A Fresh Look at the Carmina Gadelica: Recent Research by Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart
Image: from University of St Andrews Special Collection, first edition of “Carmina Gadelica” vol.1 (Edinburgh, T & A Constable, 1900), … Read more
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The Spinacino Consort: The Music of Elizabeth Melville
Editor: The Spinacino Consort is based in Scotland, and its performances draw on careful research about the early modern song … Read more
Radical Glasgow Songsters
Can history be taught through song? Well yes, according to a new band, The Tenementals, who are working on their … Read more
Review: “James Hogg, Contributions to Musical Collections and Miscellaneous Songs”, ed. Kirsteen McCue
Image: “James Hogg, Poet, ‘The Ettrick Shepherd’”, painted by Sir John Watson Gordon in 1830. CC Wikimedia Commons, courtesy of … Read more
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
Review: The “St Andrews Scottish Songbook”: A New Chapter in a Scots Drawing Room Singing
While some songs from this new anthology were performed by Seamus Begg in October during the 2022 St Andrews Voices … 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
COVID19 and ‘Triall’: recording the experiences of the Scottish Musical Community
Mostly, this blog concentrates on the kind of ‘history’ that feels like it sits in the past. However, history is … 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
Scottish Music on Early Cylinder Recordings
Before Covid19, the idea of online concerts was rather niche, but in the past two years, these have become an … 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