If you were involved with, or followed the Claimed From Stationers’ Hall copyright music project, then news of this project led by the University of Stirling will probably also interest you.
Books and Borrowing 1750-1830: An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers
Here’s how the project is introduced:-
“Our project uncovers and reinterprets the history of reading in Scotland in the period 1750 to 1830. Using formerly unexplored (or underexplored) borrowing records, we are [ … ] creating a valuable new resource that will reveal hidden histories of book use, knowledge dissemination and participation in literate culture.”
I’ve been invited to contribute a blogpost about the lady musicians of St Andrews, so watch this space … !
Karen McAulay, Musicologist 