Digitisation / Cataloguing of non-textual objects: Archive of Voices. Digitalization and Scholarly Indexing of Historical Public Domain Vocal Recordings on Shellac Discs, 1896 - 1960

在德国，“声音档案”项目将首次将解释艺术音乐的最重要的主要来源之一提供给在线研究和教学目的。从1896年至1960年期间的8,500张紫胶唱片中提取的大约17,000张人声曲目将可供收听。通过学术系统索引收集的技术数据也将通过数字媒体图书馆（Mediathek）数据库以及图书馆网络目录以数字形式提供。追溯到历史上最重要的虫胶唱片的公共领域收藏之一，即SLUB媒体图书馆的约55,000件藏品，其中大多数录音都相当罕见。这个收藏的特点是其相对大量的录音作品，换句话说，1925年之前没有麦克风录制的作品。许多录音只在这种媒介上保存下来。无论是知名作曲家还是不太知名的作曲家，他们的作品都由国际舞台名人和工作室音乐家（即当地或地区重要的艺术家）演绎。该项目旨在为创建迫切需要的欧洲历史音乐唱片的持续努力提供基础，从而为保护我们的视听遗产做出重要贡献。

For the first time in Germany, the project “Archive of Voices” will make one of the most important primary sources for interpreting art music accessible online for research and teaching purposes. Approximately 17,000 recordings of vocal pieces originating from 8,500 shellac discs from the period between 1896 and 1960 will be made available for listening. Technical data gathered by scholarly, systematic indexing will also be made available in digital form via the Digital Media Library’s (Mediathek) database, as well as library network catalogues. Dating back to one of the most significant public domain collections of historic vocal and instrumental recordings on shellac discs, namely the SLUB Media Library’s collection of ca. 55,000 items, most of these recordings are quite rare. Characteristic for this collection is its relatively large number of acoustically recorded pieces—in other words, works that were recorded before 1925 without a microphone. Many of the recordings have only survived on this medium. Works of both well-known and lesser-known composers have been interpreted by international stage celebrities as well as by studio musicians, i.e., artists of local or regional importance. The project is intended to serve as a building block in the ongoing effort to create a desperately needed European discography of historical musical recordings, thus representing an essential contribution to safeguarding our audio-visual heritage.