Misplaced my Airs!
Laden with cold, 'Whittaker' dragged himself out of bed this morning to get on with his extra-mural musicologist obligations. Because 'he' was fuzzy-headed, he couldn't FIND the Alexander Campbell airs that he'd carefully copied out and stowed away after 'his' last speaking engagement. Arghh! Must devise a better filing system at home.
Laden with cold, 'Whittaker' dragged himself out of bed this morning to get on with his extra-mural musicologist obligations. Because 'he' was fuzzy-headed, he couldn't FIND the Alexander Campbell airs that he'd carefully copied out and stowed away after 'his' last speaking engagement. Arghh! Must devise a better filing system at home.
Finally, 'he' found them (so the next speaking engagement is assured of musical examples!), but not before he also found his own arrangement of a few airs into a suite for flute, viola and cello. Hmm. Interesting. Wonder what they sound like? Wonder how they'd fit in at a book-launch?
New Book (pending)
Some time in 2013, there will be a book by Karen McAulay, called Our Ancient National Airs. It's based on my PhD thesis but with the addition of a completely new chapter (with which I'm rather enamoured, but then again, I'm biased). I want to get this into the blogosphere because, naturally, I want lots of people to read it! Right now, I'm revising and finalising the manuscript for submission: only six weeks to go! And I've been selecting images. Share them here? Not on your life! Buy the book!
Some time in 2013, there will be a book by Karen McAulay, called Our Ancient National Airs. It's based on my PhD thesis but with the addition of a completely new chapter (with which I'm rather enamoured, but then again, I'm biased). I want to get this into the blogosphere because, naturally, I want lots of people to read it! Right now, I'm revising and finalising the manuscript for submission: only six weeks to go! And I've been selecting images. Share them here? Not on your life! Buy the book!
The book covers Scottish song collecting from 1760-1888. It's not just about Alexander Campbell (though he's one of my many favourites). It's about published and a couple of unpublished collections. And there are English as well as Scottish collectors. To follow the story of A Music Librarian's First Book, you can read my own personal blog, True Imaginary Friends. I'm sure I'm blissfully unaware of what's ahead of me after Submission Day!
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