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Conference paper (unpublished)
Unlocking the Wandering Minstrels’ Archive: a case study in creating a database of performances
The Wandering Minstrels Orchestra was an orchestra of noblemen and gentlemen which gave hundreds of private 'smoking concerts' in London and charity concerts across England between 1860 and 1898. Surviving scrapbooks of photographs, press cuttings, programmes, letters and drawings relating to the Minstrels, many of them now preserved at the...Tuppen, Sandra
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Conference paper (unpublished)
Bibliographic records as 'Big Data': seeking harmony in music metadata
The collaborative research project ‘A Big Data History of Music’ draws on a disparate array of music catalogues created over nearly two centuries. During that time, many different cataloguing rules have existed; national and international standards have developed for cataloguing printed materials, and, in many countries, separate protocols established for...Tuppen, Sandra
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2014
Journal article
Shrove-tide dancing: balls and masques at Whitehall under Charles II
The tradition of the Shrove-tide court entertainment with dancing and music, strong in the first half of the seventeenth century in England, was restored with the monarchy after 1660. Shrove-tide masques, balls and plays, along with dishes of pancakes and fritters, remained a feature of the court calendar to the...Tuppen, Sandra
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2011
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Early Music Online
Access is provided via the Official URL. These digitised volumes contain approximately 10,000 musical compositions, which have been individually indexed. The volumes mainly consist of partbooks of vocal polyphony, but also include some early printed tablatures for keyboard or plucked string instruments. They include music printed in Italy, Germany, France...Rose, Stephen ; Tuppen, Sandra
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2014
Conference paper (published)
Prospects for a Big Data History of Music
This position paper sets out the possibility of a musicology based on the analysis of musical-bibliographical metadata as Big Data. It outlines the work underway, as part of the AHRC-funded project A Big Data History of Music, to align seven major datasets of musical-bibliographical metadata. After discussing some of the...Rose, Stephen ; Tuppen, Sandra
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2015
Journal article
Purcell in the 18th century: music for the 'Quality, Gentry, and others'
Henry Purcell was the only composer of his generation to be honoured with performances of his music at both the Academy of Ancient Music and Concerts of Ancient Music in the 18th century. Both organizations also programmed 18th-century music for The Tempest, believing it to be by Purcell. Excerpts from...Tuppen, Sandra