Archives of Chinese Music

[o0bagel0o]

Hi

I was wondering if there were any archives of traditional chinese music of any era anywhere in the world.

I am currently working on a project to design an archive space. i have chosen to archive traditional chinese music and want to look at some examples that already exist in the world.

Thanks

[davidmdahl]

Are you looking for scores or sound files such as MP3?

Best wishes,

David

[o0bagel0o]

I'm just looking for real world examples of institutions that archive recordings and possibly sheet music. Mainly as a basis of how to start this project.

[sanmenxia]

I found this doc from UNESCO last week:

portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/22657/11546989401china_trad_music.doc/china_trad%2Bmusic.doc

from:
portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22657&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Obviously conservatories, libraries and musical institutions in China will have archives, but I suppose they have limited access to the general public, and then only in person.

An example of something in the west is the British Library (the UK's national library):

www.bl.uk/catalogues/sound.html
www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/soundarch/about/soundarchive.html
www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/sound/wtmusic/worldmusic.html
www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/sound/wtmusic/wtmasia/wtmeasia/eastasia.html

London University's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) also has a collection relating to Chinese music:
www.soas.ac.uk/programmes/prog14050.php