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/
Profiles are informative!
https://karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/
Profiles are informative!
I'm sure you're very cool.
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm sure you're very cool.
I'm a weird aunt, too. I have lots of 'ridiculous qualifications' - though this was passed on to me by my late mother, and may have been misquoted.
And I'm still proud.
And I'm still proud.
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I'm a weird aunt, too. I have lots of 'ridiculous qualifications' - though this was passed on to me by my late mother, and may have been misquoted.
And I'm still proud.
And I'm still proud.
I am not at all surprised! 🎶 🎵
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I am not at all surprised! 🎶 🎵
And ... (just a couple more typical examples)
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
And ... (just a couple more typical examples)
Ah, but there are musical examples so the non-instrumentalist kidnaps a pianist friend to play them all to him ....
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Ah, but there are musical examples so the non-instrumentalist kidnaps a pianist friend to play them all to him ....
Looks interesting, thank you 😊
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Looks interesting, thank you 😊
I can so readily imagine the work you did, looking for something the catalogues don't record! Like me looking for prefaces, annotations, illustrations etc in song books. Or indications of use. And knowing as librarian AND user, the limitations of different generations of catalogue!
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I can so readily imagine the work you did, looking for something the catalogues don't record! Like me looking for prefaces, annotations, illustrations etc in song books. Or indications of use. And knowing as librarian AND user, the limitations of different generations of catalogue!
How will you survive the week?!
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
How will you survive the week?!
Congratulations 🎊
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Congratulations 🎊
Similarly, the *single* passenger who informs you that they booked *two seats* and you're sitting in one of them, despite you sitting *precisely* where your reservation tells you to sit ...
#GonnaeNoSayThat either!
#GonnaeNoSayThat either!
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Similarly, the *single* passenger who informs you that they booked *two seats* and you're sitting in one of them, despite you sitting *precisely* where your reservation tells you to sit ...
#GonnaeNoSayThat either!
#GonnaeNoSayThat either!
You thought that too?
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
You thought that too?