Naslov
Safeguarding the musical heritage - Sounds of the past : a digitisation project of the National and University Library in Zagreb

Autori
Mihalić, Tatjana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, stručni

Skup
The Ninth SEEDI Conference: Digitization of cultural and scientific heritage

Mjesto i datum
Beograd, Srbija, 15.05.2014. - 16.05.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
music; musical heritage; historical sound recordings; digitization of sound

Sažetak
The oldest and an important part of Croatia's musical sound heritage is comprised within early gramophone records on 78 rpm released in the early 20th century. Some of that material, held by Music Collection of the National and University Library in Zagreb, represents priority in the protection, preservation and its accessibility due to its historic and cultural significance. With its goal to preserve and make available part of Croatian sound history, the Library launched a digitisation project of historic sound recordings. The project asserted itself as the solution for preserving and making valuable part of Croatian audio heritage accessible online. The virtual collection Sounds of the past makes available digitized music originally published on 78 rpm shellac gramophone records obtaining high-quality metadata as well as bio-bibliographic and contextual data. As the inseparable part of the old gramophone record there can be seen original labels of records as well as what record covers and publisher’s catalogues seemed like. Added value also can be seen in the accompanying materials which include texts and clippings from the leading newspapers of the time. It should be mentioned that the major part of the sound recording’s collection comprise items released by the Edison Bell Penkala company, an important producer and publisher of gramophone records which was situated in Zagreb during the 1920s. In that period there were numerous recordings which provide us with insight into national music publishing and musical repertoire from the beginning of the 20th century. Research of the earliest period of sound publishing reveals the area which was going ahead with the contemporary technological development in recording and producing sound. It also establishes Croatia’s affiliation with the major European musical influences and reinforces its place on the cultural map of Europe of that period.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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