Lots of useful snippets have drifted into Whittaker's net of late. So, here's Whittaker's round-up:-
- Teach faster, Write more (article by Susanne Morgan, for research support website Academic Ladder's February ezine)
- Pseuds' corner (identifying bad books - a THE article by Daniel Melia, 9 February 2012)
- Writing for peer-reviewed journals (strategies for getting published): forthcoming book by Pat Thomson and Barbara Kamler (Royal Conservatoire researchers - should we order this?)
- Re-skilling for research: a report from RLUK
- 201 years ago, 26 February 1811. Yesterday (Sunday) was the anniversary of the death of James Johnson, instigator and publisher of the Scots Musical Museum. Genuinely a major contribution to Scottish song performers, collectors, scholars and aficionados. He collaborated with Robert Burns for his seriously big-time, six-volume collection. A worthy candidate for our "On this day" series of Scottish musical history facts.
- Postgraduate course in Arts management (Vienna)
- Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace Festival at the Scottish Storytelling Centre this week.
Robert Burns
Late 18th/early 19th century collaborators with Burns included James Johnson (of Scots Musical Museum fame), and George Thomson. Thomson got Burns' lyrics set by famous Continental musicians like Haydn, Beethoven and Kozeluch.
You could also look him up in one of our databases, like Oxford Music Online (for info), Naxos or Classical Music Library (streaming services). See what's available to our staff and students here.
Celebrating Burns
- The BBC has a fantastic page for Robert Burns (biography, 716 works, and all about Burns Night)
- Steve Jones' audio slide show inspired by Robert Burns (a page on the BBC site)
- Scottish Storytelling Centre - Burnsfest this week (w/c 22nd January 2012)
- Scottish Poetry Library - similarly a significant week for Burns enthusiasts here.
- Echoes from the Vault - the St Andrew's University Library Special Collections blog has today posted about Burns. A truly beautiful page.
