SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Hereford (1900-1999)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
English Provinces: Hereford (1900-1999)
Description
A collection of 23 programmes, prospectuses and fliers from Hereford, from 1900 to 1999. The majority of items are from concerts which took place in the Shirehall or the Cathedral. Other venues represented in the collection include the Theatre (Edgar Street) and the Training College.
The collection includes nine programmes from the series "Hereford Celebrity Concerts" from 1946 to 1947. These concerts took place in the Shirehall and the programmes are signed by the soloists.
The material from the Cathedral includes three individual concert programmes from the Hereford Musical Festival, from 1900 and 1921. There are also concert programmes from individual concert programmes from the 1939 and 1988 "Three Choirs Festival". The programmes from 1939 state they are from the "Hereford Music Meeting".
The collection includes a flier from the Hereford International Summer School, where the venues of events are not specified.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged by venue, then chronologically.
The collection includes nine programmes from the series "Hereford Celebrity Concerts" from 1946 to 1947. These concerts took place in the Shirehall and the programmes are signed by the soloists.
The material from the Cathedral includes three individual concert programmes from the Hereford Musical Festival, from 1900 and 1921. There are also concert programmes from individual concert programmes from the 1939 and 1988 "Three Choirs Festival". The programmes from 1939 state they are from the "Hereford Music Meeting".
The collection includes a flier from the Hereford International Summer School, where the venues of events are not specified.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged by venue, then chronologically.
Format
Date range of collection
1900 - 1999
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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Accrual Status
Open
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