William Alwyn and his Flute (Cambridge Concert)

Cambridge University Library is celebrating its 600th birthday, and the University Music Library is joining in the fun on Monday 14th November, with a concert of William Alwyn's music. Alwyn's flute is also on display.  (You know how this blog somehow keeps coming back to flute music, what with David Nicholson's bequest, the Dundonian James Simpson manuscripts, and our recent acquisition of architect Campbell Douglas's flute manuscript...)

Up here in decidedly chilly Glasgow, it's probably too far for most of us to contemplate a flying visit at short notice, but we thought you might be still interested in the blogpost about Alwyn and his chamber music.  Read it here on the MusiCB3 blog.

• Check our own holdings of Alwyn's music in the Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - here.

MusiCB3 Blog Commemorates Great Fire of London and mentions Scotland?! Read on!

The bloggers at the Music Library in the University of Cambridge remind us that 350 years ago today, the Great Fire of London caused untold devastation.  And yes, we all learned to sing "London's Burning" as a round at school.  The song has a link closer to home than you'd imagine, though.  Read the blogpost to find out more:-

St Paul's in morning sunshine

To celebrate, to commemorate: The Great Fire of London

Incidentally, did you see what has been done to St Paul's as part of the commemoration?  (Don't worry, it's done by lighting, not real flames!)  Read about it in The Guardian, Wednesday 31st August 2016:-    

 Artists' flames mark 350th anniversary of Great Fire of London

Image from The Guardian - see link above

   

Glee Clubs? A very long history, as this Cambridge blog reveals ...

This is the latest blogpost by Cambridge University Music Library - it's about a celebrated glee composer, John Wall Callcott.  Not just celebrated - prolific, too!

Take a look (click on the heading below):-

To celebrate to commemorate: John Wall Callcott (1766 – 1821)

• We have music by Callcott, too (though not so much) - look here;
• And we have historic glees by Callcott and others like him - here.

A survey for music lovers/performers with hearing aids

Help a research study at the University of Cambridge - if you wear hearing aids, could you spend 5 minutes answering this questionnaire, please?

Listening to Music Through Hearing Aids

Music Library Assistant Job at University of Cambridge

This post might interest someone in the Cambridge area:-

"The Pendlebury Library of Music is looking for a new Library Assistant:

Faculty of Music

Pendlebury Library of Music

Library Assistant, Vacancy Reference Number GT29222

Salary: £18,005 - £20,764 per annum, (Grade 3, step 24 - 29)"

http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/

The Helpfulness of a Music Librarian

Of course, you already know how helpful music librarians can be! Our professional association is celebrating 60 years of helpfulness, as you see on this mailing from Cambridge ...

"This week a new exhibition was launched at Cambridge University Library celebrating 60 years of IAML (UK & IRL); more information at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/music/exhibitions.html

"The exhibition is now launched with a blog post titled "The most helpful people on earth: 60 years of IAML(UK and Ireland)" by Susi Woodhouse: 

"So wrote Imogen Holst of music librarians in her article Gustav Holst's manuscripts in Brio vol. 4 no. 1. As true now as it was back in 1967. This year, the United Kingdom and Ireland Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (to give it its full name) celebrates its […]" Read more of this post here.

The Story of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)

ABRSM

by MusiCB3

 Here's a blogpost from the University of Cambridge, about the beginnings of ABRSM.