From Singers to Scores. Digital Infrastructures and Musicological Knowledge on Renaissance Polyphony

The document describes RicercarLab, a CNRS laboratory studying music from the early modern period. It focuses on the construction of digital databases and the use of digital musicology to enhance knowledge and promote musical heritage. The laboratory addresses challenges related to the specificity of early musical data, their diversity of formats, and the necessity of interdisciplinary collaborations. Its approach revolves around creating connections between people, works, and sources by using interoperable tools and identifiers. Finally, the document highlights collaborations with other national and international initiatives in the field of digital musical heritage.