Music in the Great Tapestry of Scotland
Image: Scottish Pop Music – author’s own photo History is a literary genre, but history telling can take other material … Read more
Clarsach
Revisiting the Gesto Collection: Karen Marshalsay and St Fillans Monastery
Image: The Remains of St Fillans Priory, by Andrew Bowden – https://www.flickr.com/photos/bods/3724892950/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94461645 Modern traditional musicians are … Read more
‘Give Me Your Hand’: Fife connections for this traditional tune
Image: The Towers, Dysart, Fife image from author’s own collection. The Towers, in Dysart’s East Quality Street, was an elegant … Read more
Lyres before Harps? recent Scottish archaeology
Image: Burnt Lyre Bridge, from High Pasture Cave – from Steven Birch, Case Study, High Pasture Cave (ScARF – Scottish … Read more
Historical Harping 2: Who Was Rory Dall?
Image: Da Mihi Manum, from Twelve English and Twelve Irish Airs for the German Flute, Violin or Harpsichord, Vol 2 … Read more
Minding the Gaps: Pre-histories of Scottish Harps and Harpists
Image: Queen Mary Harp, in the National Museum of Scotland, photograph by David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0 The clarsach, or … Read more
Review: Window to the West: Culture and Environment in the Scottish Gàidhealtachd
Image: cover art from Window to the West This book, jointly authored by Meg Bateman and John Purser, is an … 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
The Wire-Strung Harp in Scotland: traditions and transformation
(featured image – modern reproductions of historical wire-strung harps, made by Ardival Harps) The wire-strung harp – or Clàrsach or … Read more