Cedom Music Collection
Cedom Music Collection
The National Library, since its inception, collects and preserves music documents. The Centre d’études et de documentation musicales (Cedom), established in 1989, focuses on collecting, preserving, and making accessible Luxembourg’s musical heritage in print and manuscript. At the heart of the Cedom’s musical holding are printed and manuscript scores as well as the archives of composers and communities related to the musical life and history of the country. Beyond its legal mandate, the Cedom houses a diverse sound recordings collection – CDs, DVDs, vinyl records, audio tapes – functioning as Luxembourg's central music archive. Moreover, a section of the non-Luxembourgish collection is dedicated to music, comprising books, scores, periodicals, e-books, digital newspapers, and databases.
Online resources
The National Library offers its readers an ever-growing number of digital documents.
Borrowing and viewing
Any documents held by Cedom or in the non-Luxembourgish Music Collection can be pre-ordered online at a-z.lu and will then be available either to borrow or to view at the library.
Rare and valuable items held by Cedom (handwritten music, records and audio cassettes, composers’ archives) are not available for home loan. However, you can reserve them either via a-z.lu or by written request and then view them in our Rare Books Reading Room on the 1st floor.
Study books
The aim of the De Litty study books is to provide teachers with the information and teaching materials they need to give children and young pupils a better understanding of Luxembourg’s cultural life.
Documents in the spotlight
Our staff members have written thematic studies on various documents from our collections.
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‘Jong-Letzeburgs’ Taktgeber
Julien Hoffmann zum 100. GeburtstagFaszinierende Einblicke in ein Musikerleben, das heute fast in Vergessenheit geraten ist: Ein Blick auf den Nachlass von Julien Hoffmann zu seinem 100. Geburtstag.
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Erënnerung un e villsäitegt musikalescht Talent
Dem Jean-Pierre Kemmer (1923-1991) fir den 100. GebuertsdagKaum e Komponist zu Lëtzebuerg ass esou villsäiteg a produktiv gewiescht ewéi de Jean-Pierre, genannt Jempi, Kemmer. Mat iwwert 700 eegestännege Wierker ass et ee vun deene gréissere Fongen, déi am Cedom vun der Nationalbibliothéik versuergt ginn.
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Komponist für die Oberschicht Luxemburgs?
Zum 125. Todestag von Jean-Antoine ZinnenJean-Antoine Zinnen wurden bereits zahlreiche Beiträge in Gedenkschriften, Vereinsbroschüren oder Zeitungsartikeln gewidmet. Alle verbreiten eine wohlgeformte Version seiner Biographie, die ein verzerrtes Bild präsentiert.
News
Discover the latest news of the Cedom Music Collection.
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Literature and music under discussion
The National Library is proud to announce the success of its seminar on the links between literature and music in the Luxembourgish cultural sphere.
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First archive of a jazzman deposited with the Cedom
Luxembourgish jazz composer and pianist Marc Mangen, renowned for his creativity and innovation, recently deposited his works with the Centre d’études et de documentation musicales.
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First inventories of the Cedom archive collections accessible on a-z.lu
The first three inventories of the music archive collections are now accessible online. These inventories specifically concern the Pierre Nimax sen., Jean-Pierre Kemmer and Lou Koster collections.
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