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Topography of Berlin Concert Life 1880–1945 The Topography of Berlin Concert Life 1880–1945 is an interactive map marking 250 historical geographical places, including the locations of ministries, schools, music publishers, instrument makers, concert halls and residences of performers and composers.

Programs The program collection of the SIM comprises approximately 12,000 concert, opera, theater and revue programs from the 1770s to the 1990s that come from a number of cities and states but mostly from Berlin. Created for immediate use, these brochures and leaflets are invaluable documents of mu

The Virtual Concert Hall This page is still under construction. Contact Dr. Hans-Joachim Maempel Head of Department III +49 30 254 81 141 Email CV Publications Maempel Horn, 2017: The Virtual Concert Hall Support

Discology SIM pursues discology research based on the premise that radio, records and compact discs are not just media for transmitting and storing music but, like musical instruments, are media of music itself. Edison cylinder from the sound recording collection of the SIMPK library. Photograph by

Sound design and aesthetics Those involved in the transmission of music must make decisions that affect the reproduction of music in general and the reproduction of its sound, in particular. When reproducing an original music performance, one can distinguish three objectives in relation to sound aes

Studio Technology Studio technology accounts for a large part of the technical equipment used in music transmission, including sound transducers (e.g., microphones and loudspeakers); equipment for switching, mixing, distributing, transmitting and amplifying audio signals (e.g., patch panels, mixing

History of the Institute The project “The History of the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung and its Predecessor Institutions” was conceived and carried out by the Musicological Documentation Department and funded by Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Its purpose was to or

Second Viennese School The Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung (State Institute for Music Research, SIM) has a research program dedicated to the music of the Second Viennese School. It is concerned largely with publishing the correspondence of the leading members of the school. At the heart of t

Music theory Music theory is one of the main fields of research pursued at the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung (State Institute for Music Research). After careful planning and thorough discussion, the “History of Music Theory” project was created to provide a formal, long-term context for st

Music Transmission The term “music transmission” covers all processes involved in the conveyance of musical sound across large distances or temporal intervals. This includes processes for recording, storing, editing, conducting and playing back music. On the one hand, music transmission relies on te