{"id":221,"date":"2015-10-15T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/?p=221"},"modified":"2020-03-23T15:05:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T15:05:21","slug":"ideas-for-your-dissertation-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2015\/10\/15\/ideas-for-your-dissertation-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas For Your Dissertation! #4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <span style=\"color: red;font-size: medium\">Idea #4 The Barlow (David) Archive<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subjects<\/strong>: Music<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_222\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/barlow-papers-SQ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222\" class=\" wp-image-222\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/barlow-papers-SQ.jpg\" alt=\"GB186\/DB\" width=\"208\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/barlow-papers-SQ.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/barlow-papers-SQ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/barlow-papers-SQ-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GB186\/DB<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is a large collection of musical manuscripts created by twentieth-century British composer David Barlow (1927-1975), formerly a lecturer in the Department of Music at Newcastle University, although it is not a complete collection of his works. The material comprises of over 100 items which cover the musical genres of orchestral, opera, choral, songs, solo works, instrumental and chamber music. Barlow&#8217;s musical influences included biblical and literary interests and the collection includes his church operas David and Bathsheba and Judas Iscariot as well as his children&#8217;s opera The Selfish Giant.<\/p>\n<p>The collection also contains copies of many of Barlow&#8217;s important works which are held at the British Music Information Centre, as well as some early manuscripts (mainly short works and sketches).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date Range of Material<\/strong><br \/>\n20<sup>th<\/sup> Century<\/p>\n<p><strong>Size of Collection<\/strong><br \/>\n6 files of 827 items.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collection Reference Code<\/strong><br \/>\nGB186\/DB<\/p>\n<p><strong>How To Order Items From This Collection<\/strong><br \/>\n# First, use the finding aid below to search through a list of the individual items we have within this collection.<br \/>\n# If you find an item you would like to consult in the Special Collections reading room, simply make a note of the reference number and title of the item(s) you are interested in (for example GB186\/DB\/2 David and Bathsheba).<br \/>\n# You can then place your order by linking to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/special-collections\/using\/requesting.php\">request form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finding Aid<\/strong><br \/>\nThe catalogue of the Barlow (David) Archive is available a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/assets\/documents\/handlists\/barlow_papers.pdf\">pdf download<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Handy Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.ncl.ac.uk\/c.php?g=332771\">Guide to finding and using Archives and Rare Books<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.ncl.ac.uk\/c.php?g=130144&amp;p=2365335\">More Archives and Special Collections for Arts and Cultures students<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idea #4 The Barlow (David) Archive Subjects: Music This is a large collection of musical manuscripts created by twentieth-century British composer David Barlow (1927-1975), formerly a lecturer in the Department of Music at Newcastle University, although it is not a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2015\/10\/15\/ideas-for-your-dissertation-4\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5894,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[463],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2085,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions\/2085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}