Tribute to Dr Robert N Smart (1931-2019)
The Special Collections Division of the University Library is very sad to note the death of Dr Robert N Smart on 21 July 2019, aged… Read More »Tribute to Dr Robert N Smart (1931-2019)
music
Beethoven – Two men and a fortepiano
This week we present a letter from Ludwig (Louis) van Beethoven (1770-1827) writing from Vienna in February 1818 to the London piano manufacturer Thomas Broadwood… Read More »Beethoven – Two men and a fortepiano
Copyright ABCs – ‘The Scots Musical Museum’
The Lighting the Past team share their highlights from the ‘M’ section of the Copyright Deposit Collection. You can see the previous posts in the… Read More »Copyright ABCs – ‘The Scots Musical Museum’
52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 43: Faces, fauna, flora and St Francis: funny things lurking in a medieval music manuscript
I didn’t intend to write about the gradual at all for this post, I just happened to be looking at it one day when it… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 43: Faces, fauna, flora and St Francis: funny things lurking in a medieval music manuscript
52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 42: Athanasius Kircher’s beautiful Musurgia Universalis (1650)
This week’s selection for the ‘Inspiring Illustrations’ thread speaks for itself and needs very little introduction. We have selected the 1650 printing of Athanasius Kircher’s… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 42: Athanasius Kircher’s beautiful Musurgia Universalis (1650)