proposal part b - The Bernstein Project

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Pilot B
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B3.1.12 International Mozarteum Foundation, Salzburg, Austria (ISM)
Role: content provider
The International Mozarteum Foundation was founded in 1880 by citizens of the city of Salzburg and is rooted
in the Cathedral Music Association and Mozarteum of 1841. Since then the prime concern of the non-profit
organisation has been the person and œuvre of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart. The organisation of concerts, the
Mozart museums and academic research are three core areas whereby a link is created between preserving and
fostering tradition and a contemporary view. The aim is to open up changing perspectives and new approaches
to the analysis of the composer.
ISM houses the largest collection of primary documents (letters, documents) related to the Mozart family from
the period ca. 1750 to 1858. These include more than 50% of all extant autograph letters by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart (1756-1791) and even greater portions of the letters by other members of the family. Furthermore the
ISM possesses a large number of autograph manuscripts (ca. 80 items) and early authorised copies from the
earliest until the latest periods of Mozart’s creative career. Not only the compositions by Mozart have rightly
been regarded as masterpieces of European culture, but also the letters since they shed vivid light on 18thcentury
cultural life in Europe. Their contribution to the European cultural heritage and the interest they have
received beyond circles of special lists is documented by numerous editions since the 19th century and by
ongoing projects such as European Mozart Ways (http://www.mozartways.com/).
Homepage: www.mozarteum.at
Key Personnel
Ulrich Leisinger
• Studies in Musicology, Philosophy and Sciences at Freiburg University (PhD)
• head of the research department of the ISM since 2005
• program director for the ‘Neue Mozart Ausgabe’ and its digital follow-up project Digitale Mozart
Edition.
Franz Kelnreiter
• Studies in Musicology and French at Salzburg University as well as church music at the Mozarteum
Salzburg,
• worked since 1994 as archivist of the Mozart Sound and Film Collection on ISM
• since 2002 member of staff for the Digital Mozart Edition
• head of the IT department
• Key experience in Development of interfaces and coordination.
Patricia Breitbarth,
• studies in Ethnomusicology at Salzburg University and training as photographer
• since 2008 photographer for digital projects on ISM
B3.1.13 Fondazione Museo del Tesoro del Duomo e Archivio Capitolare, Vercelli, Italy (ACV)
Main expertise: digital image processing, manuscript studies, watermark studies and standards.
Role: content provider
The Fondazione Museo del Tesoro del Duomo e Archivio Capitolare of Vercelli, founded 2005, is committed to
the task of protecting, managing and disseminating the artistic, bibliographical, historical and religious cultural
heritage preserved in the Museo del Tesoro del Duomo (opened in May 2000) as well as the Chapter Library
and Archives. Vercelli is the oldest diocese in the Piedmont (before the mid-4 th century, a bishopric) and over
the centuries has witnessed important historical moments. It has thus become the guardian of art treasures of
international importance, which in part have been made available to the public thanks to the Fondazione Museo
del Tesoro del Duomo e Archivio Capitolare.
Safeguarding this important heritage is the primary task of the Foundation, which in recent years has pursued
that aim by promoting exhibitions as well as scholarly and cultural initiatives, often together with other