Monthly Archives: October 2011

High hopes

Posted on 28 October 2011 by

The previously mentioned Thistlethwaite archive throws a completely different light on the nature of amateur music making in the UK during the twentieth century, showing that amateur operatic productions could be astonishingly daring and ambitious in their scope and design. Lee Thistlethwaite’s … Continue reading →

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The Fitzwilliam Handel Autograph Manuscripts

Posted on 21 October 2011 by

In association with the Cambridge Early Music’s Handel Festival (2nd and 3rd October) the Fitzwilliam Museum has mounted a special exhibition selected from the autograph manuscripts of some of the music performed. Four of the volumes of autographs are on … Continue reading →

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Liszt’s visits to England

Posted on 14 October 2011 by

While looking at material to put on display to illustrate the visits Franz Liszt made to England first as a young teenager, then when just about thirty and finally in the last year of his life as a grand old … Continue reading →

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Borrowing music

Posted on 6 October 2011 by

New arrivals in Cambridge tend to wonder each year about the tripartite structure of the library services and all the implications involved. Borrowing is one of those things that is closely linked in with each library’s own traditions and services, … Continue reading →

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