Treatises etc.

In addition to music scores, the DMgA also has an extensive collection of microfilm copies of music theory, music history, aesthetic and technical literature. This also includes unpublished writings. The archive also contains a number of libretti from the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as several historical catalogues and inventories.

Treatises from RISM B/VI

B/VI attempts to bring together all the theoretical writings from 1474-1800. All volumes from B/VI that are available in the DMgA are listed in our OPAC. If you cannot find a particular publication there, please contact us.

Early Music from Low Countries Libraries

Early Music from Low Countries Libraries (Parts 1–6: Music from Dutch libraries).
Lisse (MMF Publications) 1993–1998.

Part IV: Vocal and Instrumental Tutors. The collection comprises 398 treatises on vocal and instrumental music. In addition to prints, individual manuscripts are also represented. Several of the sources are catalogued in RISM B/VI.

811 microfiches.
Overview of the collection: PDF

Libretti

The DMgA also has a number of filmed libretti, an overview follows.

The following libretto catalogues are also available for research:

RISM Arbeitsgruppe Deutschland e. V. (ed.): Libretti in deutschen Bibliotheken: Katalog der gedruckten Texte zu Opern, Oratorien, Kantaten, Schuldramen, Balletten und Gelegenheitskompositionen von den Anfängen bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts.
München (Saur Verlag) 1992. 107 microfiches
The catalogue lists 30,000 titles and 150,000 references from 150 German libraries.

Libretti des 18. Jahrhunderts in italienischer Sprache: Kataloge der in der Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main vorhandenen Mikrofilme aus der Sammlung Klaus Hortschansky.
Frankfurt am Main (Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek) [c. 1985]. 31 microfiches
1. Catalogue of performance venues
2. Catalogue of persons (composers, librettists, singers, dancers, dedicatees, choreographers, stage designers, costume designers)
3. Catalogue of titles
4. Location catalogue
5. Catalogue of the libretti for Mozart's "Così fan tutte"
Contrary to the title of the catalogue, libretti from the 17th and 19th centuries are also included, as well as some in German.

Eberhard Thiel und Gisela Rohr: Libretti. Verzeichnis der bis 1800 erschienenen Textbücher.
Frankfurt am Main (Klostermann) 1970 (= Kataloge der Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel 14).