SearchGetRecordAshford Choral Society (1936-73)
Collection Summary
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Ashford Choral Society (1936-73)
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Provinces A
Description
Programmes for 41 concerts given by Ashford (and District) Choral Society between 1936 and 1973 in Ashford Parish Church, the Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone Road and the Grammar School for Boys, Hythe Road. The conductors were Paul Steinitz (1936), Mary Mitchell (1952-64), John Gadsden (from 1964) and Mark Deller (from 1970).
The choir gave two concerts a year, featuring a large-scale choral work in March or April and Christmas music in December. The collection consists of programmes for each concert given between 1952 and 1969, plus programmes for concerts on 30 March 1936, 10 May 1969, 14 March 1970, 27 March 1971, and 14 April 1973.
The choir gave two concerts a year, featuring a large-scale choral work in March or April and Christmas music in December. The collection consists of programmes for each concert given between 1952 and 1969, plus programmes for concerts on 30 March 1936, 10 May 1969, 14 March 1970, 27 March 1971, and 14 April 1973.
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Date range of collection
1936 - 1973
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Not Specific
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Royal College of Music: Centre for Performance History
Centre for Performance History
Prince Consort Road
London London SW7 2BS Bangladesh Open Map
Website
Email
cph@rcm.ac.uk
Telephone
020 7 589 4340
Fax
020 7 589 7740
Visiting Information
Mon-Fri by appointment
Collections Overview
The Centre for Performance History was created in 2004 through the amalgamation of the Department of Portraits and the Museum of Instruments (see the separate entry for the Museum. The College has acquired portraits throughout its history since 1883 and the Centre posseses the most comprehensive collection of portraits of musicians in the UK, amounting to some 346 original portraits and 10,000 prints and photographs. In addition to the iconographical collections and their documentation, the department houses other categories of source material - most notably the largest collection of concert programmes in this country, comprising some 600,000 items dating from 1780 to the present day.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
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Open
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