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The Virtual Concert Hall This page is still under construction. Contact PD 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

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

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

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