Dancing in the Athens of the North
New research continues to add detail to our understanding of the role played by dancing in the historical musical life … Read more
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Linking Arms for Auld Lang Syne: Celebrating Friendship
Image: Illustration to Robert Burns’ ‘Auld Lang Syne’ by J.M. Wright and Edward Scriven. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: … Read more
Claimed From Stationers Hall: 18th and 19th century music in Scottish (and other) copyright libraries
‘Claimed from Stationers’ Hall’ was an AHRC-funded research network (2017-2018), bringing together academic and special collections librarians, book historians and … Read more
Review: ‘Full of the Highland Humours’, recording by Ensemble Hesperi
(featured in image): Ensemble Hesperi performers Mary-Jannet Leith – recorders Magdalena Loth-Hill – baroque violin Florence Petit – baroque cello … Read more
50 Years of the Society of Highland and Island Historical Research: more on musicians and music in Highland society
The Society of Highland & Island Historical Research (see Soundyngs post 2/3/22) celebrates this year the 50th anniversary of its … Read more
More on Scottish Music in 19th century Australia
Image: Victoria, Australia, painted by Eugene von Guerard. Use free of conditions from www.goodfreephotos.com Soundyngs earlier this year reviewed an … Read more
From Epic to Lyric: Macpherson and Oswald’s Ossianic Guittar Music
In a previous post, Soundyngs reviewed James Porter’s recent monograph, Beyond Fingal’s Cave: Ossian in the Musical Imagination (2019). In … Read more
Imagining Scotland’s Historic Soundscapes
“Archaeoacoustics” is the name of relatively new field of interdisciplinary studies which – as the name suggests – combines archaeology … Read more
Allan Ramsay’s ‘The Gentle Shepherd’: new scholarly edition with music
Image: plate by David Allan, from The Gentle Shepherd (Glasgow: A Foulis, 1788), an edition with music, from the University … Read more
Flute music in the Atholl Collection: Military Echoes
Photo credit: author, reproduced by kind permission of Culture Perth & Kinross Local & Family History. I had a very … Read more
Review: Elizabeth C Ford, “The Flute in Scotland from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century”
Featured image: detail from Anon., portrait of General John Reid, himself a flute player and composer Elizabeth C. Ford’s recent … Read more
The Atholl Collection in Perth – catalogue pdf available
Cover of catalogue – reproduced by kind permission of Culture Perth & Kinross Local & Family History The A K … Read more