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Death Angel (cropped)

Musical tastes offer a window into how you think

22 Jul 2015

Do you like your jazz to be Norah Jones or Ornette Coleman, your classical music to be Bach or Stravinsky, or your rock to be Coldplay or Slayer? The...

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Left: Mendelssohn’s 1847 letter to the father of John Robert Lunn, then aged 16. Mendelssohn was excited by the young man’s musical talent, but unable to meet him. Lunn (right) never entered a career in music, but his compositions are highly regarded.

The “Unpublished Prodigy” who caught Mendelssohn’s eye

09 Jul 2015

A previously unseen letter by Felix Mendelssohn is to go on public display in an exhibition about an unrealised British musical prodigy, revealing...

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Music in the tree of life

Music in the tree of life

18 Mar 2015

Modern scientific methods for mapping the evolution of species are being applied to centuries-old hand-copied music, providing new inspiration for...

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Earliest known piece of polyphonic music discovered

17 Dec 2014

New research has uncovered the earliest known practical piece of polyphonic music, an example of the principles that laid the foundations of European...

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Mr Knight’s galliard by John Dowland

‘Crown jewels’ of English lute music go online

11 Dec 2014

Handwritten copies of scores by composers of English lute music have been digitised in a programme to make a precious legacy available to...

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What the new Whale Hall will look like once completed

Symphony of the seas: add your voice to Museum of Zoology project

11 Nov 2014

Members of the public are being asked to contribute to a symphony of the seas as part of a project to create a soundtrack for the new Whale Hall at...

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“Odd little book” revealed to be Chinese musical gem

05 Mar 2014

A researcher visiting Cambridge from China has uncovered a unique document of the country’s musical past, and the ripping yarn which explains how it...

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Chroma Ensemble

Kettle's Yard New Music Series 2014

22 Jan 2014

On Sunday 26 January Kettle’s Yard plays host to a dynamic programme of new Italian music to mark the start of its 2014 New Music series.

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Young Composers

Pushing the frontiers of new music - the Cambridge Young Composer of the Year Workshop

04 Nov 2013

Eleven new pieces for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, viola and piano were premiered at a unique workshop held in the West Road Concert Hall as part...

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Enter Zahhák, Dragon King of Persia

25 Oct 2013

To be performed in Cambridge on Monday 28 October Zahhák, Dragon King of Persia is the retelling of a myth taken from the Shahnama or ‘Book of Kings...

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I Giovani e la Musica

The musical ages of modern man: how our taste in music changes over a lifetime

15 Oct 2013

New research charting broad shifts in changing personal music tastes during our lifetimes finds that - while it’s intrinsically linked to personality...

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Not Amused

Music in the making

01 Oct 2013

An investigation into how musicians find creative inspiration has identified four key ingredients needed for creative expression. It also shows that...

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