SearchGetRecordCambridge Concerts (1875-1878)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
Cambridge Concerts (1875-1878)
Unique Identifier
f.757
Description
Programmes and handbills for recitals and concerts give at various venues in Cambridge between 1875 and 1878. Also programmes for dramatic performances. These programmes are bound chronologically, but are here grouped together by type.
1.
Handbills for organ recitals given at Trinity College Chapel.
Handbill for performances given by Mr C. Villiers Stanford and Mr F. Dewberry on 3 and 10 May 1876.
Handbill for performances given by Mr Alan Gray, Mr C. Villiers Stanford and Mr G. F. Cobb on 18, 20 and 22 May 1876.
Handbill for performance given by Stanford on 27 May 1876.
Handbill for performance given by Stanford on 1 June 1876.
Handbill for performances given by Dr J. Bridge, Stanford and Mr G. F. Cobb on 16, 19 and 21 May 1877.
2.
Programmes for concerts given by Gonville and Caius College Music Society (G & C C M S), all of which were conducted by G. M. Garrett and accompanied by Mr F. Dewberry. All programmes include a list of the Music Society committee.
29 May 1876: a two-part concert of solo and ensemble vocal music with one instrumental solo item per part.
23 May 1877: a two-part concert, the second act of which comprised a cantata by Fox entitled The Jackdaw of Rheims.
23 May 1878: a performance of Dr Rimbault’s cantata, A County Life, with F. W. Morley (harmonium). The programme includes a wordbook.
3.
Miscellaneous Concerts.
Programme a Grand Promenade Concert given on 8 November 1875 at the New Corn Exchange, featuring the vocalists Madame Clara Suter, Mr Maybrick, with the Chorus of Cambridge Musical Society, the Band of the Coldstream Guard, and the band of the Cambridge Musical Society, led by Mr C. Sippel and conducted by Messrs. Fred Godfrey and H. J. Brown. Mr F. Dewberry (accompanist). This was a two-part concert, predominantly vocal but with orchestral/band items at the start and end of each half and an instrumental solo item per part.
Programme for a Grand Concert given on 10 May 1876 at the Guildhall, featuring the vocalists Miss Robertson, Mrs Irene Ware, and Miss Fanny Robertson, Mr W. Shakespeare and Mr Wadmore, with Stanford (piano), conducted by Signor Alberto Randegger. This was a two-act vocal concert, with pieces for solo piano, played by Stanford in each half. The programme includes some incomplete sketches of people on its reverse.
Announcement and programme for Messrs W. and J. Ling’s Concert, given on 2 February 1877 at the Guildhall, featuring vocalists Miss Robertson (soprano), Miss Fanny Robertson (alto), James Sauvage (tenor), Henry Pope (bass), with Monsieur Albert (cello) and Signor Randegger (accompanist and conductor). This was a two-part vocal concert with solo music for cello in each half.
Programme for a performance of G. A. Macfarren’s oratorio, Saint John the Baptist, given by the Cambridge Musical Society on 20 February 1878 at the Guildhall, featuring Madame Nouver, Miss Mary Cummings, Mr Hollins, Mr Thurley Beale, led by Mr Sippel and conducted by Mr W. C. Dewberry (conductor), with Mr Tom Silver (organ).
4.
Dramatic performances, at the A.D.C. Theatre. All programmes include a list of the works performed and those performers involved.
Programme for performances given between 20 and 23 November 1876.
Programme for performances given between 19 and 23 November 1877.
Programme for performances given between 11 and 14 November 1878.
1.
Handbills for organ recitals given at Trinity College Chapel.
Handbill for performances given by Mr C. Villiers Stanford and Mr F. Dewberry on 3 and 10 May 1876.
Handbill for performances given by Mr Alan Gray, Mr C. Villiers Stanford and Mr G. F. Cobb on 18, 20 and 22 May 1876.
Handbill for performance given by Stanford on 27 May 1876.
Handbill for performance given by Stanford on 1 June 1876.
Handbill for performances given by Dr J. Bridge, Stanford and Mr G. F. Cobb on 16, 19 and 21 May 1877.
2.
Programmes for concerts given by Gonville and Caius College Music Society (G & C C M S), all of which were conducted by G. M. Garrett and accompanied by Mr F. Dewberry. All programmes include a list of the Music Society committee.
29 May 1876: a two-part concert of solo and ensemble vocal music with one instrumental solo item per part.
23 May 1877: a two-part concert, the second act of which comprised a cantata by Fox entitled The Jackdaw of Rheims.
23 May 1878: a performance of Dr Rimbault’s cantata, A County Life, with F. W. Morley (harmonium). The programme includes a wordbook.
3.
Miscellaneous Concerts.
Programme a Grand Promenade Concert given on 8 November 1875 at the New Corn Exchange, featuring the vocalists Madame Clara Suter, Mr Maybrick, with the Chorus of Cambridge Musical Society, the Band of the Coldstream Guard, and the band of the Cambridge Musical Society, led by Mr C. Sippel and conducted by Messrs. Fred Godfrey and H. J. Brown. Mr F. Dewberry (accompanist). This was a two-part concert, predominantly vocal but with orchestral/band items at the start and end of each half and an instrumental solo item per part.
Programme for a Grand Concert given on 10 May 1876 at the Guildhall, featuring the vocalists Miss Robertson, Mrs Irene Ware, and Miss Fanny Robertson, Mr W. Shakespeare and Mr Wadmore, with Stanford (piano), conducted by Signor Alberto Randegger. This was a two-act vocal concert, with pieces for solo piano, played by Stanford in each half. The programme includes some incomplete sketches of people on its reverse.
Announcement and programme for Messrs W. and J. Ling’s Concert, given on 2 February 1877 at the Guildhall, featuring vocalists Miss Robertson (soprano), Miss Fanny Robertson (alto), James Sauvage (tenor), Henry Pope (bass), with Monsieur Albert (cello) and Signor Randegger (accompanist and conductor). This was a two-part vocal concert with solo music for cello in each half.
Programme for a performance of G. A. Macfarren’s oratorio, Saint John the Baptist, given by the Cambridge Musical Society on 20 February 1878 at the Guildhall, featuring Madame Nouver, Miss Mary Cummings, Mr Hollins, Mr Thurley Beale, led by Mr Sippel and conducted by Mr W. C. Dewberry (conductor), with Mr Tom Silver (organ).
4.
Dramatic performances, at the A.D.C. Theatre. All programmes include a list of the works performed and those performers involved.
Programme for performances given between 20 and 23 November 1876.
Programme for performances given between 19 and 23 November 1877.
Programme for performances given between 11 and 14 November 1878.
Format
Date range of collection
1875 - 1878
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Stanford, Charles Villiers -
- Rimbault, Edward -
- Randegger, Alberto -
- Macfarren, George -
- Gray, Alan -
- Gonville and Caius College Music Society -
- Godfrey, Dan -
- Garrett, G.M. -
- Fox, G. -
- Dewberry, F. (Mr) -
- Cobbe Collection of Musical Instruments -
- Cambridge Musical Society -
- Bridge, J. F. -
- Band of HM Coldstream Guards 1785 -
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Location Details
British Library, Music Collections
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Accrual Status
closed
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