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Peter Cooke (d.2020)

Dr Peter Cooke (1930-2020). From Ugandan Songs to Shetland Fiddlers: a remarkable digital memorial

17 February 202216 February 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Ethnomusicologists were saddened to learn last year of the death of Dr Peter Cooke, for many years a leading figure … Read more

Categories Articles Tags Fiddle, Pibroch, Shetland, Song, Travellers 3 Comments
MacEdward Leach Archive

Scottish Songs in Canada: MacEdward Leach and the Songs of Atlantic Canada

11 February 2022 by Jane Pettegree

While digital archives in Scotland hold many riches of traditional music, the Scots, of course, took (and still take) their … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, Canada, Folklore, Gaelic, Song Leave a comment
Organ from St Salvator's Church Dundee

Historic organs in Scotland: a new online survey of surviving instruments

27 January 2022 by Chris Bragg

Sowne of Organe presents detailed surveys of surviving historic organs in Scotland. Each survey includes technical and historical overviews, extensive … Read more

Categories Articles Tags Organ, SacredMusic Leave a comment
Harry Linn cropped

Harry Linn, Music Hall Artist: “Scotland’s Premier Comic Philosopher”

24 January 202224 January 2022 by Dr John Baxter

  Editor: digitised historic newspaper adverts and short reviews are a great resource for mapping historical musical activity, as this … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 19thCentury, JohnBaxter, MusicHall, PopularMusic, Victorian 2 Comments
Robert Karvour marginal heading

Digitised Aberdeen records shed new light on Robert Carver’s connections with the city

21 January 2022 by D James Ross (MBE)

For some time now it has been known that the Renaissance Scottish composer Robert Carver, spent most of his life … Read more

Categories Articles Tags Aberdeen, Archive, Renaissance, RobertCarver Leave a comment

What is ‘Scottish’ music?

14 January 202214 January 2022 by Editor

The category of ‘Scottish’ could include: music that is played on “indigenous” instruments?  But typical instruments are not always purely … Read more

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Soundyngs: Conversations on the History of Scottish Music

10 January 202514 January 2022 by Editor

Soundyngs is a blog of short-format articles and reviews, together with signposting to completed open-access digital research sources.  It aims … Read more

Categories Articles, Featured Tags Mission, ScottishMusic 5 Comments
Forest above the Allt Ruadh

Scottish Music Sources: the digital forest

14 January 202214 January 2022 by Editor

Within Scotland itself, the holdings of the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh and (particularly for 20th and 21st century … Read more

Categories Articles Tags Archive, Library, Website Leave a comment
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Featured Early Career Research: Aaron McGregor and Scottish Fiddling

19 January 202217 January 2021 by Editor

Aaron McGregor completed his PhD at the University of Glasgow under the supervision of John Butt and David McGuinness in … Read more

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