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Tag Archives: popular music
Songs of desolation II
In last week’s blog post we looked at the popular music that was being published in Britain during the first half of the First World War. By 1916, songs published in the UK were moving away from the more militaristic … Continue reading
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Tagged First world war, popular music, popular song, social history
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Up, up, and away
Purely by chance this week I came across Le Navire Aérien by Gustave Huot. This suite of pieces for piano has the most extraordinary cover – a bizarre airship consisting of a set of 4 hydrogen balloons and, unlike the later Zeppelins, … Continue reading
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Tagged aviation, music at the UL, popular music, social history, Victorian sheet music
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70 years ago today….
For those of a certain age it’s hard to believe, but Bob Dylan is 70 years old on May 24th, 2011. Robert Allen Zimmerman was born in Duluth, where he grew up listening to blues and country music broadcast out … Continue reading
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Tagged bob dylan, C20 composers, Cambridge University Library, popular music, rock music, songs
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And the winner is a London singer!
Just in case you didn’t follow my advice and tune in to the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 last week; I’d better tell you that the winner is a London singer, with a song written by an Icelandic-Swedish song writing trio … Continue reading
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Tagged Eurovision Song Contest, globalisation, music and TV competitions, popular music
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Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Sometimes we aim to hit this blog with a time-sensitive post, or hit the right note at the right time. Last year, while working at another important place of learning and keeping some of the nation’s treasures, I wrote a … Continue reading
