British Women Organists – 8 Sep 2019
‘Ladies Not Eligible’?: Female Church Organists in Nineteenth-Century England Part 1 On 8 April 1865 the Musical Standard carried an announcement by the vestry of Saint John Southwark inviting ‘application…
British Women Organists – 18 Aug 2019
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 [UK] several years…
British Women Organists – 22 Jun 2019
‘Place aux dames’? Women Organists in the First World War After carefully reviewing issues of the Musical Times 1901 to 1910, I was not satisfied with the numbers of women…
British Women Organists – 2 Jun 2019
‘Place aux dames’? Women Organists in Edwardian England Writing about ‘Women at the Console’ in the Musical Opinion in 1954, Martin Hawkins noted the conspicuous absence at the beginning of…
British Women Organists – 28 Apr 2019
Elizabeth Stirling (26 February 1819 - 25 March 1895) Many years ago when researching Samuel Wesley and the introduction of Bach’s organ music into England, I came across the name…
Music in The Girl’s Own Paper – 2 Sep 2018
Nursing and Music in The Girl’s Own Paper Part 2 Asylum Nursing The Girl’s Own Paper (TGOP), a popular weekly magazine published in London by the Religious Tract Society beginning…
Music in The Girl’s Own Paper – 12 Aug 2018
Nursing and Music in The Girl’s Own Paper Part 1 Professional Nursing The Girl’s Own Paper (TGOP), a popular weekly magazine published in London by the Religious Tract Society beginning…
Music in The Girl’s Own Paper – 18 Jun 2017
Musical Nurses Although not a music journal, The Girl’s Own Paper (TGOP), published in London by the Religious Tract Society beginning on 3 January 1880, clearly considered music a worthy…
Music in The Girl’s Own Paper – 4 Jun 2017
Oh How They Loved to Sing! Although not a music journal, The Girl’s Own Paper (TGOP), published in London by the Religious Tract Society beginning on 3 January 1880, clearly…
Music in The Girl’s Own Paper – 6 May 17
Instruments and Instrumentalists in The Girl’s Own Paper Part Two: The Organ Although not a music journal, The Girl’s Own Paper (TGOP), published in London by the Religious Tract Society…