From Finnish Film Archive to Finnish National Audiovisual ArchiveAuthor(s): Heikki PoroilaSource: Fontes Artis Musicae, Vol. 55, No. 2 (April-June 2008), p. 392Published by: International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres(IAML)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23512443 .

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De onvergetelijke Johnny Meijer : swing accordéon / Johnny Meijer. - [Zwolle] : Reha, cop. 2007. - 96 p. ISBN 978-90-6911-343-2

Johnny Meijer (1912-1992) was one of the most virtuoso Dutch accordion play ers. He could play anything from folk and musette to jazz and classical. He was at his artistic peak just after the Second World War. Jazz was at its heights and

Meijer's swing style was well appreciated. He toured England and went to Paris to take part in an accordion competition. With his performance of Bach, he earned the title Roi d'Accordéon. The recordings he made with his jazz Quintet

got very good reviews in Melody Maker and led to tour invitations from the United States. But Meijer was no traveller and he passed up an international career. He played as much as he could in the Netherlands although jazz be came less and less popular, and rock took over. After his wife died, he became an alcoholic and restricted himself to local gigs, playing "rubbish" to pay the bills. By coincidence, he was "rediscovered" by the famous saxophone player, Archie Shepp, who invited Meijer to play with him at The North Sea Jazz Festival of 1982. Perhaps they were very nervous, but both musicians arrived

drunk, and the concert failed. Meijer's musical abilities, however, were never

questioned. Now, for the first time a collection of his compositions is available in print.

Ria Warmerdam

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From Finnish Film Archive to Finnish National Audiovisual Archive

The functions and duties of the Finnish Film Archive (SEA) were extended on 1 January 2008, and its new name is the National Audiovisual Archive (Suomen kansallinen audiovisuaalinen arkisto, KAVA in Finnish). The change arises from the new legal deposit law, which gives the National Library the right and and also the obligation to take care of the web materials as well as all traditional materials. The Finnish National Audiovisual Archive from now on takes care of not only films but also television and broadcasting programmes. For more

information, please see http://www.kava.fi/english/.

Heikki Poroila Vantaa City Library

CAML

The Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres (CAML) and the Canadian University Music Society (CUMS) will hold their annual conference jointly from June 5-8, 2008 at the University of British

Columbia, as part of the Congress for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Lisa Philpott University of Western Ontario

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