Virtual Library of Musicology
Encyclopedia
The Virtual Library of Musicology or VifaMusik is funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
) to provide sources and materials for music and musicology
. The project has been active since July 2005 at the Bavarian State Library
, in cooperation with the State Institute for Musicological Research in Berlin and the German Musicological Society.
During the further development of the ViFaMusik numerous additional sources will be added to the ViFaMusik search engine and to the ViFaMusik web site.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is an important German research funding organization and the largest such organization in Europe.-Function:...
) to provide sources and materials for music and musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
. The project has been active since July 2005 at the Bavarian State Library
Bavarian State Library
The Bavarian State Library in Munich is the central "Landesbibliothek", i. e. the state library of the Free State of Bavaria and one of Europe's most important universal libraries. With its collections currently comprising around 9.39 million books, it ranks among the best research libraries...
, in cooperation with the State Institute for Musicological Research in Berlin and the German Musicological Society.
Description
ViFaMusik, the central portal for music and musicology, offers access to an extensive digital library containing scholarly research and online resources such as bibliographical data, entries to experts and research projects as well as current events on search topics. The available material includes items from the inventory of the Bavarian State Library and sources and databases from other institutions.During the further development of the ViFaMusik numerous additional sources will be added to the ViFaMusik search engine and to the ViFaMusik web site.