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Martin Walton: Irish popular song

09/02/2008

Historically, music printing and publishing in Ireland have been more concerned with satisfying demand for Irish and other music than with the promotion of works by indigenous composers. The first record of music printing specifically in Ireland dates from 1686 and rose to a peak in 1820 when more than twenty music printers, publishers and sellers operated in Dublin. From the early 1920s Walton’s and An Gum served the burgeoning demands of post-independent Ireland by publishing much Irish music,…

The African Union organises the African week in Geneva

05/20/2007

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Every year on 23rd May, the African Union celebrates Africa Day. “For quite a long time this event was always celebrated in Bern, but we wanted to bring it back to Geneva”, Her Excellency Ms Masri, Ambassador of the African Union here in Geneva, told us. Although the African Union is generally known among the international community as the provider of the AU force in Darfur, the organization has many other facets to its credit. In fact its history…