The series of the "Complete Edition of the Historical Recordings 1899-1950", begun in 1999 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Phonogrammarchiv, is continued in Series 5 "The collections of Rudolf Trebitsch". In presenting the complete publication of his recordings and thus enlarging the corpus of historical sources, the Phonogrammarchiv hopes to stimulate cultural research in the regions where the recordings were made. The considerable size of his total collection and its three distinct parts suggested a subdivision of the series into three different volumes (Series 5/1: Recordings from Greenland (Kalaalit Nunaat) 1906; Series 5/2: Celtic Recordings * Ireland, Wales, Brittany, Isle of Man, and Scotland (1907-09); Series 5/3: Basque Recordings 1913). Hugo Schuchardt, Professor of Romance Philology, recommended Trebitsch to Julio de Urquijo, who granted him every conceivable support. The recordings systematically cover the whole of the Basque region, they include the multitude of dialect varieties and the voices of various historic figures from Basque cultural life (e.g. R. M. de Azkue or Pierre Broussain).

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Hugo Schuchardt, Professor für Romanische Sprachwissenschaft, empfahl Trebitsch an Julio de Urquijo, der ihn bei seiner Aufnahmetour tatkräftig unterstützte. Die Aufnahmen decken systematisch das gesamte baskische Sprachgebiet ab, enthalten eine Vielzahl an Dialektvarianten und beinhalten die Stimmen verschiedener historischer Persönlichkeiten des baskischen Kultur- und Sprachlebens (z.B. R. M. de Azkue oder Pierre Broussain).

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