Joyful Sounds of Salvation
The Library Choir has been performing carols in the University Library Entrance Hall for more than thirty years. This year each of the seven carols […]
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‘Silver sounded Lutes’ and ‘other musicall Instruments’: Elizabethan music in Cambridge University Library
This guest post is by Richard Robinson – PhD student in Music at St John’s College, Cambridge – and explores Elizabethan instrumental music in the […]
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A Georgian Music Book
This guest post is by Francis Knights, Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, whose research interests include musical history, instruments and performance practice from the 16th to […]
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The Christmas Carol in Print
Every year, the University Library Carol Choir sings carols in the Library Entrance Hall for staff and readers (you can see our latest performance at […]
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Family Fun: Manuscripts by Candlelight
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 […]
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A Choirbook fit for a King?
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. […]
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Treasures of the University Library: don’t miss out!
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, […]
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Performing lost songs
Note: readers of this post may be interested to learn that, since its publication, MS Gg.5.35 has been digitised in full and the images are […]
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A binding for the organist John Bull (1562/3-1628)
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. […]
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Cambridge Science Festival at the University Library
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. […]
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