Netherlands Music Institute

The Netherlands Music Institute (NMI) is the central institution for the preservation of the musical heritage of the Netherlands. Musical heritage as collected and preserved by the NMI is made available for research, education en performance. The collections serve as a source of inspiration for musical life in the broadest sense.

Among the source materials, mostly of classical music, are countless early prints of treatises and scores (1500-1800). The archives contain thousands of music manuscripts and letters: legacies of Dutch musicians, music institutions en societies from 1850 till today. The documentation collection contains historical programmes, cuttings etc.

Note:
The NMI will be closed on Good Friday (2 April).

Featured

Four letters of Franz Liszt to Espérance von Schwartz The NMI is the proud owner of a small, interesting Liszt collection, containing music manuscripts, correspondence and other items. In order to make some of this easily accessible to Liszt scholars and Liszt enthousiasts, the NMI has launched a new web presentation. Webexposition »

CD Sergei Bortkiewicz Available at the NMI is now a CD, which includes the premiere recordings of the second and third piano concertos of the Russian (nowadays Ukrainian)-Austrian Composer Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952). Webshop »