UNESCO Collection

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UNESCO Collection is a world music record label, under the aegis of UNESCO. The full title of the series was:

UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World.

It has recorded and issued recordings of traditional world music. Its recording activity was mainly in the 1960s and 1970s. The label was a pioneer in documenting authentic, traditional world music. The series was directed by Alain Daniélou.

[edit] See also

• Unesco Collection: A Musical Anthology of the Orient
• World music
• List of record labels

[edit] External links

• a partial list of the label's recordings
• UNESCO site making reference to its UNESCO Collection series