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Abandoned Liszt opera finally brought to life - 170 years later

07 Mar 2017

An Italian opera by Franz Liszt – which lay incomplete and largely forgotten in a German archive for nearly two centuries – will be given its world...

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CD Album Covers Wallpaper

Opinion: Musical genres are out of date – but this new system explains why you might like both jazz and hip hop

05 Aug 2016

David Greenberg (Department of Psychology) discusses the problems of labeling music by genre.

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Detail from the Cambridge Songs manuscript leaf that was stolen from and then recovered by Cambridge University Library.

First performance in 1,000 years: ‘lost’ songs from the Middle Ages are brought back to life

23 Apr 2016

An ancient song repertory will be heard for the first time in 1,000 years this week after being ‘reconstructed’ by a Cambridge researcher and a world...

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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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Festival of Ideas: Musical mayhem

Music of kindness: playing together strengthens empathy in children

13 Jun 2012

A year-long study on childrens' music-making indicates that playing music in groups on a regular basis greatly improves a child’s ability to...

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Musical instrument.

Six hours of total performance

14 Jul 2011

A “total immersion” event in Cambridge this weekend marks the climax of a conference examining the work of performers and their creative role in...

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