It was founded in 1975 as a non-profit limited company and has been an affiliated institute at the University of the Arts Bremen since 1991.

[1] Richard Weize became Klaus Kuhnke's successor as shareholder in 1998.

[citation needed] Since 1991, the archive has been housed in the building of the former old grammar school, which today[when?]

houses the music department of the University of the Arts Bremen.

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