SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Cambridge: Guildhall (1880-1967)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
English Provinces: Cambridge: Guildhall (1880-1967)
Description
A collection of 32 programmes and prospectuses from the Guildhall, from 1880 to 1967.
The first programme in the collection is from an event which took place on 3 Feburary 1880 by the Church of England Young Men's Society. The event included exhibitions, entertainments and musical items. The musical parts of the evening included part-songs, solo songs and instrumental music.
The remainder of the collection dates from 1912 onwards. A number of items in the collection are from concerts organised by the university, including programmes from the Cambridge University Music Club (CUMS). However, the collection includes a number of programmes from concerts organised by town-based societies, such as the Informal Music Club. The Guildhall hosted a number of visiting orchestras, ensembles and soloists.
Arrangement:
The items are arranged chronologically.
The first programme in the collection is from an event which took place on 3 Feburary 1880 by the Church of England Young Men's Society. The event included exhibitions, entertainments and musical items. The musical parts of the evening included part-songs, solo songs and instrumental music.
The remainder of the collection dates from 1912 onwards. A number of items in the collection are from concerts organised by the university, including programmes from the Cambridge University Music Club (CUMS). However, the collection includes a number of programmes from concerts organised by town-based societies, such as the Informal Music Club. The Guildhall hosted a number of visiting orchestras, ensembles and soloists.
Arrangement:
The items are arranged chronologically.
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Date range of collection
1880 - 1967
Accumulation Dates
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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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