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British Library opens music vault
The international collection contains music originating from every continent
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The British Library has made 28,000 rare recordings available free online.
The collection focuses on both traditional English music and recordings gathered from across the globe by British-based scholars.
The 2,000 hours of material ranges from a rendition of Any Old Iron in Birmingham, to performances by Ugandan royal musicians.
The recordings, which represent a fraction of the library’s audio archives, are available on its website.
