Early English Viols: Instruments, Makers and Music. By Michael Fleming and John Bryan
Journal Article
Durkin, R. (2018)
Early English Viols: Instruments, Makers and Music. By Michael Fleming and John Bryan. Music and Letters, 99(3), 477-478. https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/gcy082
‘Which viols are held in great esteem these days? The very old English ones’, stated Philipp Eisel in his Musicus Autodidaktos of 1738. Eisel’s comment underlined the general ...
What I discovered inside Edinburgh’s museum of musical instruments
Other
Durkin, R. (2017)
What I discovered inside Edinburgh’s museum of musical instruments. https://theconversation.com/what-i-discovered-inside-edinburghs-museum-of-musical-instruments-77495
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The Dancing-Master's Toolkit: a Summary of the Pochette of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and its Role in Society
Journal Article
Durkin, R. (2017)
The Dancing-Master's Toolkit: a Summary of the Pochette of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and its Role in Society. The Galpin Society journal, LXX, 65-79
The pochette or kit of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries survives in surprisingly large numbers in both specialist and general collections, and displays a variety of fo...
David Bowie’s late revival belongs to a grand tradition dating back to Beethoven
Other
Frayn, A., & Durkin, R. (2017)
David Bowie’s late revival belongs to a grand tradition dating back to Beethoven. https://theconversation.com/david-bowies-late-revival-belongs-to-a-grand-tradition-dating-back-to-beethoven-71031
On David Bowie's Blackstar as embodying aspects of late style, as discussed by Theodor Adorno and Edward Said.
https://theconversation.com/david-bowies-late-revival-belongs-t...
‘A very mistaken identification’: the ‘sultana’ or ‘cither viol’ and its links to the bowed psaltery, viola d’amore and guittar
Journal Article
Poulopoulos, P., & Durkin, R. (2016)
‘A very mistaken identification’: the ‘sultana’ or ‘cither viol’ and its links to the bowed psaltery, viola d’amore and guittar. Early Music, 44(2), 307-331. https://doi.org/10.1093/em/caw047
The origins and development of the ‘sultana’ or ‘cither viol’ constitute an organological enigma.1 So far the research concerning this instrument has been rather limited, and ...
The mystery of item 333: an examination of an unidentified instrument
Presentation / Conference
Durkin, R. (2014, May)
The mystery of item 333: an examination of an unidentified instrument. Paper presented at Objects of Sound, Edinburgh
Within the Edinburgh University Collection of Historical Musical Instruments (EUCHMI), an instrument is held that is currently catalogued as ‘a viola d’amore or treble viol’. ...
The Viola d'Amore - its heritage reconsidered
Journal Article
Durkin, R. (2013)
The Viola d'Amore - its heritage reconsidered. The Galpin Society journal, 66, 139-147
The origins of the viola d’amore – identified as the addition of sympathetic strings to a viol – has, as a research field remained largely untouched since the work of Harry Da...