michaelI got all excited seeing a leaflet of the #MuseumOfMusicHistory, but it turns out they don't actually have a museum you can visit, just a lot of stuff in storage. With the #BateCollection still closed, it would be nice to have such a #museum for #MusicalInstruments one can actually visit ... https://momh.org.uk/about-us/
#Oxford: So the Schwarzman building opens in October, but the common people will only be allowed to enter it in April. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jz7nld658o no mention of the #BateCollection which should be in there somewhere ...
I do love the #BateCollection and have their poster on my wall, but as my own instrument collection has grown a bit in the last few years, I'm beginning to feel they don't have a vast number of instruments. They tell me 3/4 of the collection are in the current display. Their catalogue has 2698 entries, but these include lots tools and accessories, and instrument parts such as a cello spike listed near the end. So maybe 1,000 complete instruments? https://bate.web.ox.ac.uk/catalogue #oxford
#Oxford #today is the last chance to see the #BateCollection of #MusicalInstruments in its historic premises in St. Aldates, open from 2-5. And to play their #theremin or #serpent. Closed from tomorrow until they reopen in the new Schwarzman building some time in the summer. Staff told me they won't have more space there, but will use more efficient display technology, such as drawers.
... which reminds me - #Oxford's #BateCollection of #MusicalInstruments is due to move to the new Schwarzman Centre soon. As I understand it, today and next week may be the last chance to see it in its historic premises?! https://bate.web.ox.ac.uk/opening-time-and-how-find-us
earlymusicTOAn #improvised prelude and fugue [in #baroquestyle ]
#NicolaCanzano #harpsichord
https://youtu.be/rPjEqMpI0Xc?si=u9zspJRvmdGSeSLG (5:39)
recorded on the harpsichord by William Smith (London, 1720 or earlier), which could very well have been owned by G.F. #Handel, as seen in this Mercier portrait https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Retrato_de_HandelFXD.jpg/1024px-Retrato_de_HandelFXD.jpg
thanks to the #BateCollection at Oxford University
https://www.bate.ox.ac.uk/keyboard-instruments
#historicalinstruments unedited live recording Aug. 2022; Oxford, UK
