SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Cambridge: No venue (1876-1996)
Collection Summary
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English Provinces: Cambridge: No venue (1876-1996)
Description
A collection of 23 programmes from Cambridge, where the concert venue is not known. The programmes date from 1876 to 1996. The collection contains a significant number of programmes from the 1910s and 1920s.
The earliest item in the collection is a programme from a concert given on 16 February 1876. The concert was organised by the Cambridge University Musical Society (CUMS) and was part of a series of "Wednesday Popular Concerts". The programme included chamber music, solo instrumental items and solo vocal items.
The rest of the collection dates from 1911 onwards, and includes a number of items from concerts associated with the University of Cambridge. These include a number of programmes from concerts organised by CUMS, including other programmes from popular concerts and programmes from a series of chamber concerts (1913-1914). The collection also includes a few official programmes form the university, such as programme from degree ceremonies.
The earliest item in the collection is a programme from a concert given on 16 February 1876. The concert was organised by the Cambridge University Musical Society (CUMS) and was part of a series of "Wednesday Popular Concerts". The programme included chamber music, solo instrumental items and solo vocal items.
The rest of the collection dates from 1911 onwards, and includes a number of items from concerts associated with the University of Cambridge. These include a number of programmes from concerts organised by CUMS, including other programmes from popular concerts and programmes from a series of chamber concerts (1913-1914). The collection also includes a few official programmes form the university, such as programme from degree ceremonies.
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Date range of collection
1876 - 1996
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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