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The Danval
Collection holds 12,000 78, 45 and 33 RPM recordings ranging from jazz, to folk music, to French and English-language popular songs, film music, and variety shows. It also contains some 2,000 illustrated scores from the late 19th century to the 1950s, some of which feature artworks signed
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During those same years, Danval also started working as a jazz columnist. He began his radio career during his military service in 1958, presenting several special broadcasts for troops. In the 1960s he began presenting jazz programmes at
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acquired the collection. The acquisition was an important development for the Music
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rpm recordings. He also worked as journalist in the specialized and general press, and regularly hosted jazz concerts in
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Over the course of his career, Marc Danval developed a large collection of recordings, particularly rich in
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