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This announcement arrived via the IAML-L:
The Music Division of the Library of Congress has placed online a collection of World War I sheet music at:
Our first entry in the Conference Diary series is from Karen McAulay (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow):
Conference Diary: a Flying Visit
My congratulations to the organising team: their suggested hotels were not only close to the conservatoire, but mine even had a bus-stop for the Brussels airport express bus. Travel has never been so easy!
Ernst von (Ernő) Dohnányi (1877−1960)
We have received the following news from IAML Hungary:
The Archives and Research Group for 20th-21st Century Hungarian Music of the Institute for Musicology of the HAS (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Research Centre for the Humanities has a new Dohnányi webpage:
The following post was written by Katy Hamilton and was originally published on her website. It is reprinted here with her kind permission.
Besides from the elections in Antwerp several other people were appointed to serve in different functions within IAML. Congratulations to all and good luck!
New Web Editor: Jennifer Ward (Frankfurt)
IAML Historian (new): Roger Flury (Newport)
The Outreach Committee - new Chair: Jon Bagüés (Rentería)
The Copyright Committee - new Chair: Claire Kidwell (London)
The Membership Committee (new) – Chair: Jim Cassaro (Pittsburgh, PA)
The Conference Committee (new) - Chair: Antony Gordon (London)
