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The CREM-CNRS Sound Archives are managed by the Centre de Recherche en Ethnomusicologie (CREM), part of the Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative (LESC, UMR 7186) at the CNRS and Université Paris Nanterre. The archives represent one of the most comprehensive ethnomusicological collections in Europe in terms of quality, quantity, and diversity, gathering commercial and field recordings of music and oral traditions from around the world spanning from 1900 to the present.
The collection originated with the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro in Paris in the early 20th century. The oldest holdings include some 400 wax cylinders recorded at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition by linguist Léon Azoulay. The sound archive and organology department became affiliated with the Musée de l'Homme when it opened in 1937, and in 1968 it was transformed into the Laboratoire d'Ethnomusicologie of the CNRS under ethnomusicologist Gilbert Rouget. In 2007 the team was renamed CREM following its integration into the LESC. In 2009 CREM relocated from the Musée de l'Homme (then undergoing renovation) to Université Paris Nanterre. Deposits made between 1931 and 2009 are held in co-ownership with the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle under the title "Sound Archives of the Musée de l'Homme"; subsequent deposits fall under CNRS stewardship.
The online archive platform indexes over 48,000 field recordings, of which around 40,000 are available for listening, spanning more than 6,000 collections and representing approximately 4,000 hours of unpublished fieldwork. In addition, over 17,000 published materials are catalogued, with more than 7,400 available for listening. Materials represent 199 countries and 1,300 ethnic and social groups and include wax cylinders, 78 rpm recordings, vinyl records, magnetic tapes, audio CDs, born-digital recordings, and video. Around 27,000 recordings are freely accessible without registration.
The archives are accessible online at archives.crem-cnrs.fr. Free access is available to approximately 27,000 recordings; access to remaining materials requires an account obtainable by writing to crem.lesc@cnrs.fr with an explanation of research needs. In-person consultation is available by appointment at CREM's offices at Université Paris Nanterre. The database is also accessible on workstations at the Éric de Dampierre documentary resources centre, the Médiathèque du Musée du Quai Branly, and the library of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
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