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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.

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

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

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 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

Showcase of Musical Interpretation The series Showcase of Musical Interpretation reintroduces forgotten figures from the history of musical interpretation. These profiles appear at irregular intervals and make no claim to completeness. Analog media are presented in a display case in the foyer of our

Interpretation Research Interpretation research is one focus of scholarly work at the Institut für Musikforschung. It takes as its starting point the sound created during performance, which is understood as the primary manifestation of composed music. Researchers at the SIM, then, are less concerned

Archive of Concert Life From 2013 to 2016, the Musicological Documentation department at the SIM carried out a digitization project resulting in the “Archive of Concert Life.” The purpose of this project was to preserve, digitize and analyze records of concert life that have traditionally been regar

Olga Adelmann: Master Violin Maker, Restorer, Scholar How international collaboration lead to the discovery of forgotten masterpieces In my personal possession I have an old postcard from the year 1938. The picture side shows a panorama of the city of Cremona with the white marble facade and the ico