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Monthly Contest

Every month the library staff chooses a musical fragment for you to identify.

This is the contest for September: From which song is this a fragment? (name its title and composer(s)).
Cryptic hint: Can one have her for breakfast?
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We congratulate Bart Diels for being the winner of the July/August contest.
The correct answer: Val's from: Sûita dlâ estradnogo orkestra (Suite for variety stage orchestra) by Dmitry Shostakovich.

In the spotlight

Hans Ulrich HUMPERT

Hans Ulrich HUMPERT

On the 29th of August German composer Hans Ulrich Humpert (1940-2010) died. Together with Karlheinz Stockhausen he is considered to be a pioneer in the field of electronic music (at the famous WDR-studio in Cologne).

Overview of editions of Humpert's compositions in our sheet music catalogue.

In memoriam in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German)

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† Composers who died in 2010
† Composers who died in 2009

News

100 years ... Bernhard HEIDEN

On August 24th American composer Bernhard Heiden (1910-2000) was born exactly 100 years ago. The music library possesses the autograph of a 1933 piano concerto.

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Norwegian composer Arne NORDHEIM dies

On the day before yesterday prominent Norwegian composer Arne Nordheim passed away at the age of 78.

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American composer Benjamin LEES dies

At the age of 86 American composer Benjamin Lees passed away on the day before yesterday.

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German composer Johannes FRITSCH dies

At 68 years Johannes Fritsch, important figure in the Cologne music scene, died.

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Arrangers upgraded

Arrangers of popular music for (former) radio ensembles play a more prominent role in our library catalogue.

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