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"Live for yourself and you will live in vain. Live for others, and you will live again."-Bob Marley
Singer and songwriter Bob Marley, born in Jamaica on 6 February 1945, would be celebrating his 70th birthday this year.
Heute vor 275 Jahren wurde Carl Michael Bellman (link is external) (1760 - 1795), der schwedische Dichter, Komponist und Sänger in Stockholm geboren. Bellman brukar betraktas som en av Sveriges nationalskalder och har kallats „Nordens Anakreon".
Handwritten copies of scores by composers of English lute music have been digitised in a programme to make a precious legacy available to professional and amateur musicians around the world.
Cambridge Digital Library is launching a new Music Collection with the online release of the 'crown jewels' of English lute music. Dating from the late 16th and early 17th century, the manuscripts contain handwritten copies of scores by John Dowland, Francis Cutting and dozens of other early modern composers.
IAML news, news from IAML's national branches, articles of interest, a Matthias Claudius corner, a free book, conferences, and Friday Fun
Two singers passed away at the end of 2014: Udo Jürgens (1934 – 2014) and Joe Cocker (1944 – 2014).
