Tag Archives: Pendlebury Library

Errollyn Wallen’s Music at the Pendlebury Library

Posted on 12 November 2021 by jamesluff

Earlier this year, I wrote highlighting a whole range of recent acquisitions for the Pendlebury Library’s collection. But here, I’d like to go into a little more detail about the works we hold by Errollyn Wallen CBE, composer and alumna of … Continue reading →

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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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Poikilographia: a tale of two Writing Masters

Posted on 5 April 2019 by Kate

It is a rare occurrence, at MusiCB3, to stumble across a volume which has nothing to do with music, so I was interested to find a 1830s handwriting guide lurking in a box at the Pendlebury this week…

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What’s new at the Pendlebury?

Posted on 1 February 2019 by Kate

A few quick updates from the Pendlebury Library this week!

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Scott Joplin at the UL and the Pendlebury

Posted on 7 April 2017 by Kate

Scott Joplin died on 1st April, 1917. The centenary of his death last week seemed a good moment to investigate what the UL and Pendlebury collections held relating to the ‘King of Ragtime’…  

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Meet….Diana Wood

Posted on 29 August 2014 by mj263

MusiCB3: What has your road to librarianship been? It was a short and uneventful, if rather serendipitous one. I’d just finished a music degree and PGCE, and knew I didn’t want to teach, but beyond that had no idea what I was … Continue reading →

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Exam submissions time in the Pendlebury Library

Posted on 2 May 2014 by hrs38

It’s that time of year again, when the Custodians at the Faculty of Music wheel into the Pendlebury Library an ominously large, locked box with a posting flap in the lid.  First year undergraduates will not have met this contraption … Continue reading →

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Meet… Anna Pensaert

Posted on 11 October 2013 by AP

MusiCB3: What has your road to librarianship been? Anna Pensaert: As a teenager I wanted to become a scientist and do research. Once I had realised this was not going to happen, I took a U-turn and decided to study … Continue reading →

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Meet… Roberta Schiavone

Posted on 26 July 2013 by musicb3

MusiCB3: What has your road to librarianship been? Roberta Schiavone: After my conservatory’s diploma and while I was still completing my master’s degree in Humanities Studies, by accident I started working in the library of the Conservatory of music of … Continue reading →

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