• The Swiss National Library

    The collections of the Swiss National Library in Bern contain treasures of Swiss history, including numerous archives of choral societies.

    Its infrastructure is excellent, its staff friendly and competent: an ideal place for research! 

  • CLEFNI’s website launched

    CLEFNI’s fully trilingual website is now online!

    Find out about the aims of this research project, the researcher involved in its development, and related publications and events.

    Die Berner Liedertafel 1850 im alten Casino. Lithographie von Ernst Neubauer del. Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern, Signatur: T.D. Personen 57.

    La Société de Chant de la Ville de Fribourg, 1891. Photographie de Ernest Lorson. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire Fribourg, No RERO R007582425
  • Here we go!

    CLEFNI has officially started! 

    First step: investigate the archives of choral societies of the city of Bern in the 19th century.