SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Exeter (1850-1996)
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English Provinces: Exeter (1850-1996)
Description
A collection of 29 programmes and prospectuses from Exeter, from 1850 to 1996. In addition, the collection includes a few press cuttings.
The programmes are from concerts given at the following venues: Barnfield Theatre; Exeter Cathedral (all described as ""Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Exeter"; includes programmes from "Chapter House"); Exeter Central Library, Music Room; Killerton House; Northcott Theatre; Royal Subscription Rooms; Theatre Royal; University of Exeter (including "Great Hall"); Victoria Hall.
The collection includes a programme from a concert given by the Exeter Oratorio Society, on 16/07/1880. The concert was given in the Royal Subscription Rooms and featured a performance of The Creation (Haydn). The programme includes the words of the performance, as well as a list of Exeter Oratorio Society members.
In addition, there are five prospectuses from the Exeter Festival. There is also a leaflet concerning the celebration of 300 years of Anglo-Dutch friendship in Exeter. There is a programme from a concert given as part of the Exeter Philharmonic Subscription Concerts in 1936, where the venue of the concert is unspecified.
Arrangement:
The programmes are arranged by venue, then chronologically. The prospectuses are housed at the end of the sequence, divided into organisation/festival, then arranged by year.
The programmes are from concerts given at the following venues: Barnfield Theatre; Exeter Cathedral (all described as ""Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Exeter"; includes programmes from "Chapter House"); Exeter Central Library, Music Room; Killerton House; Northcott Theatre; Royal Subscription Rooms; Theatre Royal; University of Exeter (including "Great Hall"); Victoria Hall.
The collection includes a programme from a concert given by the Exeter Oratorio Society, on 16/07/1880. The concert was given in the Royal Subscription Rooms and featured a performance of The Creation (Haydn). The programme includes the words of the performance, as well as a list of Exeter Oratorio Society members.
In addition, there are five prospectuses from the Exeter Festival. There is also a leaflet concerning the celebration of 300 years of Anglo-Dutch friendship in Exeter. There is a programme from a concert given as part of the Exeter Philharmonic Subscription Concerts in 1936, where the venue of the concert is unspecified.
Arrangement:
The programmes are arranged by venue, then chronologically. The prospectuses are housed at the end of the sequence, divided into organisation/festival, then arranged by year.
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Date range of collection
1850 - 1996
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
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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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