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Berthold Laufer China Collection
Berthold Laufer, one of the most respected sinologists of the early 20th century, recorded a wide array of Chinese folk music, Beijing opera, and music to accompany dramas and shadow plays. The Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University holds 400 phonograph cylinders made between 1901 and 1902 throughout China, along with accompanying notes, translations, and references.