Dr Oliver Doyle
@oliverdoyle.bsky.social
Early career musicologist, part-time tenor and harpsichordist. Director musicaantica.org.uk, Historical Performance admin at Royal Academy of Music. Ex-doctoral researcher, ‘Sounding the Bookshelf 1501: Music in a year of Italian Printed Books’.
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Flyers ready and out for delivery! A Banchieri comedy and some lovely madrigals by Monteverdi, Marenzio and Casualana next month - tickets via our website! #earlymusic #concert #renaissance #se16 #rotherhithe
August 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Flyers ready and out for delivery! A Banchieri comedy and some lovely madrigals by Monteverdi, Marenzio and Casualana next month - tickets via our website! #earlymusic #concert #renaissance #se16 #rotherhithe
Hard copy of our book arrived!
August 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Hard copy of our book arrived!
Gorgeous 17th century house going to ruin on the Three Peaks trail today. Original glass in the windows??
August 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Gorgeous 17th century house going to ruin on the Three Peaks trail today. Original glass in the windows??
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August 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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The brilliant @lmbd1418.bsky.social has suggested people write to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper re: my case. If you could spare five minutes, she's created a draft letter which you can use to send to coopery@parliament.uk. I appreciate everyone's support. ❤️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
August 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The brilliant @lmbd1418.bsky.social has suggested people write to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper re: my case. If you could spare five minutes, she's created a draft letter which you can use to send to coopery@parliament.uk. I appreciate everyone's support. ❤️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
And it’s live! We read every book published in Italy in 1501 looking for references to music, and this is the first volume on what we found. Thanks to @sheffielduni.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk, it’s free to read, though you can buy hard copies too www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
Sounding the Bookshelf 1501: Music in a Year of Italian Printed Books
This volume explores how everyday texts in Renaissance Italy engaged with music, sound, and hearing. Of the 358 known editions printed in 1501, only a few contained formal music notation or specialist...
www.openbookpublishers.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
And it’s live! We read every book published in Italy in 1501 looking for references to music, and this is the first volume on what we found. Thanks to @sheffielduni.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk, it’s free to read, though you can buy hard copies too www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
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And it's Week 5 in our crowdfunder! Donations are slowly coming in but we would love it if you would share, share, share! This week's history lesson is on how nuns had fun, with lovely video spots from Kristiina Watt, Victoria Couper, Yvonne Eddy, and Elspeth Piggott. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fhQ...
Crowdfunder 5: Nuns have fun!
YouTube video by MusicaSecreta
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July 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
And it's Week 5 in our crowdfunder! Donations are slowly coming in but we would love it if you would share, share, share! This week's history lesson is on how nuns had fun, with lovely video spots from Kristiina Watt, Victoria Couper, Yvonne Eddy, and Elspeth Piggott. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fhQ...
The gentrification of Plumstead begins
July 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The gentrification of Plumstead begins
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When I pointed out King’s will lose 90% of its AHRC student-led places under the new scheme, I got piled on by the AHRC Chair claiming I was wrong and scaremongering.
It wasn’t quite 90%.
This year King’s students got 27 AHRC student-led scholarships.
Next year they’re giving us 3.
So 89% then.
It wasn’t quite 90%.
This year King’s students got 27 AHRC student-led scholarships.
Next year they’re giving us 3.
So 89% then.
'The number of student-initiated PhD scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is set to fall by 60 per cent when new doctoral training arrangements come into effect next year, new figures show.' 1/3
‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’
Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
When I pointed out King’s will lose 90% of its AHRC student-led places under the new scheme, I got piled on by the AHRC Chair claiming I was wrong and scaremongering.
It wasn’t quite 90%.
This year King’s students got 27 AHRC student-led scholarships.
Next year they’re giving us 3.
So 89% then.
It wasn’t quite 90%.
This year King’s students got 27 AHRC student-led scholarships.
Next year they’re giving us 3.
So 89% then.
Ridiculous new toy given what I actually need is a new harpsichord, but very grateful to Glenn Braun, who makes instruments that are usually wholly unaffordable accessible - in this case a lira da braccio, one of the go-to instruments for self-accompanied singing in the 15th century!
July 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ridiculous new toy given what I actually need is a new harpsichord, but very grateful to Glenn Braun, who makes instruments that are usually wholly unaffordable accessible - in this case a lira da braccio, one of the go-to instruments for self-accompanied singing in the 15th century!
Circe leaves the room when she hears most music, but apparently loves ars nova keyboard intabulations
July 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Circe leaves the room when she hears most music, but apparently loves ars nova keyboard intabulations
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The Israeli government and the IDF are, categorically, committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
Go ahead: arrest me.
Go ahead: arrest me.
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The Israeli government and the IDF are, categorically, committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
Go ahead: arrest me.
Go ahead: arrest me.
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Prince William made £22.9M last year. But he won’t say how much tax he paid. What is he trying to hide? We fund the monarchy, so the least we deserve is transparency. ✍️ Sign the petition if you agree:
July 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Prince William made £22.9M last year. But he won’t say how much tax he paid. What is he trying to hide? We fund the monarchy, so the least we deserve is transparency. ✍️ Sign the petition if you agree:
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Ripieno Choir, based near Esher, is recruiting a choral scholar for 25-26. Deadline tomorrow!
Looking for Tenor, Baritone or Bass aged 18-30. Sunday night rehearsals and termly concerts. £1200 stipend.
ripienochoir.org.uk/join-us/choral-scholarship/
Looking for Tenor, Baritone or Bass aged 18-30. Sunday night rehearsals and termly concerts. £1200 stipend.
ripienochoir.org.uk/join-us/choral-scholarship/
July 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ripieno Choir, based near Esher, is recruiting a choral scholar for 25-26. Deadline tomorrow!
Looking for Tenor, Baritone or Bass aged 18-30. Sunday night rehearsals and termly concerts. £1200 stipend.
ripienochoir.org.uk/join-us/choral-scholarship/
Looking for Tenor, Baritone or Bass aged 18-30. Sunday night rehearsals and termly concerts. £1200 stipend.
ripienochoir.org.uk/join-us/choral-scholarship/
That might be because I’m writing about Renaissance gender bias
July 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
That might be because I’m writing about Renaissance gender bias
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Reform has lost 11 councillors and 2 MPs in a matter of months… and when I say ‘lost’ I mean, they’ve quit following rows, impropriety or inability to do their jobs.
So, if Brexit weren’t proof enough, then this barrelling shitshow should confirm forever that they should be nowhere near govt.
So, if Brexit weren’t proof enough, then this barrelling shitshow should confirm forever that they should be nowhere near govt.
July 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Reform has lost 11 councillors and 2 MPs in a matter of months… and when I say ‘lost’ I mean, they’ve quit following rows, impropriety or inability to do their jobs.
So, if Brexit weren’t proof enough, then this barrelling shitshow should confirm forever that they should be nowhere near govt.
So, if Brexit weren’t proof enough, then this barrelling shitshow should confirm forever that they should be nowhere near govt.
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Another day, another war crime.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israeli strikes kill at least 38 in Gaza as ceasefire talks reach critical point
Benjamin Netanyahu travels to Washington as momentum gathers in negotiations for a US-sponsored deal
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Another day, another war crime.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
We’re already knee-deep in sources for ornamentation and continuo realisation! We’re all challenging our approaches to Historical Performance with this album, and can’t wait to share our work from this Autumn!
A week after launching the final stage of fundraising for our first album, & we’re almost there! Help bring the Venetian stage back to life in a new approach to recording the music of Cavalli, Strozzi & their contemporaries www.musicaantica.org.uk/support-our-... #opera #classicalmusic #earlymusic
Support our first album | Musica Antica
Unrecorded and long-unperformed music from the theatres of 1650s Venice.
www.musicaantica.org.uk
July 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We’re already knee-deep in sources for ornamentation and continuo realisation! We’re all challenging our approaches to Historical Performance with this album, and can’t wait to share our work from this Autumn!
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Among many the bizzarre (some terrifying) questions people apparently needed answers to in 1474: ‘why it is better to have a thick neck than a thin one’.
June 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Among many the bizzarre (some terrifying) questions people apparently needed answers to in 1474: ‘why it is better to have a thick neck than a thin one’.
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'AI-generated reviews often suffer from five key weaknesses. They rely on vague...language. They misrepresent the paper’s scope....They flag issues that have already been addressed. They exhibit inconsistent or contradictory logic. And they lack the...nuance of a thoughtful human reviewer.' 1/2
My paper was probably reviewed by AI – and that’s a serious problem
Our paper was rejected on the basis of reviewer comments that were vague, formulaic, often irrelevant and occasionally inaccurate, says Seongjin Hong
www.timeshighereducation.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
'AI-generated reviews often suffer from five key weaknesses. They rely on vague...language. They misrepresent the paper’s scope....They flag issues that have already been addressed. They exhibit inconsistent or contradictory logic. And they lack the...nuance of a thoughtful human reviewer.' 1/2
Loads of fun (and a completely full house) doing Rameau’s Les Incas Du Perou with @musicaantica.bsky.social on Saturday. Can’t be many trios in western music that manage to get in a love duet, rage aria and erupting volcano all at once! #se16 #earlymusic
June 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Loads of fun (and a completely full house) doing Rameau’s Les Incas Du Perou with @musicaantica.bsky.social on Saturday. Can’t be many trios in western music that manage to get in a love duet, rage aria and erupting volcano all at once! #se16 #earlymusic
Stopped to have a chat with a lady handing out postcards for a new church on the way to play the organ this morning. Asking her about it, it transpired that this should actually read ‘A church for people who believe women shouldn’t be in any position of authority, anywhere, ever’.
March 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Stopped to have a chat with a lady handing out postcards for a new church on the way to play the organ this morning. Asking her about it, it transpired that this should actually read ‘A church for people who believe women shouldn’t be in any position of authority, anywhere, ever’.
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Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American History Since 1600
University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DME724/b...
University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DME724/b...
Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American History Since 1600 at University of Oxford
An opportunity for an academic position as a Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American History Since 1600 is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job open...
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March 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American History Since 1600
University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DME724/b...
University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DME724/b...