Tag Archives: songs

Song spotlight: I Belong to Glasgow

Posted on 2 September 2022 by Kate

I stumbled across this the other day, whilst searching for something else: It sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole…

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Slow moments with SW: Samuel Barber, infinite sadness.

Posted on 11 June 2021 by sw508

Samuel Barber – oh yes, you are thinking, he wrote that Adagio didn’t he. And you would be right, he did, and it has become the work of choice to play to mark solemn occasions and commemorations. And because we … Continue reading →

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Minstrels

Posted on 25 October 2019 by mj263

Music can be a great resource for researching your family tree, especially if you have ancestors, who were involved in popular music. I was reminded of this the other day when I received an email from a reader, who was … Continue reading →

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Canzonette veneziane

Posted on 13 July 2018 by mj263

Last October the second hand and antiquarian music dealer Travis & Emery circulated their occasional antiquarian music catalogue Sarum no. 58. One item caught my eye because in the last year or so I had updated the online records for … Continue reading →

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Songs of War: Passchendaele 1917

Posted on 15 September 2017 by sw508

This month, the University Library entrance hall display cases feature Basil Godfrey Quin, MC whose regiment, the Cambridgeshires, was involved in the Third Battle of Ypres (also known as Passchendaele) which took place between July and November 1917 and in … Continue reading →

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If it’s ever Spring again

Posted on 26 April 2013 by hb281

My desk by the window at the Pendlebury enables me to enjoy an abundance of natural daylight.  It also exposes me to the chilly force of the endless Cambridge winter, so I have spent the last few months swaddled in … Continue reading →

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UL sheet music priority survey results

Posted on 20 April 2012 by Clemens Gresser

Most libraries have items which are not yet fully catalogued and so not easily available to their readers. Often this is because other material has to be given priority, or some items could not be tackled due to various reasons … Continue reading →

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70 years ago today….

Posted on 24 May 2011 by mj263

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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The Missing Page

Posted on 23 September 2010 by Clemens Gresser

This isn’t the most spectacular headline for a post, and certain newspapers would probably have changed it to something like ‘True friends – the missing page!’. Let me quickly explain: I received an email the other day from one of … Continue reading →

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