@BL_Classical

Recordings of classical music. 130 years of commercial, broadcast & unpublished material. Tweets by Jonathan Summers, Curator, Classical Music, British Library.

 London, England
bl.uk/collection-guides/classical-music
Joined June 2016
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The Incunabula of Recorded Sound. The only copy of a privately published single volume from the 1980s, containing info about the very earliest cylinder recordings of historically important people, like Florence Nightingale #JustDigitised #FullyDigitised access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark…
A screenshot of the front cover of "The incunabula of recorded sound : a guide to early Edison non-commercial cylinder recordings" by Bennett Maxwell.

ALT A screenshot of the front cover of "The incunabula of recorded sound : a guide to early Edison non-commercial cylinder recordings" by Bennett Maxwell.

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Stephen Hough
@houghhough15 Nov 2022
Finishing lunch with one of the greatest pianistic influences of my life: the great Philip Fowke
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*Exciting job opportunity!* We’re looking for a new Head of Music Collections here at the BL (following in the footsteps of some very distinguished predecessors - @RichardChesser1 @ChrisBanks). Closing date is Sun 9 Oct... britishlibrary.recruitment.z… @IAML_UK_IRL @IAML_AIBM
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Andy Linehan@AndyLinehan20 Sep 2022
Job alert! New Pop Curator required!
Sound Archive@soundarchive20 Sep 2022
The British Library is seeking a new Curator, Popular Music Recordings. This is a high-profile and demanding post as custodian and advocate of the national collection of popular music recordings. britishlibrary.recruitment.z…
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Sound Archive@soundarchive19 Aug 2022
We are looking for a Lead Curator for our 'Black British Music' exhibition, to work alongside Mykaell Riley, Director of the Black British Music Research Unit at the University of Westminster. britishlibrary.recruitment.z…
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The Piano Files@ThePianoFiles27 Jul 2021
Read more about him and find a playlist for the complete Sonata on today's Patreon post: patreon.com/posts/edward-isa… Bravo to Jonathan Summers @BL_Classical for his fantastic liner notes on this must-have release (I'll be featuring the other pianist on the set tomorrow).

Edward Isaacs plays Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata | The Piano Files

A terrific recording an artist I featured on this page only a few times as his rare recordings started surfacing: a November 20, 1928 record

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BBC Archive
@BBCArchive9 Apr 2019
#OnThisDay 1898: Paul Robeson was born in New Jersey. In 1959, he discussed his interpretation of Othello, on Monitor.

"This is a play, essentially, of honour."

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Cheryl Tipp@CherylTipp12 Dec 2018
Why the Robin's winter song is not as sweet as it sounds blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-vision… #Christmas #wildlife #wintersong #angryrobins
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Stephen Hough
@houghhough3 Jul 2018
I’ve only just seen this wonderful clip. Astonishing. Life-affirming. bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainm…

The 103-year-old pianist

Colette Maze has played the piano for more than a century.

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Simon Wilson@VisibleHeritage17 Jun 2018
Visiting @HighgateCemeter where the rather overgrown grave of Shura Cherkassky can be found. His collection, curated by @BL_Classical is due to be digitised by @BLSoundHeritage this year!
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Sam Jackson@classicjacko17 May 2018
5.6m listeners. Over a million under-35s. Total audience up by over 200,000 in a year. A proud day to be leading the @ClassicFM team @global: classicfm.com/music-news/raj… #RAJAR 🎶 🎧 🎉
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"Tapes of many important programs were erased—so each one of these 2-inch videoreels that survives is in a sense a miracle time capsule."—Television Archivist Mark Quigley. Learn about our U.S. STEEL HOUR (1953-63) collection on the blog: ucla.in/2IiIhCW
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BBC Archive
@BBCArchive23 Apr 2018
#OTD 1971: Skint after #RecordStoreDay? Then why not restore your old records, like this audio aficionado on Tomorrow's World

"I work on a record for hours, sometimes days, sometimes months"

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko8 Feb 2018
Incredibly proud of the @ClassicFM team for their outstanding achievements. 300,000 new listeners, and over half a million under-25s (LOVE that stat): classicfm.com/music-news/inc…
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Rob Cowan@robccowan10 Jan 2018
do check out the first cowan's classics on classic fm - click ‘Listen’ in the top right hand corner of the CFM website which opens a new window; after the advert, you then click onto ‘Listen Again’ which brings up an alphabetised list ... go from there! :-)
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Letters of Note@LettersOfNote19 Dec 2017
Could be wrong but I get the feeling George Bernard Shaw wasn't too fond of Christmas
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Stephen Hough
@houghhough12 Dec 2017
Will this drive people back to owning real CDs? @hyperionrecords get ready to press! xitter.cf/tedgioia/status/940567…
Ted Gioia@tedgioia12 Dec 2017
Apple will eliminate music downloads from the iTunes Store in 2019. dld.bz/gys7r Apple won't let you own your music
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Matt Rubery@mattrubery5 Dec 2017
Speaking about audiobooks in Denmark today. One difference from UK: the quiet coach is actually quiet.
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BBC Archive
@BBCArchive27 Nov 2017
#OTD 1965: Late Night Line-Up discussed the controversial 1954 BBC TV adaptation of George Orwell's 1984, with members of the cast and crew

"1984 can and could still happen. I think that's what scared people.

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@BBCArchive7 Nov 2017
#OTD 1976: Roger Limb, of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, demonstrated how electronic music was made for TV and radio

"This is a place where we can explore many exciting new sounds"

This clip is from An ABC of Music: E for Electronics.

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