SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Birmingham: Multi-venue and festivals (1984-2001)
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English Provinces: Birmingham: Multi-venue and festivals (1984-2001)
Description
A collection of 12 prospectuses, concert diaries and programmes from Birmingham, from 1984 to 2001.
The collection includes brochures and prospectuses from the following festivals: Harborne Festival; St. Albans Festival; Birmingham Alternative Music Festival. In addition, there are also prospectuses from the following one-off events: Sounds like Birmingham (1992 - a year long festival of music); Sir Michael Tippett in Birmingham (May 1989 - various ensembles); Ex-Cathedra - The Grand Tour; Celebrating Stanford (organised by the University of Birmingham, concerts in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts and St. Paul's Church, St. Paul's Square, Hockley.
In addition there are also prospectuses from the following organisations and concert series: CBSO (concerts held in Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall);
City of Birmingham Choir, with CBSO (concerts held in Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall); Birmingham Festival Choral Society; Lunchtime Organ Music (concerts held in Birmingham Cathedral and Symphony Hall).
The collection includes brochures and prospectuses from the following festivals: Harborne Festival; St. Albans Festival; Birmingham Alternative Music Festival. In addition, there are also prospectuses from the following one-off events: Sounds like Birmingham (1992 - a year long festival of music); Sir Michael Tippett in Birmingham (May 1989 - various ensembles); Ex-Cathedra - The Grand Tour; Celebrating Stanford (organised by the University of Birmingham, concerts in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts and St. Paul's Church, St. Paul's Square, Hockley.
In addition there are also prospectuses from the following organisations and concert series: CBSO (concerts held in Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall);
City of Birmingham Choir, with CBSO (concerts held in Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall); Birmingham Festival Choral Society; Lunchtime Organ Music (concerts held in Birmingham Cathedral and Symphony Hall).
Format
Date range of collection
1984 - 2001
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
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Location Details
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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