17th Century Danish Music with Scottish Connections
With thanks to Bodil Partridge, who told me recently about Thomas Kingo, a 17th century Danish composer with family roots … Read more
With thanks to Bodil Partridge, who told me recently about Thomas Kingo, a 17th century Danish composer with family roots … Read more
Image: from the Thysius Lutebook, 17th century lute tablature (French style) Soundyngs went on a trip to the Netherlands recently … Read more
Featured image: The Battle of Camperdown October 1797, by Thomas WhitcombeRoyal Museums Greenwich catalogue CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license A new EP release … Read more
Soundyngs features in this post research by Dr Nina Baker, independent engineering historian, on the unexpected connections between the great … Read more
In a month when the music for a coronation has been discussed intensively, the BBC broke the news this week … Read more
One of the many challenges of the word ‘ballad’ is that its range of meanings, even in the Scottish context, … Read more
Soundyngs posted earlier in the year about Celtic Connections, Scotland’s premier international festival for Celtic music. The summer months are … Read more
150th Anniversary Concert – 7:30pm Saturday 25th March 2023, Glasgow City Halls The Victorian age was a great age of … Read more
A picture of the Fisk Jubilee Singers is available from the Library of Congress: no restrictions on reproduction. Scotland’s historic … Read more
Image: Glasgow Orpheus Choir v1, recorded in the early 1950s as a heritage album A few years ago, preparing to … Read more
You could put a pin in a map of any town and village in Scotland and find somewhere a photograph … Read more
Image: from University of St Andrews Special Collection, first edition of “Carmina Gadelica” vol.1 (Edinburgh, T & A Constable, 1900), … Read more