SearchGetRecordMozart: private performances in London (1894-1913)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
Mozart: private performances in London (1894-1913)
Unique Identifier
7888.a.62
Description
Programmes of Mozart Operas and other Classical Music performed in chronological order at 45 Seymour Street and 20 Hans Road, 1894-1913.
This volume begins with a List of Members, which is effectively a list of performers. Both here, and in the programmes that follow, a distinction is made between professional and amateur participants.
Conductors: A. Hughes-Hughes, Sir Francis Champneys, L. Hintze and Orton Bradley
Accompanists: Mrs W. Lynch, Miss Gladys Meates, Mrs Leeds and Mr Philip Webb
1. 45 Seymour Street/Operatic performances
With the exception of La Clemenza di Tito, each opera was spread over two performances. All performances would appear to have been accompanied on the piano, with the overtures arranged as piano duets, conducted by Dr Champneys.
Each programme provides a brief plot synopsis, a list of the individual numbers, and detailed information regarding the solo and ensemble singers: those professional performers involved in each production are listed below.
20 February and 6 March 1894: Le Nozze di Figaro, with Mr Paul England (Figaro), Mrs Jackson/Madame Elsa May (Susanna), Mr Frederick Williams (Don Basilio and Don Curzio) and Dr Champneys (Dr Bartolo).
14 November and 12 December: Don Giovanni, with Paul England (Leporello) and Miss Gertrude Sichel (Donna Anna).
9 January and [undated] 1895: Cosi fan Tutte, with Mr Frederick Williams (Ferrando).
13 March 1895: La Clemenza di Tito, with Mr Frederick Williams (Titus). This performance took place at 20 Great Cumberland Place.
8 May and 12 June 1895: Die Zauberflöte, with Miss Constance Egerton (Queen of the Night), Mr Frederick Williams (Tamino), Mr Paul England (Papageno) and Mr Whitney Tew (Sarastro).
16 February and 15 March 1897: Idomeneo, Re di Creta, with Mr Frederick Williams (Idomeneus) and Miss Hilda Foster (Ilia).
2 April 1900: Music in Europe c.1240-1600
21 March 1901: Music in Europe, 1601-1656.
These were both two-part concerts of solo and ensemble, vocal music, with occasional instrumental solos, arranged chronologically. The first featured a piece for solo keyboard by William Byrd (Miss Lily Hardy, piano) and concluded with an extract from Monteverdi, Orfeo. Both programmes include very brief historical observations and a list of the principal contemporaries for each of the composers featured.
2) 20 Hans Road, Hans Place, S.W
Programmes for nine concerts, each unified either historically or geographically. These were two-part performances of solo and ensemble vocal music, with some instrumental items. All programmes provide detailed information regarding the performers (including lists of the choral ensembles), some brief historical observations, and a list of contemporaries for each of the composers featured.
Unless otherwise stated below, these concerts were conducted by Louis Hintze.
3 April 1903: Mrs Wiltshire Lynch (piano) and Herr Louis Hintze (violin), conducted by Mr Frederick Williams and Mr Hughes-Hughes.
25 March 1904: Bach, Handel and their Contemporaries.
27 October 1905: Gluck, Haydn, Mozart and Contemporaries. The front cover of this programme carries miniature photos of Gluck, Haydn and Mozart.
6 April 1906: Period 1800-1850, with Miss Marie Letèbe (piano).
22 March 1907: concert of vocal and instrumental music from the second half of the nineteenth century, featuring Miss Marie Letèbe (piano).
18 March 1910: English Music (13th-20th Centuries), conducted by Orton Bradley.
2 March 1911: Music of France and the Netherlands, with Mrs Cozens-Hardy (violin) and Mr Benno Pitt (cello).
7 March 1912: Concert of Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Music (14th-20th centuries), with Madame Laszlò (violin) and conducted by Orton Bradley.
21 February 1913: Concert of Austro-Hungarian, German, Scandinavian, Slavonic Music (16th-20th centuries), with Mr A. Mayger Hind (violin) and conducted by Mr Orton Bradley. The front cover of this document carries miniature photos of Gluck and Haydn.
Relationship terms not added: Mrs Leeds (accompanist), Mrs Jackson (vocal), and Mrs Cozens-Hardy, Madame Laszlò and Mr A. Mayger Hind (violin).
This volume begins with a List of Members, which is effectively a list of performers. Both here, and in the programmes that follow, a distinction is made between professional and amateur participants.
Conductors: A. Hughes-Hughes, Sir Francis Champneys, L. Hintze and Orton Bradley
Accompanists: Mrs W. Lynch, Miss Gladys Meates, Mrs Leeds and Mr Philip Webb
1. 45 Seymour Street/Operatic performances
With the exception of La Clemenza di Tito, each opera was spread over two performances. All performances would appear to have been accompanied on the piano, with the overtures arranged as piano duets, conducted by Dr Champneys.
Each programme provides a brief plot synopsis, a list of the individual numbers, and detailed information regarding the solo and ensemble singers: those professional performers involved in each production are listed below.
20 February and 6 March 1894: Le Nozze di Figaro, with Mr Paul England (Figaro), Mrs Jackson/Madame Elsa May (Susanna), Mr Frederick Williams (Don Basilio and Don Curzio) and Dr Champneys (Dr Bartolo).
14 November and 12 December: Don Giovanni, with Paul England (Leporello) and Miss Gertrude Sichel (Donna Anna).
9 January and [undated] 1895: Cosi fan Tutte, with Mr Frederick Williams (Ferrando).
13 March 1895: La Clemenza di Tito, with Mr Frederick Williams (Titus). This performance took place at 20 Great Cumberland Place.
8 May and 12 June 1895: Die Zauberflöte, with Miss Constance Egerton (Queen of the Night), Mr Frederick Williams (Tamino), Mr Paul England (Papageno) and Mr Whitney Tew (Sarastro).
16 February and 15 March 1897: Idomeneo, Re di Creta, with Mr Frederick Williams (Idomeneus) and Miss Hilda Foster (Ilia).
2 April 1900: Music in Europe c.1240-1600
21 March 1901: Music in Europe, 1601-1656.
These were both two-part concerts of solo and ensemble, vocal music, with occasional instrumental solos, arranged chronologically. The first featured a piece for solo keyboard by William Byrd (Miss Lily Hardy, piano) and concluded with an extract from Monteverdi, Orfeo. Both programmes include very brief historical observations and a list of the principal contemporaries for each of the composers featured.
2) 20 Hans Road, Hans Place, S.W
Programmes for nine concerts, each unified either historically or geographically. These were two-part performances of solo and ensemble vocal music, with some instrumental items. All programmes provide detailed information regarding the performers (including lists of the choral ensembles), some brief historical observations, and a list of contemporaries for each of the composers featured.
Unless otherwise stated below, these concerts were conducted by Louis Hintze.
3 April 1903: Mrs Wiltshire Lynch (piano) and Herr Louis Hintze (violin), conducted by Mr Frederick Williams and Mr Hughes-Hughes.
25 March 1904: Bach, Handel and their Contemporaries.
27 October 1905: Gluck, Haydn, Mozart and Contemporaries. The front cover of this programme carries miniature photos of Gluck, Haydn and Mozart.
6 April 1906: Period 1800-1850, with Miss Marie Letèbe (piano).
22 March 1907: concert of vocal and instrumental music from the second half of the nineteenth century, featuring Miss Marie Letèbe (piano).
18 March 1910: English Music (13th-20th Centuries), conducted by Orton Bradley.
2 March 1911: Music of France and the Netherlands, with Mrs Cozens-Hardy (violin) and Mr Benno Pitt (cello).
7 March 1912: Concert of Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Music (14th-20th centuries), with Madame Laszlò (violin) and conducted by Orton Bradley.
21 February 1913: Concert of Austro-Hungarian, German, Scandinavian, Slavonic Music (16th-20th centuries), with Mr A. Mayger Hind (violin) and conducted by Mr Orton Bradley. The front cover of this document carries miniature photos of Gluck and Haydn.
Relationship terms not added: Mrs Leeds (accompanist), Mrs Jackson (vocal), and Mrs Cozens-Hardy, Madame Laszlò and Mr A. Mayger Hind (violin).
Format
Date range of collection
1894 - 1913
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Williams, Frederick -
- Webb, Philip -
- Tew, Whitney -
- Sichel, Gertrude -
- Pitt, Benno -
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -
- Meates, Gladys -
- May, Elsa -
- Lynch, Wiltshire -
- Letèbe, Marie -
- Hughes-Hughes, A. -
- Hintze, Louis -
- Haydn, Joseph -
- Hardy, Lily -
- Handel, George Frideric -
- Gluck, Christoph Willibald von -
- Foster, Hilda -
- England, Paul -
- Egerton, Constance -
- Champneys, Sir Francis -
- Bradley, Orton -
- Bach, Johann Sebastian -
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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
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