The World's Oldest Surviving Music from circa 1950 BC
This is "Musical instructions for Lipit-Istar, King of Justice" brought back to life by the Ensemble De Organographia. These were the notations of hymns written in honour of King Lipit-Ishtar (also Istar and Eshtar).
Astronaut and musician Chris Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies' Ed Robertson to co-write official song for Music Monday 2013 to celebrate music education
A new partnership between CBC Music, the Coalition for Music Education and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will take the annual Music Monday celebration of music education to new heights - with a little help from Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. The finished song will be premiered on all platforms on CBC (CBC Radio One and 2, CBC TV and cbcmusic.ca) in 2013, and will be performed by hundreds of thousands of students across Canada on Music Monday, May 6, 2013. Read more