Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM)

The World's Writings on a World of Music

A suite of well-balanced and harmonious resources for music researchers

RILM provides a truly inclusive research experience by spanning all relevant subject areas of historical musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, pedagogy and performance – as well as multidisciplinary coverage of other subjects as they pertain to music research.

The product suite includes:

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text
One of the richest and most comprehensive full-text resources of scholarly music research, offering full-text search and cover-to-cover browsing.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
A comprehensive music bibliography which features citations, abstracts and subject indexing.

RILM Music Encyclopedias
An ever-expanding full-text compilation of reference works, many of which are not available anywhere else online.

Index to Printed Music
The digital finding aid for locating musical works contained in printed collections, sets, and series, with links to open-access materials.

Think Music & Beyond: Interdisciplinary Research in the Age of Full Text

This webinar focuses on RILM Abstracts with Full Text and RILM Music Encyclopedias, two full-text resources that are widely used by music researchers and those active in a variety of disciplines of the humanities and social sciences. Learn from Tina Frühauf, Ph.D., a musicologist and editor, how RILM’s resources support interdisciplinary research.

Olympics and music: A brief history

The Olympic Games and music have always been inextricably linked. Explore the relationship between music and the Olympics through relevant literature included in RILM.

Erasing colorasure in American music theory, and confronting demons from our past

Dr. Philip Ewell elaborates on his February 2021 Twitter series, Erasing Colorasure in American History, which provides information on some under-researched Black composers and musicians.

Soundscape: Schafer’s heritage and an annotated bibliography

Learn about Raymond Schafer, the Canadian composer, author, educator, and ecologist who coined the term soundscape. The concept of soundscape has since inspired scholars in not only historical musicology and ethnomusicology, but also history, anthropology, and other fields.

Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM)

A suite of well-balanced and harmonious resources for music researchers

Writing to the World on a World of Music

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Think Music & Beyond: Interdisciplinary Research in the Age of Full Text

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