"RIPM is the fourth "R" in the series of music documentation projects sponsored jointly by IAML and IMS, which include Le Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM), Le Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM), and Le Répertoire International d'Iconographie Musicale (RIdIM). These are, without doubt, the most important current bibliographic documentation projects in the field of music research."

Music Library Association Notes,  December 1983

 
 
 
"It seems almost like a dream. Day after day the music publishing trade, as all others, immerse us in ephemeral novelties that we will never have the time to read. But today in a single breath we can report on [RIPM]...an editorial initiative of huge mass which we will read and reread as long as historical musicology exists..."

Il Giornale della Musica, September 1990

 
 
 
"Together, RISM and RILM leave a massive gap in the middle: the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Répertoire International de la Presse Musicale now helps to bridge the gap...These are immaculately presented volumes...The excellence of this worthwhile project is beyond doubt."

Times Literary Supplement (London),   31 March - 6 April 1989

 
 
 
"An immensely worthwhile project...planned with the greatest care and forethought...will unlock a mine of information... scrupulous editorial work...The general editor, Robert Cohen, and his team at the Center for Studies in Nineteenth-Century Music are to be congratulated on a most auspicious start...those libraries able to subscribe to the whole set (due to amount to about 100 volumes) will eventually find themselves in possession of a tool which will prove of the greatest value to all working on music from the late-eighteenth to the early-twentieth centuries."

Fontes Artis Musicae, Journal of the International
Association of Music Libraries,  XXXVI/4,1989

 
 
 
"RIPM [creates] possibilities for new research and new consideration of many aspects of nineteenth-century music...an indispensable resource for scholars."

Rivista Italiana di Musicologia,  XXVI/2 1991

 
 
 
"An idea...brought to fruition through the determination and energy of Robert Cohen of the University of Maryland, College Park... That idea was to make available the enormous resources of nineteenth-century periodical literature to music historians...The great achievement of the present project is that it strikes just about the right balance between the desirable and the practical...an essential stepping-stone into the riches of nineteenth-century periodical literature."

Music and Letters, LXXI, No. 1, Feb., 1990

 
 
 
"Nineteenth-century periodicals are a source of inestimable value for knowledge concerning musical life. We are delighted therefore to see the beginning of this series of publications...Thanks to H. Robert Cohen, the General Editor, RIPM foresees the publication of about 100 volumes over a ten-year period...We hope...that all libraries acquire these well constructed volumes [and] that Robert Cohen continues so efficiently to render service to specialists of the nineteenth century."

Revue de musicologie, LXXV/1,1989

 
 
 
"Should be on the reference shelves of every major library...logic and consistency contribute not only to the overall high quality of the volumes, but also to the ease in consulting them...recognition of the immense value of the series...all scholars of the period will use these volumes often... RIPM deserves our gratitude for greatly facilitating access to a wealth of documentation...a worthy companion to RISM and RILM."

Journal of the American Musicological Society, XLIII/3, Fall 1990

 
 
 
"Exemplary coordination on both sides of the Atlantic...an essential work for the historical reconstruction of the most diverse and disparate aspects of the cultural and musical life of the nineteenth century...Indispensable for the creation of reliable and exhaustive chronologies of individual theatres...the careers of performers...the repertories and tournées of numerous opera companies...the history of local musical institutions and associations, for determining the exact date (not always easy to establish) of many music editions and numerous artistic events...These volumes should be on the shelves of every library... [they are] indispensable for acquiring humanistic knowledge." 

L'Informazione Bibliografica, XVI, 4, October-December 1990

 
 
 
"Of great significance for musicological research... The importance of [RIPM]... extends far beyond the field of musiocology...[it]will also open up many sources for other disciplines that deal with the cultural history of the period."

Muziek & Wetenschap,  1991, No. 2

 
 
 
The ambitious series of publications from RIPM. . . should simply not be absent from any Dutch library with a collection of culture and music history.

 
 
 
[The RIPM publication Dwight’s Journal of Music by Dr. Richard Kitson received the Vincent H. Duckles Award from the Music Library Association for "the best book-length bibliography or reference work" of 1992. In recommending the award, the MLA Publications Awards Committee acknowledged] "the monumental contribution this resource will offer to the study of nineteenth-century American music...the editorial staff of RIPM ...[is] acknowledged and thanked for their pioneering effort and bringing to life a vast heritage of musical journalism." 

MLA Newsletter,  March-April 1993, No. 92