Hofmeister XIX
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Grant Holder:
Professor Nicholas Cook
Research on 19th-century music is hampered by insufficient bibliographical control of printed music. However, the Leipzig publisher Hofmeister published monthly or bi-monthly reports (Monatsberichte) on music publications that permit datings of large numbers of prints after 1829 when the series began: these constitute the single largest inventory of music prints produced in the 19th century. The Monatsberichte are limited by the form in which they were set out and by the fact that no single run of the series exists anywhere in the world. Hofmeister XIX remedies both problems and makes the resource available on the internet.
Generation of HTML files from XML data for web-delivery
| Project start date: 2003-09 | Project end date: 2007-04 |
Subject domains:
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| Methods used | Category |
|---|---|
| Resource sharing | Communication and collaboration |
| Cataloguing and indexing | Data structuring and enhancement |
| Indexing | Data analysis |
| Data modelling | Data structuring and enhancement |
| Documentation | Strategy and project management |
| Text encoding - descriptive | Data structuring and enhancement |
| Text encoding - presentational | Data structuring and enhancement |
| Text encoding - referential | Data structuring and enhancement |
| Searching and querying | Data analysis |
| System quality assurance and code testing | Strategy and project management |
| Version control | Strategy and project management |
| Interface design | Data publishing and dissemination |
| Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) | Metadata standards |
| music | Discipline |
Funding sources:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Content types created:
Dataset/structured data
Software tools used:
MySQL, Perl, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Apache Tomcat, Cocoon, Lucene, XSLT, Corel XMetaL, SVN, Oxygen
Source material used:
The resource is quite directly a rekeyed and tagged version of the Hofmeister Monatsberichte from their inception in 1829 to the end of the nineteenth century. We began with microfilm assembled from a variety of sources by the International Association of Music Libraries Hofmeister Working Group, but there were quality problems which were resolved through use of images digitized by the Austrian National Library, principally from issues available within their own collection but supplemented from elsewhere as necessary.
Digital resource created:
The Monatsberichte were rekeyed as XML files, which were then tagged to identify composers, titles, publishers, place of publication, etc. The result is an on-line database system supporting browsing, indexes, and a search interface. Entries are linked to the facsimile images on the Austrian National Library web site. The principal user base is professional musicologists and music librarians. The resource is available without charge. Technical development was carried out by the Centre for Computing in the Humanities at King's College London.
Access to digital resource:
Open Access
Data Formats created:
Extensible Markup Language (XML) TEI-compliant
Metadata standards employed:
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
Institutions affiliated with this project:
| UK HE institutions involved: |
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| King's College London |
| Royal Holloway |
Project staff and expertise:
| Principal staff member: | Professor Nicholas Cook |
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| Other staff: | Computing officer(s) / Technical supporter(s), Postdoctoral researcher(s) / Research assistant(s) |
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| Author(s) of record | Nicholas Cook |
| Title | Hofmeister XIX |
| Record created | 2005-11-07 |
| Record updated | 2010-06-24 12:43 |
| URL of record | http://www.arts-humanities.net/node/2211 |
| Citation of record | Nicholas Cook: Hofmeister XIX. <http://www.arts-humanities.net/node/2211> created: 2005-11-07, last updated 2010-06-24 12:43 |