Dr Karen McAulay
@karenmca.bsky.social
Musicologist historian, RCS Fellow, @iashedinburgh.bsky.social alumna. Social History of Amateur Music-Making & Scottish National Identity: Scotland's Printed Music 1880-1951 (Routledge).
https://karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/
Wary of folk w/o profiles!
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Wary of folk w/o profiles!
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Proud Addition to my Published Output: Women Pursuing Musical Careers: Finding Opportunities in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Scottish Music Publishing Circles
Published online today, 12 January 2026, in the RMA (Royal Musical Association) Research Chronicle, by Cambridge University Press, on Open Access:- click here. Writing this article was enormously f…
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Proud Addition to my Published Output: 'Women Pursuing Musical Careers: Finding Opportunities in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Scottish Music Publishing Circles', new article!
#RMAResearchChronicle #PortfolioCareers
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#RMAResearchChronicle #PortfolioCareers
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Reposted by Dr Karen McAulay
📢FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY📢
❓Celebration of 50 years of the Social History Society
📅 Fri 24 April
📍 Senate House, London
🫰£30 (£10 non members)
Join us for panel discussion, stalls & tours, plus keynote from Prof. Naomi Tadmor.
🗃️ #EarlyModern
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❓Celebration of 50 years of the Social History Society
📅 Fri 24 April
📍 Senate House, London
🫰£30 (£10 non members)
Join us for panel discussion, stalls & tours, plus keynote from Prof. Naomi Tadmor.
🗃️ #EarlyModern
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
Festival of Social History
To celebrate 50 years of the Social History Society, we’ve teamed up with the Institute of Historical Research to host a Social History Festival! The festival will feature two expert discussion pan…
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February 11, 2026 at 9:08 AM
📢FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY📢
❓Celebration of 50 years of the Social History Society
📅 Fri 24 April
📍 Senate House, London
🫰£30 (£10 non members)
Join us for panel discussion, stalls & tours, plus keynote from Prof. Naomi Tadmor.
🗃️ #EarlyModern
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
❓Celebration of 50 years of the Social History Society
📅 Fri 24 April
📍 Senate House, London
🫰£30 (£10 non members)
Join us for panel discussion, stalls & tours, plus keynote from Prof. Naomi Tadmor.
🗃️ #EarlyModern
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
Unless they have an OH who insistently repeats, 'You're not WATCHING this. You wouldn't ask daft questions if you were watching properly ...' 😉
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Unless they have an OH who insistently repeats, 'You're not WATCHING this. You wouldn't ask daft questions if you were watching properly ...' 😉
Very, VERY tempting! Checking diary ...
📢FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY📢
❓Celebration of 50 years of the Social History Society
📅 Fri 24 April
📍 Senate House, London
🫰£30 (£10 non members)
Join us for panel discussion, stalls & tours, plus keynote from Prof. Naomi Tadmor.
🗃️ #EarlyModern
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
❓Celebration of 50 years of the Social History Society
📅 Fri 24 April
📍 Senate House, London
🫰£30 (£10 non members)
Join us for panel discussion, stalls & tours, plus keynote from Prof. Naomi Tadmor.
🗃️ #EarlyModern
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Very, VERY tempting! Checking diary ...
Where are the books?!!
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Where are the books?!!
Bit of stitched trivia here: cloth book loosely about historical #LegalDeposit music 🎶.
Second edition.
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Second edition.
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/10/c...
Cloth Book about Historical Legal Deposit Music
I made this cloth book after I’d finished the ‘Claimed from Stationers Hall’ research project. Something was missing, though: it lacked explanatory captions. This week, I revised …
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February 11, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Bit of stitched trivia here: cloth book loosely about historical #LegalDeposit music 🎶.
Second edition.
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/10/c...
Second edition.
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/10/c...
Cloth book updated! A decade after I started thinking about historical legal deposit music, I revised my fabric rendition of my research findings ...
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#Creativity
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#Creativity
Cloth Book about Historical Legal Deposit Music
I made this cloth book after I’d finished the ‘Claimed from Stationers Hall’ research project. Something was missing, though: it lacked explanatory captions. This week, I revised …
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Cloth book updated! A decade after I started thinking about historical legal deposit music, I revised my fabric rendition of my research findings ...
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/10/c...
#Creativity
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/10/c...
#Creativity
Oh yes, tried Abe & Alibris, thanks 😉
February 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Oh yes, tried Abe & Alibris, thanks 😉
I think that's not a chain we have in the UK. I've searched online, certainly, and I can see the books in libraries. One of them at least has been digitized. But I suspect they were a limited print run, 150 years ago.
February 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I think that's not a chain we have in the UK. I've searched online, certainly, and I can see the books in libraries. One of them at least has been digitized. But I suspect they were a limited print run, 150 years ago.
Disappointment is ...
Knowing the books you seek are 150 years old and rare as hen's teeth - but still hoping they might be in the first two secondhand bookshops you try.
But they aren't.
#WildGooseChase
Knowing the books you seek are 150 years old and rare as hen's teeth - but still hoping they might be in the first two secondhand bookshops you try.
But they aren't.
#WildGooseChase
February 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Disappointment is ...
Knowing the books you seek are 150 years old and rare as hen's teeth - but still hoping they might be in the first two secondhand bookshops you try.
But they aren't.
#WildGooseChase
Knowing the books you seek are 150 years old and rare as hen's teeth - but still hoping they might be in the first two secondhand bookshops you try.
But they aren't.
#WildGooseChase
@natlibscot.bsky.social I couldn't make it to your map event. Sorry to have missed 😢
February 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
@natlibscot.bsky.social I couldn't make it to your map event. Sorry to have missed 😢
Oh dear! Unless you are actually grateful for a suddenly-clear day ...?
February 8, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Oh dear! Unless you are actually grateful for a suddenly-clear day ...?
Night! Sleep well 😴
February 7, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Night! Sleep well 😴
Himself is in his late 80s. We don't have that particular problem, but boy, I do have my challenges.
February 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Himself is in his late 80s. We don't have that particular problem, but boy, I do have my challenges.
Aaaaargh! Had my finger ON the light switch, when ...
"LEAVE IT!!!!!", I'm ordered.
I am a 67-year old postdoc. I did not turn the light off.
#Controlling @shadowsofcontrol.bsky.social
"LEAVE IT!!!!!", I'm ordered.
I am a 67-year old postdoc. I did not turn the light off.
#Controlling @shadowsofcontrol.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Aaaaargh! Had my finger ON the light switch, when ...
"LEAVE IT!!!!!", I'm ordered.
I am a 67-year old postdoc. I did not turn the light off.
#Controlling @shadowsofcontrol.bsky.social
"LEAVE IT!!!!!", I'm ordered.
I am a 67-year old postdoc. I did not turn the light off.
#Controlling @shadowsofcontrol.bsky.social
I nominate you as Chair of the Good.
February 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I nominate you as Chair of the Good.
If you can lift the kettle with either hand, please do go and have a cuppa!
February 7, 2026 at 9:24 PM
If you can lift the kettle with either hand, please do go and have a cuppa!
As a postgraduate student many moons ago, I felt a profound sense of failure when Saturday nights were spent at the launderette. Where was my social life?
I'm now semi-retired. With my own washing machine. Saturday nights at the ironing board bring a similar sense of profound dissatisfaction!!
I'm now semi-retired. With my own washing machine. Saturday nights at the ironing board bring a similar sense of profound dissatisfaction!!
February 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
As a postgraduate student many moons ago, I felt a profound sense of failure when Saturday nights were spent at the launderette. Where was my social life?
I'm now semi-retired. With my own washing machine. Saturday nights at the ironing board bring a similar sense of profound dissatisfaction!!
I'm now semi-retired. With my own washing machine. Saturday nights at the ironing board bring a similar sense of profound dissatisfaction!!
Terminology to Attract Attention (be careful what you blog!) karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/07/t...
Terminology to Attract Attention
Remember last May, I blogged about which of my articles had attracted the most ‘hits’? The Value of Using a Sensible, Meaningful Title I learnt the hard way that words with more t…
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February 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Terminology to Attract Attention (be careful what you blog!) karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/07/t...
Quite right. Steps are lethal. Enjoy your outing once you get your breath back 😉
February 7, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Quite right. Steps are lethal. Enjoy your outing once you get your breath back 😉
Oh dear.
Not many bibliographers have a professional photo of their nightwear.
But, if that's the way to get noticed ...
#MarksAndSpencer, 1995.
Not many bibliographers have a professional photo of their nightwear.
But, if that's the way to get noticed ...
#MarksAndSpencer, 1995.
February 7, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Oh dear.
Not many bibliographers have a professional photo of their nightwear.
But, if that's the way to get noticed ...
#MarksAndSpencer, 1995.
Not many bibliographers have a professional photo of their nightwear.
But, if that's the way to get noticed ...
#MarksAndSpencer, 1995.