In 2008 whilst on sabbatical at Lund University Malmo Academy of Music I met an incredible librarian by the name of Peter Berry. The message of save to DISC to document innovation using new media was a seed in Peter’s imagination that led the passionate fiddle player to contribute a chapter about a school teacher musician by the name of Abraham Hagholm (1811-1890) to the 3rd book in the Meaningful Music making for life series: Songs of Resilience. Peter’s passionate and thorough ethnomusicological study of the disabled Swedish folk musician has now blossomed into a book: Abraham fran Godegard published by Musikhogskolan i Malmo. I was intriuged by the wonderful story of a musician who was severely disabled who was dedicated to collecting, curating and arranging dance music for fiddle. This is a fascinating story and great scholarship on the part of Peter Berry in undertaking this important documenting of Swedish musicological cultural heritage. Congratulations to Peter on his fine work!













