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Author Archives: cg474
Cambridge Composers : Richard Causton
The series Cambridge Composers focuses on composers who have or had a connection to Cambridge, or the University of Cambridge. Some of them were students here, whilst others are or were teaching composition in MusiCB3 land. Richard Causton has been … Continue reading
Cambridge Composers : Jeremy Thurlow
This is another instalment in the series Cambridge Composers. Posts focus on composers who have or had a connection to Cambridge, or the University of Cambridge. Some of them were students here, whilst others are or were teaching composition in … Continue reading
Cambridge Composers : Alexander Goehr
This is another post in the series called Cambridge Composers. These posts focus on composers who have or had a connection to Cambridge, or the University of Cambridge. Some of them were students here, whilst others are and were teaching composition … Continue reading
Meet… Clemens Gresser
MusiCB3: What has your road to librarianship been? Clemens Gresser: As a student I found myself covering the Musicology Department’s library desk on a few occasions, but I didn’t feel any urge to become a librarian. Fast forward to having … Continue reading
Tracking down Mary, and others
A musicologist friend of mine has asked me how to find printed music of an obscure composer; let’s call her Mary Lucas, because that’s the composer’s name. The following might be useful for you too, if you wonder how to … Continue reading
Moving Images
Near the end of our annual Shelf Check Week (this year 24th to 28th June) at the Pendlebury Library, we wanted to share with you the changes we have made in the library. The following paragraphs already give you a … Continue reading
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Cambridge Composers : John Hopkins
This is the first post in a new series called Cambridge Composers. Posts will focus on living and dead composers who have or have had a connection to Cambridge, or the University of Cambridge. Some of them were students here, … Continue reading
Reference liberation front
For the last couple of months we have been weeding at the Pendlebury Library of Music, or more precisely removing items from the open shelves (see Aging gracefully? An update on the Pre-1900s material at the Pendlebury and Autumn maintenance: … Continue reading
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The Phillip John Greenwood collection
We frequently receive donations, and maybe unsurprisingly sometimes we receive offers of CDs. Miraculously, whereas a previous donation had a strong collection focus on jazz (see my post The Julian Andrews Collection) the newly-acquired Phillip John Greenwood Collection comprises almost … Continue reading
Commemorating musicians who were in concentration camps
For the last couple of years I have blogged about what in some countries is labelled Holocaust Memorial Day (the 27th January; for more information go to the the UK’s HMD Trust web page). This year I wanted to look … Continue reading
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Tagged C20 musicians, Cambridge University Library, HMD, Holocaust, music & politics
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