Maya Angelou: Music was my refuge

Maya Angelou: Music was my refuge

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norman lebrecht

May 28, 2014

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”

The words of the poet Maya Angelou, who died today, aged 86.

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From 1963 to 1966, she taught music and dance at the University of Ghana.

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