Istituto per i Beni Artistici, Culturali e Naturali dell'Emilia Romagna.
The catalogue contains files related to the musical instruments actually exhibited and conserved by the Museo della musica, while those still conserved at the Museo Civico Medievale are still being catalogued.
The research queries of the IBC catalogue have recently been modified: links directed to single collections no longer exist. For a quick selection of only the museum's collections we suggest you directly search the files of the catalogue IBC dedicated to the Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica and select VOCE SCHEDE OA (92) under the menu on the right side of the screen entitled Banche dati collegate.

Digitization of librettos from 1770 to 1830

In collaboration with the Dipartimento di Storie e metodi per la conservazione dei beni culturali of the University of Bologna - based in Ravenna, a project of digitization and indexing of librettos for italian music first produced between 1770 and 1830 has been started.
The completion of the project, which expects the digitization of 1483 librettos (consult the list), is scheduled for 2011. As of now the first 500 librettos are available, all from the 1700's.
For librettos not yet digitized, the images will be consultable on Gaspari On Line.

New section Research support

The new section Research support has been added to the left menu, with two new pages to facilitate research inside the library.
On the page Strumenti di supporto alla ricerca, information about the catalogues and various indexes, antique classifications and correspondences beyond a general bibliography about the library are available.
On the other hand, all the projects in progress of digitization and the documents already consultable online (Progetto Corago sui libretti d'opera, Antologie a stampa XVI-XVII sec., Q.15, Manoscritti liturgici, Epistolario martiniano, Digitalizzazione del microfilm etc.) are available on the page entitled Documenti online.

Gesualdo online

Gesualdo online, the first subproject - starting from scans of microfilms - of the digital collections of the Museo della musica, is available on the Gaspari online catalogue. Gesualdo online, starting from the prints of Carlo Gesualdo di Venosa which are conserved at the Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, will bring more relevant works to the enormous bolognese musical collection.

Online catalogues

List of online catalogues of the Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica:
CATALOGO GASPARI ON LINE > historical catalogue of the library, containing slides having to do with the PATRIMONIO BIBLIOGRAFICO until 1904 for handwritten and printed works and until 2004 for opera librettos
CATALOGO DELLA QUADRERIA > all the information and images of 319 pictures (oil on clothy, pastels, designs), the magority of which belonging to the famous QUADRERIA of Father Martini.
CATALOGO DEI CARTEGGI > about 10,000 letters of the XVIII and XIX centuries, of which the principal unit consists of letters from Father Martini. Consultable online in digital form.
CATALOGO DEGLI INSEGNANTI E DEGLI ALLIEVI of the Liceo musicale di Bologna > consists primarily of the lists of the students at the musical high school from 1804 to 1903, gathered and organized by Federico Vellani, secretary of the high school.
The absolute novelty consists of the possibility to execute integrated research for names inside the four different archives and to find all the material available in the museum having to do with a composer, painter, musician...