Monday, 27 August 2018

Want to Know More about Robert Burns and Scottish Songs?

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You may know of Burns' contribution to the six-volume The Scots Musical Museum .  This collection has been reprinted more than once sinc...

Sold Out! Digital Delius (London, 1 October)

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Why share details of a seminar that's sold out?  Well, you never know if there might be a last-minute cancellation!  So we're sharin...
Friday, 24 August 2018

Follow us in Real Time

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We haven't blogged much this summer. But we've moved books round, catalogued a ton of stuff, updated a stack of library guides (find...
Friday, 10 August 2018

Spotting Fake News

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Here's a quick story!  Once upon a time there was an English musician who studied in Italy in his youth and ended up in Scotland. Two ...
Monday, 6 August 2018

RCS staff and students - set up alerts for new journal articles etc

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Learn to set up online alerts on Biteable . Recent research showed that students like to find out more about online resources available ...
Friday, 3 August 2018

Writing a Research Proposal

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Faced with writing a research proposal for the first time, it's easy to feel apprehensive.  This blogpost is not intended to replace a...
Thursday, 19 July 2018

HOW many women composed music in the Georgian era?!

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Have you visited the Claimed From Stationers' Hall music research network website recently?  Anyone would think it was all about women,...
Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Honouring one of the greatest Human Rights Proponents - Martin Luther King

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Fifty Years after Martin Luther King was Assassinated We've recently received an email from Drama Online promoting a powerful play im...
Monday, 18 June 2018

Veera Lapinski wins Elaine Campbell Gullan Poetry Competition

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Theme: Blue Planet Last Friday evening, the Whittaker Library hosted the 2018 Elaine Campbell Gullan Poetry Competition. Here is the wi...
Thursday, 14 June 2018

Early Spanish Sound Recordings: Cultural attitudes to the Phonograph

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A new blogpost on the Claimed From Stationers' Hall website considers legal deposit of sound recordings in Spain. Read it here:- The W...

Bantock's letters to Scottish composer William Francis Stuart Wallace - a talk at NLS

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Granville Bantock’s Letters to Wallace, 1893-1900 Tickets ... Attend a talk by Professor Michael Allis, from the University of Leeds. ...
Friday, 8 June 2018

Library FAQs and Guides on our Library Portal ...

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Welcome to the Whittaker Library (Turn on the sound - it's a chirpy wee tune!) You'll find all our library FAQs and Guides on our...
Thursday, 7 June 2018

2nd Berliner International Music Competition

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We received another email about a competition that will interest our performers.  But you'll have to be quick!  This is your final remin...