Igor Stravinsky

Music Preserved was founded to preserve documents of public performances in recorded sound for future generations, securing, as far as possible, the integrity of the performances and the performance contexts.

In our active collections, we hold over 1500 archive recordings of music performances, recorded on-site or from off-air broadcasts, as well as oral history interviews and a small collection of video recordings. Due to Music Preserved's special agreements and licences, these rare recordings are only available for listening and research. You may search for specific items in the database catalogue.

These archive recordings may be accessed at the Music Preserved listening centres, at the Barbican Music Library or at the Jerwood Library of Performing Arts, Trinity College of Music. We advise you to ring first to make sure specific recordings are currently available.
 

 A Bush radio of the 1930s