World Music Day:
"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy - Ludwig Von Beethoven
The World Music Day, also known as Fete de la Musique or Make Music Day, is an annual event celebrated on 21 June across the globe.
The World Music Day was kick started in 1982 in France and was made popular as Fete de la Musique (meaning festival of music in French) by then French Minister of Culture Jack Lang, according to the organisers of the international event, Make Music Day.There is, however, another theory that credits American musician Joel Cohen for the idea, according to India Today. Nevertheless, today the event has turned into an international musical event.
In France, 21 June is now an official national holiday, and since the country shuts down for the summer solstice, an estimated 35 million people participate in the free music event.
On the World Music Day, musicians across the globe hold free concerts in parks, museums, and even train stations. The idea of the event is to promote peace and in the process make quality music available to all.
For World Music Day 2015, musicians and composers in over 700 cities in 120 countries will be holding free concerts.
Here we have complied a list of top quotes and sayings by musicians on what music really means to them:
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