UNESCO Collection is a world music

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, under the aegis of

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. The full title of the series was ''UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World''. Starting in 1961, the label, created in collaboration with

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, has recorded and issued recordings of traditional world music. Its recording activity was mainly in the 1960s and 1970s. It was composed of a number of subseries of recordings: ''

Musical Sources ''Musical Sources'' is a series of recordings of traditional music that was made for the International Music Council by the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation (Berlin/Venice) and released on the Philips label. M ...

'' (Philips 6586 001 — Philips 6586 045), ''

Musical Atlas ''Musical Atlas'' is a series of recordings of traditional music that was made for the International Music Council by the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation (Berlin/Venice) and released on the EMI/Odeon label. T ...

'' (EMI/Odeon), ''

A Musical Anthology of the Orient Unesco Collection: A Musical Anthology of the Orient is a series of recordings of traditional music that was made for the International Music Council by the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation (Berlin/Venice) and ...

'' (Bärenreiter/Musicaphon BM 30 2001 — BM 30 2032), ''

An Anthology of African Music ''An Anthology of African Music'' is a series of recordings of traditional music that was made for the International Music Council by the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation (Berlin/Venice) and released on the Mus ...

'' (Bärenreiter/Musicaphon BM 30 2301 — BM 30 2314), and ''

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'' (Bärenreiter/Musicaphon BM 30 SL 2051 — BM 30 SL 2054; reissued by Rounder as CD 5101-5104.) It was a pioneer in documenting authentic, traditional world music. From the 1990s, titles were reissued by

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Auvidis Auvidis was a record label founded in 1976 by Louis Bricard. Along with its subsidiaries, it was acquired in 1998 by Naïve Records. During its existence, Auvidis acquired a number of subsidiary labels, such as Unidisc; the traditional and world ...

under new subcollections, as well as some new issues and compilations. However, the partnership with Naïve/Auvidis ended in 2005. Recently some titles have been reissued by

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. From 2014 to 2015,

Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was fou ...

re-released the portion of the collection formerly released by Naïve/Auvidis, and also released 12 previously unpublished albums.Smithsonian Folkways - UNESCO
Accessed on line Jan. 20, 2016.

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UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World
archived catalog of the label, as of 2004
UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World
new planned releases as of 2004, at ICTM
UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World
current page at UNESCO World music record labels {{record-label-stub

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