MUSIC PERIODICALS, 1722-1940

Part 2: Music Almanacs and Jahrbuchs, 1815-1940, from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig

Part 2 of the project covers Music Almanacs and Yearbooks, 1815-1940 also from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Included among others are almanacs for Opera, an almanac of music publishers, yearbooks for the German theatre, the famous Br Jahrbuch published by Breitkopf and Hrtel of Leipzig and an extensive run of the yearbook of the Peters Library. The full list of titles included is:

• Opern-Almanach Leipzig 1815, 1817
• Jahrbuch fr Musik Leipzig 1842-1852
• Jahrbcher fr musikalische Wissenschaft Leipzig 1863, 1867
• Almanach des Allgemeinen Deutschen Musikvereins Leipzig 1868-1870
• Jahrbuch fr das deutsche Theater Leipzig 1879-1880
• Opern-Statistik fr das Jahr 1894 Leipzig 1895
• Der Br Jahrbuch von Breitkopf & Hartel Leipzig 1924-1930
• Jahrbuch der Musikbibliothek Peters Leipzig 1894-1940
• Alamanach fr die musikalische Welt Leipzig 1912-1914
• Jahrbuch des Reussischen Theaters Leipzig 1925-1927
• Deutsches Musikjahrbuch Berlin 1925, 1937
• Almanach des Musikverlages Berlin 1939

The project is accompanied by a Guide which includes full bibliographic descriptions of the periodicals taken from Musikperiodika - Bibliographische Verffentlichungen der Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig, an introduction to the holdings of the library written by Brigitte Geyer, the head of the Music Library and a listing of the Contents of Reels to Parts 1 and 2.

These music almanacs and yearbooks from the Music Library of Leipzig, one of the leading music centres in Europe, will provide researchers with a vast source of previously untapped material. They will be of interest to all libraries supporting Musicology and the History of Music.