{"id":2392,"date":"2023-06-21T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2023-06-21T10:02:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T09:02:58","slug":"world-music-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2023\/06\/21\/world-music-day-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"World Music Day 2023 \ud83c\udfb5"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">World Music Day 2023: F\u00eate de la Musique<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Is there anything better than when your favourite song comes on? Whatever grey clouds are there, good music brings a little bit of sunshine. And that\u2019s what World Music Day 2023 \ud83c\udfb5 is all about.\u00a0 An annual celebration that occurs every 21<sup>st<\/sup> of June, originating in France.<\/p>\n<p>The first ever World Music Day took place in Paris in 1982, organised by the Minister of Culture for France. 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