Catalogues of music in Italy

In the 1st half of the 20th Century

Printed catalogues of historical collections

Naples, Florence, Bologna, etc.

In the 2nd half of the 20th Century

Claudio Sartori creates national card catalogues and establishes URFM

National catalogue of music manuscripts to 1900: 162,000 titlecards

National catalogue of printed music to 1900: 160,000 titlecards

International catalogue of Italian librettos to 1800, 26,000 titlecards

Istituto di Bibliografia Musicale (IBiMus)

Holds the titlecards of music manuscripts created for RISM