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Klaus-Kuhnke-Archiv für Populäre Musik |
Function:
Archive, research institution, information center
Archive:
LPs, 45s, 78s, cassettes, capes, CDs, videotapes, DVDs, books, periodicals,
photographs, posters
Archival extent:
100.000 records (vinyl, shellac, CDs, tapes),
8.000 books (biographies, systematic literature, encyclopedias) and
more than 160 periodicals (titles) - some of them complete over several decades
Archival specialties:
All kinds of Popular Music (Jazz, Blues, Folk, Rock, Country, Soul,
Punk, Hip Hop, Techno etc.). Historical and contemporary recordings and publications.
Comprehensive online-database (includes ca. 90% of the archive's records + periodicalsindex),
online library-catalogue
Special collections:
Klaus Kuhnke, Manfred Miller, Peter Schulze, Ingolf Wachler,
Hans-Henning Rabe (journalists, broadcasters), Richard Weize, Wolfgang Frickenhaus
(producers, label-makers), some private collections of African, Brazilian and Spanish music.
Other activities:
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Staff:
one full time, three part time, on volunteer, some interns/trainees
Ulrich Duve (Director), Peter Schulze (Director), Till Neurath (Assistant), Andre Feldhaus
(Assistant), Jens Hirschberg (Assistant)
Founded in:
1975
Mode of Operation:
private nonprofit ltd. company, supported by the Senate for Education and Science of the city of Bremen
Admission:
see website
Academic affiliation:
Hochschule für Künste (University Of The Arts) Bremen, Music
Department
Publications:
- Magazine: 'Anschläge' (7 issues until 1981)
- 'Die Geschichte der Pop.Musik, Vol. 1 (to 1947), Vol. 2 (1945-1969, book with 52 CDs)
- several artists' discographies
Accessibility:
open to the public
Special services:
6 listening and reading-stations, online-database and literature-catalogue
Digitizing:
On demand
Open for:
Research, browsing, questions of any kind regarding popular music
Opening hours:
Monday, 9am to 9:30pm
Tuesday to Thursday: 9:30am to 4:30pm
