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British Women Organists – 30 Oct 2021

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Judith BargerOctober 30, 2021
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Tales of Sound and Seduction: Organists in Nineteenth-Century British Novels Part 2 Unlike its sister keyboard instrument the piano, the organ has not been the focus of research on music making in nineteenth-century British novels. This blog considers the role … Continue reading →

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British Women Organists – 10 Oct 2021

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Judith BargerOctober 10, 2021
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Tales of Sound and Seduction: Organists in Nineteenth-Century British Novels Part 1 Unlike its sister keyboard instrument the piano, the organ has not been the focus of research on music making in nineteenth-century British novels. A reader need only delve … Continue reading →

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British Women Organists – 22 Aug 2021

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Judith BargerAugust 22, 2021
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Organ Benches and Bicycle Seats: Pedalists in Victorian England Part 2 Bicycle Seats As the nineteenth century progressed, English women benefited from increasingly liberal social attitudes about their education, physical exercise and meaningful employment outside the home. For example, fashions … Continue reading →

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British Women Organists – 1 Aug 2021

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Judith BargerAugust 1, 2021
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Organ Benches and Bicycle Seats: Pedalists in Victorian England Part 1 Organ Benches In a 1927 retrospective account of organs and organists, Charles Pearce, then Vice President of the Royal College of Organists, wrote that ‘The evolution of pedal playing … Continue reading →

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British Women Organists – 10 Jul 2021

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Judith BargerJuly 10, 2021
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Women Organists in Victorian Fiction Part 2 Women had been serving as organists in England’s churches – though not in its cathedrals and royal and collegiate chapels – since the end of the eighteenth century, but their role was not … Continue reading →

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British Women Organists – 20 Jun 2021

Posted on June 20, 2021 by Judith BargerJune 20, 2021
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Women Organists in Victorian Fiction Part 1 The image of music in fiction, especially involving women musicians, offers a rich area of discourse for scholars of Victorian literature. Mary Burgan, Paula Gillett, Phyllis Weliver and contributors to a collection of … Continue reading →

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British Women Organists – 30 May 2021

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Judith BargerMay 30, 2021
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Playing Upon Versus Playing With the Organ: The Reception of the Organ Recital in Victorian England Part 2 Elizabeth Stirling certainly was not the only organist to play at the 1862 International Exhibition whose choice of music raised some eyebrows … Continue reading →

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British Women Organists – 1 May 2021

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Playing Upon Versus Playing With the Organ: The Reception of the Organ Recital in Victorian England Part 1 I invite you to put yourselves in the shoes of a nineteenth-century Londoner who, on an August afternoon in 1863, is strolling … Continue reading →

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British Women Organists – 20 Oct 2019

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Judith BargerOctober 20, 2019
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Women Organists in Victorian England: What Did They Wear? After I had presented a paper about women organists in nineteenth-century England at an organ conference in Oxford, England several years ago, a delegate approached me to ask, ‘But what did … Continue reading →

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British Women Organists – 28 Sep 2019

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Judith BargerSeptember 28, 2019
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‘Ladies Not Eligible’?: Female Church Organists in Nineteenth-Century England Part 2 In my previous blog (8 Sep 2019) I explored the ‘lady organist issue’, perpetuated in nineteenth-century British newspapers and music journals, that declared women ineligible for organist posts in … Continue reading →

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