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Russian librarian unearths lost Stravinsky score after century

A Russian librarian has discovered an important work by composer Igor Stravinsky that was believed lost for a century, an expert at Saint Petersburg Conservatory told AFP on Wednesday. “The Funeral Song, which Stravinsky composed in 1908 and regretted losing, seeing it as one of his best early works, has been miraculously found in our library,” said Natalia Braginskaya, a Stravinsky expert at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, a top music

'Eye of the Tiger' writer protests anti-gay clerk

The songwriter behind “Eye of the Tiger” has protested after a US county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples emerged from jail to the 1982 hit. Frankie Sullivan, the guitarist and main songwriter from Chicago band Survivor, said he did not give Rowan County, Kentucky, official Kim Davis permission to use the song. “I would not grant her the rights to use Charmin!” Sullivan wrote on