Music – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Family Fun: Manuscripts by Candlelight

Posted on 13 April 2019 by James Freeman

Next Wednesday (17th April) sees the return of Manuscripts by Candlelight at the University Library. This event first took place as part of Twilight at the Museums […]

Events, Incunabula, Manuscripts, Music

A Choirbook fit for a King?

Posted on 4 October 2016 by James Freeman

Today saw the beginning of our series of show-and-tell events, ‘Treasures of the University Library’, with talks given by Anna Pensaert, Head of Music Collections. […]

Manuscripts, Music, Special Collections

Treasures of the University Library: don’t miss out!

Posted on 30 September 2016 by James Freeman

Would you like the opportunity to come face-to-face with some of the most precious items from Cambridge University Library’s collections? To celebrate our 600th anniversary, […]

600th anniversary, Cambridge Digital Library, Chinese, Darwin Correspondence Project, Events, Incunabula, Manuscripts, Maps, Music, Near and Middle Eastern, Rare Books, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Performing lost songs

Posted on 23 April 2016 by Suzanne Paul

Music reconstructed from an 11th-century manuscript in the University Library will be heard for the first time in a thousand years in a concert in […]

Events, Manuscripts, Music

A binding for the organist John Bull (1562/3-1628)

Posted on 12 March 2016 by Liam Sims

The virtuoso composer, musician and organ builder John Bull (who probably spent some time at the University of Cambridge) died on this day in 1628. […]

Collectors and collecting, Library history, Music, Rare Books, Special Collections

Cambridge Science Festival at the University Library

Posted on 8 March 2016 by Special Collections

Cambridge Science Festival started yesterday and over the next two weeks, the city will be even more than usually full of inventions, discoveries and experiments. […]

600th anniversary, Archives, Digital Resources, Events, Exhibitions, Historical Printing, Library history, Manuscripts, Maps, Medicine, Music, Science, Special Collections

A book from J. S. Bach’s library

Posted on 31 March 2015 by Liam Sims

On 31 March 1685 was born Johann Sebastian Bach, widely regarded as one of best composers the world has ever known. The Library is fortunate […]

Collectors and collecting, German, Music, Rare Books, Special Collections

Britten and Purcell: the arc of universal harmony

Posted on 18 November 2013 by Emily Dourish

The University Library is celebrating the centenary of the birth of one of Britain’s greatest composers, Benjamin Britten, with a display in the Entrance Hall exhibition cases. Best […]

Exhibitions, Manuscripts, Music

In search of the erhu 尋覓二胡: an exhibition by Colin Huehns

Posted on 19 April 2013 by Special Collections

The items described here are on display in the Anderson Room cases at Cambridge University Library until 10 May 2013 The erhu epitomises Chinese music; […]

Chinese, Exhibitions, In the spotlight, Music