Catalogue

The catalogue of the collection is available at:

BENEDETTI COLLECTION

    Information and search suggestions:

• an exact search for individual words is not possible;
• it is possible to insert the wild cards " % " and " _ " in the search key:

       " % " replaces any sequence of characters, of any length; the use of this character is particularly useful in the case of extended fields or containing words with significant spelling variations;

       " _ " replaces a single alphanumeric symbol; e.g., it can be usefully employed when searching for words with spelling variations in a single letter;

• searching by collocation can only be done by entering V. or Z. followed by four numeric digits: e.g. V.0040; Z.0123; V.1470.

The Mauro Benedetti collection is composed of 6000 records divided into two series:

• the V series consists of 12-inch discs and larger formats;
• the Z series consists of 10-inch discs.

The collection is in excellent condition and is the subject of cataloguing and photographic campaigns carried out by the Laboratorio Musicale to document and quantify the entire holdings/heritage.

Benedetti managed the records and related data using Microsoft Access software since his first purchases.

he created the database to retrieve informations about singers, works and labels

You can see below a preview of Benedetti's DB.

One of our activities was to recover this information content and reformulate it, still using Access, according to a scheme structured on more discographic lines of research.

The data are raw in the most of cases ( we are working also in this direction).

Data control, correction and any additions are now carried out through a work mask that allows us to examine discs side by side and then by unit.

The 💿 and 🔊 symbols signify that the disc sheet is provided with label images and/or audio file.

About the 19 cylinders, a LIST is available.