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Ossian with harp and Malvina

Review: James Porter, “Beyond Fingal’s Cave: Ossian in the Musical Imagination”

13 June 2022 by Jane Pettegree

James Porter, Beyond Fingal’s Cave: Ossian in the Musical Imagination (University of Rochester, 2019) James Porter’s examination of the musical … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 18thCentury, 19thCentury, 20thCentury, Modernism, Orchestra, Ossian, Romantic, Songs Leave a comment
A highland dancer dancing a sword dance in a competition

Review: Patricia Ballantyne, “Scottish Dance beyond 1805: reaction and regulation”

14 June 20226 June 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Patricia Ballantyne, Scottish Dance beyond 1805: reaction and regulation (Routledge, 2019) Like many educated in Scottish schools (even today), I … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, Aberdeen, Dance, ScottSkinner Leave a comment
Tolmie NLS MS14906

Frances Tolmie’s Skye Songs: manuscript sources from the National Library of Scotland

11 May 2022 by Jane Pettegree

The National Library of Scotland is continuing to add to its digital archives material and recent press releases draw our … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, Gaelic, Hebrides, Song Leave a comment
Stornoway Herring Girl

More on the Gaelic Songs of Hebridean Herring Gutters

10 May 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Meg Hyland, mentioned in an earlier Soundyngs post, has now published her first article on the Gaelic songs of herring … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, Gaelic, Herring, Song Leave a comment
Hugh Cheape

Hugh Cheape: A Fresh Look at the Bagpipe as a ‘National’ Instrument

17 March 202217 March 2022 by Jane Pettegree

Where would you look if you wanted to start researching the Scottish bagpipes?  In recent decades, academic research into Highland … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 18thCentury, 19thCentury, Bagpipe Leave a comment
Guts Galore poster

Women and Fishing Songs – celebrating Women’s History Month (a foretaste of March 2022)

17 February 2022 by Meg Hyland

Feature: early career researcher Meg Hyland talks about the singing culture of women herring workers. March is celebrated annually in … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, Fishing, Gaelic, Song, Women Leave a comment
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
Singing the Gospel book cover

Singing the Gospel along Scotland’s North-East Coast, 1859-2009

4 February 2022 by Frances Wilkins

Editor: Northern Scotland’s Evangelical revival is an important aspect of religious cultural and tradition which this  book, published in the … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, Evangelical, Fishing, Religion 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 Leave a comment
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