{"id":2815,"date":"2019-10-07T14:26:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T13:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/history\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2024-11-05T14:47:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T14:47:52","slug":"getting-my-research-into-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/history\/2019\/10\/07\/getting-my-research-into-print\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting my Research into Print"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post comes from Simon Carpenter, who completed an MA by Research in History at the University of Gloucestershire in 2018.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sir Herbert Brewer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

On the face of it, trying to interest journals in the life and work of a late nineteenth century provincial cathedral organist would appear to be an uphill task. But when I first approached the University of Gloucestershire with the idea of researching the career of Herbert Brewer, I was convinced that I had found a fresh angle that would generate significant interest. Brewer was the Gloucester Cathedral organist between 1896 and 1928, and as was typical of the time, he had a number of \u2018articled\u2019 pupils. These were aspiring professional musicians who undertook to be trained by an established and qualified professional on a one to one basis. The difference with Brewer, however, was that three of his pupils were some of the 20th<\/sup> century\u2019s cultural icons: Ivor Gurney, Herbert Howells and Ivor Novello. The focus of my MA thesis was to examine Brewer\u2019s relationship with them \u2013 from his perspective. This had never been done before (I had checked!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n