SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Haslemere: Haslemere Festival of Chamber Music (1927-1998)
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English Provinces: Haslemere: Haslemere Festival of Chamber Music (1927-1998)
Description
A collection of 33 programmes and prospectuses from the Haslemere Festival of Chamber Music, from 1927 to 1998.
The festival was founded in 1925 by Arnold Dometsch, and the festival both historically and contemporarily has close connections to the Dolmetsch family. Both Arnold Dometsch and Carl Dometsch have held the position of festival director. The festival was later known as the Haslemere Festival; names for the festival represented in the collection also include the Haslemere Festival of Early Music and Dolmetsch Festival. The festival took place at a number of venues within Haslemere, including Haslemere Hall.
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The items are arranged chronologically.
The festival was founded in 1925 by Arnold Dometsch, and the festival both historically and contemporarily has close connections to the Dolmetsch family. Both Arnold Dometsch and Carl Dometsch have held the position of festival director. The festival was later known as the Haslemere Festival; names for the festival represented in the collection also include the Haslemere Festival of Early Music and Dolmetsch Festival. The festival took place at a number of venues within Haslemere, including Haslemere Hall.
Arrangement:
The items are arranged chronologically.
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Date range of collection
1927 - 1998
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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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