CEDJMB-ML launches new database

On 19 March, the new database of the José Mário Branco Centre for Studies and Documentation – Music and Freedom was launched, alongside the website providing general information about the activities of this institution.

Established in 2021 following the deposit of José Mário Branco’s documentary archive at NOVA FCSH, the CEDJMB-ML operates as a collaborative platform bringing together the Centre for Music Studies (CESEM), the Institute of Ethnomusicology – Centre for Studies in Music and Dance (INET-md) and the Institute of Contemporary History (IHC), with the central mission of preserving and disseminating this archive. The collection comprises thousands of paper documents related to the various dimensions of José Mário Branco’s artistic activity, as well as audio and video recordings.

A substantial part of this documentation has already been inventoried and made available through the new online platform, based on the AtoM (Access to Memory) software, which seeks to reflect the organization originally given by the musician to his documentation.

Click over the buttons below to access the new platforms:

This work was financed by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under projects EXIMUS: “‘’We must warn everyone’: Music and Portuguese exile in France during the Estado Novo regime (1933-1974)”, ref. 2022.05129.PTDC; INET-md – Institute of Ethnomusicology – Centre for Studies in Music and Dance, ref. UID/00472/2025, DOI: 10.54499/UID/00472/2025; CESEM – Centre of Music Studies, ref. UID/00693/2025, DOI: 10.54499/UID/00693/2025; and In2Past – Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory, ref. LA/P/0132/2020, DOI: 10.54499/LA/P/0132/2020.