The Jerwood Library is fortunate to hold among our special collections the personal music library of renowned guitarist Julian Bream. Previously, we only had available online a hand-list covering selected items from the collection but now, we are pleased to announce that the whole collection has been catalogued and is fully incorporated into our online catalogue: Jerwood Library Search.
When using JL Search, you can narrow down your result results to include items from the Julian Bream collection only using the “Source” filter:
The collection is held in closed access, but specific items of interest can be retrieved by library staff. Viewing special collection items in person is possible during library opening hours, but please make an appointment via jlpa@trinitylaban.ac.uk.
We also have a selection of items from the collection currently on display in the Jerwood Library foyer – for a limited time only! Do pop up to the library to see them if you are at King Charles Court during the next week. Included are some transcriptions of music by Bream, scores with his annotations, and a couple of pieces with dedications to Bream, so there is plenty to look at for guitarists and non-guitarists alike!
You can read more about the Julian Bream collection, as well as Bream himself and his legacy in a previous blog post, written to accompany a previous exhibition of items from this wonderful collection.
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