Also posted on Facebook, 26 May 2021
Hello again, dear followers! I’ve heard of a research grant that I am eligible to apply for. It’ll receive applications from many researchers, so I haven’t got a particularly strong chance of succeeding, but it would be nice to get a research grant to help me get on with writing my book, so … I shall have to see what’s involved in making an application!
I thought I’d share my current plans for the book. So far, I’ve written some of the introduction, and most of the first chapter.
This is the shape of the thing:-
- 1. Cheap music for all: James S. Kerr and Mozart Allan (history)
- 2. Enduring Kerr and Mozart Allan titles, what was in them and why they were so successful.
- 3. Organisations (Glasgow and Scotland-wide) concerned with music making and with promoting Scottish music
- 4. Educational connections
- 5. Educationalists and how they fit into the scene
- 6. Overseas.
- 7. Spin-offs and tie-ins
- 8. Publishing “classical” music in Scotland
- 9. Domestic music-making in Glasgow
Considering how long it has taken just to get the first chunk written, you see what I have got ahead of me. Some chapters will be longer than others, and some of these topics may get merged. Who knows?!
(The image here is from Glasgow Museums Collection:- collections.GlasgowMuseums.com)
Karen McAulay, Musicologist 