Written Workshttps://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/worksWelcome to my blogen-GBSat, 09 Mar 2024 11:47:34 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60cloudscribe.SimpleContent.Syndication.RssChannelProviderDo you think life is like a video-recording?The lyrics for a song written by in 1985. First line 'One night I dreamed that far from earth'.

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/do-you-think-life-is-like-a-video-recordinghttps://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/do-you-think-life-is-like-a-video-recordingSat, 09 Mar 2024 11:47:34 GMTsongpoem1980sOh Lord who made our good friend BobA poem by Peter Tranchell about Thurston "Bob" Dart, Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge 1962 to 1964

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/oh-lord-who-made-our-good-friend-bobhttps://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/oh-lord-who-made-our-good-friend-bobThu, 25 Jan 2024 22:24:17 GMTpoemExamination papers for the John Stewart of Rannoch Scholarships in Sacred Music, 1977Peter Tranchell authored and produced these examination papers for the John Stewart of Rannoch Scholarships in Sacred Music, 1977, including twelve musical extracts in his own hand.

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/examination-papers-for-the-john-stewart-of-rannoch-scholarships-in-sacred-music-1977https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/examination-papers-for-the-john-stewart-of-rannoch-scholarships-in-sacred-music-1977Sat, 14 Sep 2019 12:05:26 GMTexam paperSummer letter to the Choir, August 1988A hand-written (then photocopied) letter sent to choral scholars before term, August 1988.

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/summer-letter-to-the-choir-august-1988https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/summer-letter-to-the-choir-august-1988Mon, 01 Aug 1988 22:09:00 GMTletterMusic from Caius LP: text and notes part 1This page includes the text, and a scan of the cover, of the 16-page booklet from the 1985 LP 'Music from Caius'

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/music-from-caius-lp-text-and-notes-part-1https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/music-from-caius-lp-text-and-notes-part-1Tue, 01 Jan 1985 20:08:00 GMTarticleMUSICO-FOLK-LORISTIC SPECULATION, Tranchell, The Caian, mid 1960sSpeculation by PAT in characteristic manner on the origins of the ‘Humpty Dumpty’ and ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’ nursery rhymes leads him to consideration of composers being unconsciously influenced by half-remembered tunes – their own or others’ – in a process of ‘seepage’. Very much in the style of similar articles written for the Cambridge Review in the 1950s, and covering in part the same ground as ‘The Truth About Tunes’ published there on 4 June 1955, this is the sole example of the genre to be published in the Caian and perhaps the last that he wrote.

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/musico-folk-loristic-speculation-tranchell-the-caian-mid-1960shttps://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/musico-folk-loristic-speculation-tranchell-the-caian-mid-1960sFri, 01 Jan 1965 19:23:00 GMTarticleJottings of a Domestic BursarJottings of a Domestic Bursar was written while Peter Tranchell was Domestic Bursar and Keeper of the College Courts and Gardens 1962-1966.

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/jottings-of-a-domestic-bursarhttps://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/jottings-of-a-domestic-bursarMon, 01 Oct 1962 22:17:00 GMTarticleA NEW OPERA IN CAMBRIDGE, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 24th February 1962Although he finished his stint as regular music critic for the Cambridge Review at the end of 1959, as his responsibilities at Caius become much more demanding, PAT wrote one last article in 1962 – perhaps to promote a cause dear to his heart.

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/a-new-opera-in-cambridge-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-24th-february-1962https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/a-new-opera-in-cambridge-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-24th-february-1962Sat, 24 Feb 1962 21:32:00 GMTreviewA PIANO COULD BE A LOVESOME THING, GOD WOT, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 7th November 1959Is the piano dying out, and if not, why not? These questions reverberate about the occiput of any thinking person...

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/a-piano-could-be-a-lovesome-thing-god-wot-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-7th-november-1959https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/a-piano-could-be-a-lovesome-thing-god-wot-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-7th-november-1959Sat, 07 Nov 1959 21:44:00 GMTarticleTHE PLEASURES OF INFORMALITY, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 13th June 1959Echoing the article ‘A May-Week Concert’ published on 31 May 1952, PAT constructs another fantasy review.

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/the-pleasures-of-informality-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-13th-june-1959https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/the-pleasures-of-informality-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-13th-june-1959Sat, 13 Jun 1959 20:47:00 GMTreviewTHE PRESERVATION OF THE LINGUA FRANCA, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 6th June 1959

We all remember the success of Kreisler, not only as a fiddler, but as a diddler. Many a time and ...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/the-preservation-of-the-lingua-franca-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-6th-june-1959https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/the-preservation-of-the-lingua-franca-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-6th-june-1959Sat, 06 Jun 1959 20:49:00 GMTarticleOpera-production course, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 21st February 1959

I have just seen a notice advertising a course of instruction in opera-production. It is one of many offered in ...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/opera-production-course-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-21st-february-1959https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/opera-production-course-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-21st-february-1959Sat, 21 Feb 1959 21:53:00 GMTarticleMUSIC AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR EXERCISE, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 24th January 1959

It is not generally realized how physically taxing are the demands of musical performance. In certain duller colleges where the ...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/music-as-a-substitute-for-exercise-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-24th-january-1959https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/music-as-a-substitute-for-exercise-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-24th-january-1959Sat, 24 Jan 1959 21:56:00 GMTarticleA QUESTION OF FOCUS, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 29th November 1958

The Italians are quite right when they call opera a spettacolo. We go to see it rather than to hear ...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/a-question-of-focus-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-29th-november-1958https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/a-question-of-focus-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-29th-november-1958Sat, 29 Nov 1958 22:08:00 GMTarticleA QUESTION OF EXPRESSION, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 11th October 1958

Integrity, awareness and a sense of values, as Saint Beachcomber says, are nowadays to be looked for in all branches ...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/a-question-of-expression-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-11th-october-1958https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/a-question-of-expression-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-11th-october-1958Sat, 11 Oct 1958 22:11:00 GMTarticleRECITAL by PHYLLIS PALMER, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 1st March 1958The discomfort of Sisyphus is legendary, but at least his trouble with an uncongenial stone was in private. Miss Phyllis Palmer’s uphill battle with her own memory was inflicted upon the public.

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/recital-by-phyllis-palmer-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-1st-march-1958https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/recital-by-phyllis-palmer-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-1st-march-1958Sat, 01 Mar 1958 22:30:00 GMTreviewHAYDN’S CREATION, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 1st February 1958A review of a performance of Haydn's Creation by the Clare College Musical Society; Guildhall, Cambridge, January 26 1958.

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/haydn’s-creation-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-1st-february-1958https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/haydn%e2%80%99s-creation-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-1st-february-1958Sat, 01 Feb 1958 10:33:00 GMTreviewTHE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 30th November 1957I once heard The Yeomen of the Guard described as Gilbert and Sullivan’s nearest approach to Grand Opera. I have ever since wondered why.

...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/the-yeomen-of-the-guard-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-30th-november-1957https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/the-yeomen-of-the-guard-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-30th-november-1957Sat, 30 Nov 1957 10:49:00 GMTreviewTHE RAKE’S PROGRESS, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 24th November 1956

The bay tree is not especially noted for withering. Nor is the miserableness of sinners any measure of their sinfulness. ...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/the-rake’s-progress-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-24th-november-1956https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/the-rake%e2%80%99s-progress-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-24th-november-1956Sat, 24 Nov 1956 10:54:00 GMTreviewTHE CAMBRIDGE PHILHARMONIC, Tranchell, The Cambridge Review, 2nd June 1956

The soul of wit? Brevity! The pith of opinion? Brevity! The sweetness of music? Brevity! Nowadays it is such a ...read more]]>https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/the-cambridge-philharmonic-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-2nd-june-1956https://peter-tranchell.uk/writings/works/the-cambridge-philharmonic-tranchell-the-cambridge-review-2nd-june-1956Sat, 02 Jun 1956 10:48:00 GMTreview