SearchGetRecordErnst Henschel collection: London: St. Martin-in-the-Fields (1944-60)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
Ernst Henschel collection: London: St. Martin-in-the-Fields (1944-60)
Unique Identifier
Henschel
Description
A collection of programmes and handbills for performances given at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London between 1944 and 1960, held loosely and arranged chronologically within the Ernst Henschel collection (1892-1966).
For an introduction to this collection see Ernst Henschel collection: General.
Box 27, parcel 1 (1940-44)
5 June 1944: In Memoriam Ethel Smyth.
Box 30 parcel 1 (1948)
20 March: The Renaissance Singers.
Box 30, parcel 2 (1949)
7 December: Works by John Blow, given by members of the Morley College Choir, conducted by Walter Bergmann and Harold Watkins Shaw.
Box 31, parcel 1 (1950)
15 June: Dorian Singers, conducted by Matyas Seiber.
Box 32, parcel 1 (1952)
30 May: John Churchill (organ) and the combined choirs of Loughton High School for Girls and Bancroft’s School.
Box 34, parcel 1 (1956)
14 July: Harmonia Sacra, given by the Choristers of Ely Cathedral and the male voices of the Renaissance Singers, directed by Michael Howard.
11 December: A Programme of works by Stravinsky in the presence of the composer, by Duncan Robertson and Michel Roux (vocal), the London Bach Society, Elizabethan Singers and members of the St. Cecilia Orchestra, conducted by Robert Craft. A handbill and a programme are held for this performance, the listings in the latter replacing Roux with Xavier Depraz.
Box 34, parcel 2 (1957)
Autumn: prospectus with programmes for Autumn Music 1957.
Box 35, parcel 1 (1959)
15 October: Elizabethan Singers, conducted by Louis Halsey, with John Birch (organ).
Box 35, parcel 2 (1960)
10 January: A Survey of the Baroque Concert.
7 February: The Concerto in England (handwritten).
For an introduction to this collection see Ernst Henschel collection: General.
Box 27, parcel 1 (1940-44)
5 June 1944: In Memoriam Ethel Smyth.
Box 30 parcel 1 (1948)
20 March: The Renaissance Singers.
Box 30, parcel 2 (1949)
7 December: Works by John Blow, given by members of the Morley College Choir, conducted by Walter Bergmann and Harold Watkins Shaw.
Box 31, parcel 1 (1950)
15 June: Dorian Singers, conducted by Matyas Seiber.
Box 32, parcel 1 (1952)
30 May: John Churchill (organ) and the combined choirs of Loughton High School for Girls and Bancroft’s School.
Box 34, parcel 1 (1956)
14 July: Harmonia Sacra, given by the Choristers of Ely Cathedral and the male voices of the Renaissance Singers, directed by Michael Howard.
11 December: A Programme of works by Stravinsky in the presence of the composer, by Duncan Robertson and Michel Roux (vocal), the London Bach Society, Elizabethan Singers and members of the St. Cecilia Orchestra, conducted by Robert Craft. A handbill and a programme are held for this performance, the listings in the latter replacing Roux with Xavier Depraz.
Box 34, parcel 2 (1957)
Autumn: prospectus with programmes for Autumn Music 1957.
Box 35, parcel 1 (1959)
15 October: Elizabethan Singers, conducted by Louis Halsey, with John Birch (organ).
Box 35, parcel 2 (1960)
10 January: A Survey of the Baroque Concert.
7 February: The Concerto in England (handwritten).
Format
Date range of collection
1944 - 1960
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Stravinsky, Igor -
- St. Cecilia Orchestra -
- Smyth, Ethel -
- Shaw, Harold Watkins -
- Seiber, Mátyás -
- Robertson, Duncan -
- Renaissance Singers -
- Morley College -
- Loughton High School for Girls -
- London Bach Society -
- Howard, Michael -
- Henschel, Ernst -
- Halsey, Louis -
- Ely Cathedral -
- Elizabethan Singers -
- Dorian Singers -
- Craft, Robert -
- Churchill, John -
- Blow, John -
- Birch, John -
- Bergmann, Walter -
Associated Places
Associated Times
This collection is about
Location Details
British Library
The British Library
St Pancras
,96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB United Kingdom Open Map
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Collections Overview
The Library's collection of song and piano sheet music is one of the most comprehensive of its kind, providing a valuable insight into Victorian society and culture as well as the music itself.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
Additional Collection Information
Accrual Status
closed
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