Launched in 2005 by Smithsonian Folkways, the nonprofit record label of the national museum of the United States, Smithsonian Global Sound (SGS) is the digital archive project of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (SCFCH). Its stated mission is to preserve and disseminate a wide range of the world's music.

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  • Launched in 2005 by Smithsonian Folkways, the nonprofit record label of the national museum of the United States, Smithsonian Global Sound (SGS) is the digital archive project of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (SCFCH). Its stated mission is to preserve and disseminate a wide range of the world's music. By making the archives of Smithsonian Folkways and its partner organizations available for online purchase and downloading, Smithsonian Global Sound brings the promotion and preservation of local traditions into the global digital age. Part of SGS’s mission is to support local musicians and traditions from around the globe through international recognition, the payment of royalties, and partnership with regional archives. SGS collaborates with institutions around the planet to record, catalog and digitize music and other verbal arts and distribute them via the Internet. It promotes the honoring of intellectual-property rights of composers, musicians, and producers by ensuring that royalties are paid to artists and institutions, internationally. As of September 1, 2009, Smithsonian Global Sound was combined with Smithsonian Folkways to provide a single destination, www. folkways. si. edu, for access to all the recordings, videos, and educational resources of Smithsonian Folkways and partner archives. Going forward, the activities of Smithsonian Global Sound will continue under the name Smithsonian Folkways and be found at www. folkways. si. edu.
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  • Launched in 2005 by Smithsonian Folkways, the nonprofit record label of the national museum of the United States, Smithsonian Global Sound (SGS) is the digital archive project of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (SCFCH). Its stated mission is to preserve and disseminate a wide range of the world's music.
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  • Smithsonian Global Sound
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