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Two singers passed away at the end of 2014: Udo Jürgens (1934 – 2014) and Joe Cocker (1944 – 2014).
Please keep an eye on your mailboxes for the Fontes Artis Musicae Special Topics issue for 2014: When Music Goes Digital. It’s mailing now!
Seventy years ago today, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. From our colleagues at info-netz-musik we would like to tell you about an event today and present three books that bring music in Auschwitz in dialog with each other...
Es sah alles nach einem Desaster aus: Ein übernächtigter, schlechtgelaunter Pianist trifft bei der Probe im Konzertsaal (Kölner Oper) auf ein schrottreifes Instrument - doch dank des Klavierstimmers und des Einsatzes der erst 18jährigen Veranstalterin Vera Brandes, die den Star-Musiker nach Köln geholt hatte, findet das Konzert letztlich statt.
