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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Zwischen Musik, politischem Engagement und Multipler Sklerose
Zum 100. Geburtstag von Victor FenigsteinObwohl Victor Fenigstein mit einem vielseitigen und in Luxemburg prägenden musikalischen Schaffen aufwarten kann, scheint er mit der Zeit ein wenig in Vergessenheit geraten zu sein.
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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.
News
Discover the latest news of the Cedom Music Collection.
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The Cedom adds 6 new inventories of music archive collections to a-z.lu
Following the first online publication of inventories in November 2023, the Cedom has expanded this initial panel by adding the inventories of the Théodore Decker, Peter Faber, Victor Goldschmit, Alfred Kowalsky, René Mertzig and Paul Sontag archives.
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Cedom launches “De Litty 6” and completes an exceptional educational collection
The publication of “De Litty 6” not only brings to fruition an ambitious project, but also reiterates the Cedom’s commitment to the educational valorisation of its music archives and collections.
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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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