The Media Library of Grandezze & Meraviglie<\/strong> was founded within Modena Armonica<\/a><\/strong>, a project that reorganizes and enhances the documentary heritage of the Associazione Musicale Estense<\/strong> and Festival Musicale Estense<\/strong>, as the result of a broad process of valorization, study, and digitization of Modena’s musical heritage, developed by the Association itself, which for over twenty-seven years<\/strong> has represented one of the most significant experiences in the rediscovery and dissemination of early music in Italy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The new Media Library is a stable, open, and accessible space, dedicated to the preservation<\/strong>, enjoyment<\/strong> and dissemination<\/strong> of documentary collections collected over decades of artistic, scientific, and publishing activity.<\/p>\n The inauguration will be on Tuesday 16th December<\/strong>, at the Grandezze & Meraviglie headquarters<\/a>, via Ganaceto 40C, Modena<\/strong>:<\/p>\n The initiative is part of the interventions launched thanks to the Modena Armonica project, which was among the first at the national level in the MiC<\/strong>‘s TOCC-PNRR <\/strong>call (interdisciplinary area – 6th in Italy out of 223 approved, 1st in Emilia-Romagna<\/em>).<\/p>\n The project is sponsored by the Municipality of Modena<\/strong>, with the scientific contribution of the University<\/strong> (DhMoRe<\/em>), in the direction of enhancing and disseminating Modena’s musical heritage, also in line with the prospects of the AGO Modena Cultural Factories project<\/strong>. The innovation process has integrated artistic production<\/strong>, musicological research<\/strong>, and new technologies<\/strong>, involving national and local scientific and cultural institutions<\/strong> (ICCU<\/em>, Central Institute for the Single Catalogue of the Mic<\/em>, DhMoRe<\/em>, Modena Library Center<\/em>).<\/p>\n The Media Library is established within the Modena Library Center<\/strong> (SBN<\/em>), achieving stable institutional recognition and integration into the regional and national library system.<\/p>\n It also enjoys the Convention with the Emilia-Romagna Region within the framework of the Regional Law 18\/2000<\/strong> (Three-year program 2024-2026<\/em>), which enabled priority actions for expanding services, equipping spaces, purchasing technological equipment, cataloging and preserving materials, training staff, and enhancing heritage.<\/p>\n The heritage held by the Media Library includes distinct and complementary collections of great interest to scholars and musicologists:<\/p>\n The collection features highly unique elements: manuscripts, volumes, and documents largely absent from the Polo Modenese or SBN, materials fundamental to the history of plucked instrument performance in Italy<\/strong>, complete recordings of live concerts<\/strong>, and iconographic materials from the 16th to the 19th century.<\/p>\n The Media Library also began as a meeting and training center<\/strong>: it will collaborate with schools<\/strong>, conservatories<\/strong>, and music high schools<\/strong> in Modena, Italy, and abroad, launching educational programs, seminars, and internships. It opens its materials to free consultation<\/strong> and provides services for researchers<\/strong>, students<\/strong>, musicians<\/strong> and enthusiasts<\/strong>, becoming a new stable cultural space for the city of Modena.<\/p>\n Several materials are available for home lending; others, for protection or rights reasons, remain available exclusively on-site, while still providing full access to researchers, students, and scholars through a dedicated service.<\/p>\n The Media Library aims to be a new public cultural service for the city, dedicated to research, education, and sharing, where musical memory becomes a living heritage for the community.<\/p>\n Monday to Friday: 9.30-13.00 \/ 14.30-18.00 <\/strong><\/p>\n Opening by appointment. Closure on holidays and holiday periods.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Media Library of Greatness & Wonders today represents a living, ever-expanding archive: a bridge between past and present, between historical heritage and digital innovation, between scientific research and dissemination. 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Inauguration Tuesday, December 16<\/h3>\n
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A project recognized at the regional and national levels<\/h3>\n
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Activation in the Library Center and Agreement with the Emilia-Romagna Region<\/h3>\n
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Documentary heritage: funds, uniqueness, potential<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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A project rooted in the territory, in dialogue with the country and Europe<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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A new home for musical memory<\/strong><\/h3>\n