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Henry VIII

Henry VIII, King of Tunes (audio slideshow)

15 Nov 2010

King Henry the VIII is chiefly associated with gluttony, lechery and murder. Surprisingly, it turns out he was also a deeply sensitive soul, who...

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Cambridge Ideas - Bird Tango

11 Nov 2010

Professor Nicky Clayton researches the social behaviour, intelligence and dance credentials of birds! //-->

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A Cambridge Mass

Vaughan Williams work performed for first time

12 Oct 2010

An early work by composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, born 138 years ago today, is to be performed for the first time after being spotted in an...

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Cooke

Donation is music to University Library’s ears

09 Aug 2010

Cambridge University Library has taken delivery of the personal archive of musician, broadcaster and writer Deryck Cooke (1919-1976).

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Senate House

Academics to join British Academy Fellowship

23 Jul 2010

The British Academy has today announced the scholars elected for this year’s Fellowships in recognition of their contribution to the...

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THE V&A : London - South Kensington - ENGLAND : United Kingdom : WORLD : SENSE : ART : VIEWpoints

Report assesses arts and humanities research

10 Jun 2010

Research in the arts and humanities deserves wider recognition for the broad range of palpable contributions it is making to the life of the nation...

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childs eye

Too much, too young?

04 Jun 2010

Society risks losing touch with reality in the debate about whether children are being exposed to adult, sexual content too young, because other...

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dyslexia

The educational neuroscience of dyslexia and dyscalculia

01 Jan 2010

For some children, acquiring the important skills of learning to read or do arithmetic is fraught with difficulty. Educational neuroscience is...

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Violin

Creative research on musical performance

01 Sep 2009

A pioneering research centre studying live musical performance as creative practice launches in the Faculty of Music in October with funding from the...

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Headphones

You Are What You Listen To

21 Aug 2009

It may not be possible to judge a book by its cover, but judging someone by the contents of their iTunes library could be a very different story, new...

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Penderecki

Science of music exhibition goes on schools roadshow

10 Oct 2008

Hundreds of schoolchildren in South Cambridgeshire will learn about the science of musical sound this week as part of a touring outreach exercise.

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Violin

Virtual violins

01 Sep 2008

Why does one violin sound different to another? Investigating this question has brought together researchers from music, engineering, experimental...

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