Wednesdays are research days – or, at the moment, writing days. I was going to work on my Conclusion, but decided to go back through the last couple of chapters, just to incorporate a few snippets of extra information that I’ve gleaned over the past couple of days. Scribble, scribble, away I went … until I got to one particular point where I had a nice, interesting fact to incorporate.
Except it dawned on me that something was missing. This wouldn’t do! How could I write the bit I had in mind, without the requisite lead-in?
That was the afternoon gone, I’m afraid! I checked in one index. Maybe it just didn’t include what I was looking for? I checked in Jisc Library Hub Discover – every single composer’s name, one by one. Nothing. I looked in the British Newspaper Archive for a handful of names … still nothing.
Then I consulted a fairly recent book surveying Scottish music as a whole. I think I can safely say that what I was looking for, didn’t exist. And THAT was part of the larger problem 🙄 That’s what I must write about. So …
‘Stop’, said a voice. ‘It’s time for supper.’ (I didn’t scream. I didn’t even mutter. This happens.)
But at least I know where I’ll be starting tomorrow morning!
Karen McAulay, Musicologist 