Klaus Kuhnke Archive for Popular Music

53°4′25″N 8°48′33″E﻿ / ﻿53.07361°N 8.80917°E﻿ / 53.07361; 8.80917
Location| Dechanatstr. 13–15, Bremen
Established| 1975 (50 years ago) (1975)
Director| Ulrich Duve
Website| kkarchiv.de

The Klaus Kuhnke Archive for Popular Music is a music library for popular music in Bremen. It was founded in 1975 as a non-profit limited company and has been an affiliated institute at the University of the Arts Bremen since 1991.

## History

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The Klaus Kuhnke Archive was founded in 1975 by the then-Radio Bremen editors Klaus Kuhnke [de], Manfred Miller [de] and Peter Schulze [de] as the Archiv für Populäre Musik GmbH. After the death of Klaus Kuhnke, the archive was renamed the Klaus Kuhnke Archive for Popular Music gemeinnützige GmbH.[1] Richard Weize became Klaus Kuhnke's successor as shareholder in 1998. Head of the archive is Ulrich Duve.[citation needed] Since 1991, the archive has been housed in the building of the former old grammar school, which today[when?] houses the music department of the University of the Arts Bremen.[2] The archive has officially become an affiliated institute of the university. The archive is a member of the IASA country group Germany/Switzerland.

## Content

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* About 120,000 sound carriers (1000 shellac, 50,000 vinyl, 30,000 CD, cassettes, audio tapes)[3]
* About 8,000 books (biographies, systematic books, encyclopaedias, discographies)
* over 160 periodicals (partly complete, partly on microfilm)
* about 1.100 DVDs
* about 700 VHS videos
* Reference library

## Photo views from the archive

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## References

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1. ^ "MIZ - [Klaus-Kuhnke-Archiv für Populäre Musik] / MIZ". www.miz.org. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
2. ^ "Klaus-Kuhnke-Archiv | HFK BREMEN". www.hfk-bremen.de. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
3. ^ "Klaus-Kuhnke-Archiv für Populäre Musik | Arbeitskreis Bremer Archive" (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-20.

## External links

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Media related to Klaus Kuhnke Archive for Popular Music at Wikimedia Commons

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