Tag Archives: C19 music

Offenbach 200: the Can-Can comes of age

Posted on 7 June 2019 by sw508

As you may have noticed, this year marks the bi-centenary of Offenbach‘s birth and to mark the occasion we have put together a little, rather eclectic, display in the Anderson Room here at the UL. Never mind the Can-Can, how … Continue reading →

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A box of parts

Posted on 11 May 2018 by mj263

Sometimes, it’s only too easy to forget what a wealth of musical material we have here at the UL. I was reminded forcibly of this the other day, when a reader expressed an interest in John Marsh‘s 7th Symphony, usually … Continue reading →

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Winter sports

Posted on 16 February 2018 by mj263

My colleagues in the Japanese Department recently put up an exhibition in and around the Anderson Room / AOI Pavilion, celebrating this year’s Winter Olympics. Of course this prompted me to think about music and winter sports – surely among our … Continue reading →

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Hello, G’Day, Shalom

Posted on 26 January 2018 by mj263

Sometimes you don’t always end up writing what you intended…This started out as a post for Australia Day 2018; but ended up as a rather different story. So how did MusiCB3 manage to travel from Poland to Sydney, via Canterbury … Continue reading →

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To celebrate to commemorate: John Wall Callcott (1766 – 1821)

Posted on 4 March 2016 by sw508

John Wall Callcott (1766 – 1821) is synonymous with the Glee, that quintessentially English unaccompanied sentimental part-song, usually for male voices, popular in the 18th and early 19th century for the enjoyment of which the Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Catch Club … Continue reading →

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More on Pendlebury hidden collections

Posted on 20 March 2015 by rs797

Sometimes, when the Pendlebury Library is quiet and term has ended, I disappear from my workplace to reach the secret corners of the library, rooms accessible only to library staff. A door in the library annexe separates the accessible part … Continue reading →

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Pendlebury hidden collections

Posted on 6 March 2015 by AP

Over the past 25 years the focus of the Pendlebury Library has gradually but clearly shifted from being a research intensive library owning a collection of manuscripts, concert programmes and rare books, to a faculty library primarily supporting teaching. Although music manuscripts … Continue reading →

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Bygone concert venues 7: St. James’s Hall

Posted on 10 October 2014 by sw508

This is the post that should have come along before Treasure Grove and Wot no ice cream?. Why? Because St. James’s Hall is the venue where these concerts all took place. We have a small, but fascinating collection of about … Continue reading →

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Thomas Busby: the model for MusiCB3?

Posted on 15 September 2014 by sw508

If the composer, writer and musician Thomas Busby had been alive today he would have been in his element delighting in the ability to get online and blog away to his heart’s content – hot competition though for us here … Continue reading →

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It’s not just about the music : The Royal Aquarium

Posted on 25 July 2014 by mj263

Previous “It’s not just about the music” posts have shown how Victorian sheet music can be a useful topic of research across subject areas. One area that may not be immediately obvious is architecture. As songs often dealt with topical themes, … Continue reading →

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