Music Institut kurde de Paris The Kurdish Institute maintains the largest Kurdish library in the Western world. At present it possesses 6,423 monographs on the Kurds, in 23 languages, several tens of thousands of writings, collections of periodicals and newspapers, photos, videos as well as an archive of sounds and musical recordings. This rich documentation occupies over a third of the Institute's premises as well as a major part of its warehouse, in a Paris suburb. The monographs and principal documents are referenced on a computer data base. The Institute's Library is open to the public from Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 6 pm. In addition to Kurdish, French and European students and research workers, ordinary individuals wanting information and the opportunity to read about the subject can freely use the Library. Some come from the provinces and abroad to consult its collections, while others consult it by letter. Various Genre Of Music Over The Years 600-1200         Medieval 1400-1550       Renaissance 1600-1750       Baroque 1750-1850       Classical 1850-1900       Romantic Sunday,  30 | 9 | 2010 Modern Methods for Musicology. page 1 of 3