@article {verdure_les_2006, title = {Les archives de l{\textquoteright}enregistrement sonore {\`a} la Biblioth{\`e}que nationale de France}, journal = {Vingti{\`e}me si{\`e}cle}, number = {92}, year = {2006}, pages = {61{\textendash}66}, abstract = {

The national Library of France is the first musical research library in France. It has been accumulating audiovisual archives since 1911. The goal of its archive policy is twofold: patrimonial and encyclopedic. It represents all the history of the techniques of recording and reproduction of sound and all types of recordings: music, discourses, ethnographic records... These documents are very well-known to researchers who are not used to work with these types of supports. Three types of sources pertaining to sound recording are available at the Biblioth{\`e}que nationale de France: the recorded sources include musical records, but also an important collection of "famous voices" recordings, and many records of dialects and folklores from all over world; the printed sources: books, periodicals, and label catalogs, indispensable complement to any in-depth research using the sound archive; the online ressources, available on the Biblioth{\`e}que nationale de France web site through its digital library Gallica.

La Biblioth{\`e}que nationale de France qui, depuis 1911, produit des archives audiovisuelles, est la premi{\`e}re biblioth{\`e}que musicale de recherche en France. L{\textquoteright}offre documentaire audiovisuelle propos{\'e}e est patrimoniale et encyclop{\'e}dique. Elle repr{\'e}sente toute l{\textquoteright}histoire des techniques d{\textquoteright}enregistrement et de reproduction du son et tous les genres d{\textquoteright}enregistrements possibles. Ces documents sont encore mal connus par les chercheurs, peu habitu{\'e}s {\`a} travailler sur ce type de support. L{\textquoteright}article distingue trois types de sources disponibles {\`a} la Biblioth{\`e}que nationale de France : les sources sonores comprenant les enregistrements musicaux, mais aussi un ensemble important d{\textquoteright}enregistrements de {\guillemotleft} voix c{\'e}l{\`e}bres {\guillemotright}, ou encore les enregistrements des dialectes et folklores du monde ; les sources papiers, livres, catalogues de marques, p{\'e}riodiques qui demeurent indispensables lors de recherches approfondies sur le fonds sonore ; les sources en lignes, disponibles sur le site internet de la Biblioth{\`e}que nationale de France via sa biblioth{\`e}que num{\'e}rique Gallica.

}, author = {Nicolas Verdure} }