Tag Archives: Music Department

Lots of New Acquisitions at the Pendlebury Library of Music

Posted on 28 May 2021 by jamesluff

Here at the Pendlebury we’ve been busy adding heaps of fascinating new scores and recordings by composers who have historically been underrepresented in the world of classical music. This large influx of new material has been the exciting first step … Continue reading →

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Slow moments with SW: Brahms – balm for the soul

Posted on 9 April 2020 by sw508

A new series this, to help you through these difficult times. Music is a great source of consolation and hope and, for me, some of the greatest music which offers both those qualities is to be found in Brahms’ slow … Continue reading →

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A message from the music team

Posted on 20 March 2020 by mj263

Good news – some library services are now open. Cambridge University Library is now open for book returns, Click and Collect, and Scan and Deliver services (current staff and students only). Please note that Scan and Deliver is for literature … Continue reading →

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Behind the notes: Keller, Beethoven and Functional Analysis

Posted on 31 January 2020 by sw508

You may have noticed, dear reader, that this year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. So, to kick off our own celebrations here at MusiCB3, I thought we would combine two extraordinary musical minds and look at Hans … Continue reading →

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At the Event: Hans Keller on Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat, Op.130

Posted on 7 November 2019 by sw508

Last Tuesday (29th October) it was my great pleasure to attend the launch of not one, but two, volumes of material drawn from the Hans Keller archive: the re-issue of his ‘Jerusalem Diary’ and  – this, the main focus (is … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller on…Schoenberg

Posted on 30 August 2019 by sw508

The start of a new series, this, where I give over my pen to Hans Keller and present some of the exquisite pieces which have surfaced from the dustier corners of his archive. This first, on Schoenberg, of whom Keller … Continue reading →

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Your starter for 10: Hans Keller’s music quiz

Posted on 12 July 2019 by sw508

Now that the May week celebrations here (in June, of course) are well and truly over and the summer holidays have begun in earnest, what better than a little exercise for the grey cells to keep them in trim for … Continue reading →

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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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Hans Keller and the anti-competition

Posted on 24 May 2019 by sw508

Hans Keller was implacably opposed to the concept of competition in music, maintaining that whilst it was something one could associate with sport, the arts were for communication, not competition. Nonetheless, he sat on many competition juries and judging panels, … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller 100: the view from Another Place

Posted on 19 March 2019 by sw508

Hans Keller and Haydn were sitting together in the Ambrosia Café in Another Place enjoying a cup of Viennese coffee and a gossip. “Happy Birthday old man”, said Haydn pushing a roughly-wrapped package across the table, “this is for you”. … Continue reading →

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