SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Huddersfield (1903-2001)
Collection Summary
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English Provinces: Huddersfield (1903-2001)
Description
A collection of 53 programmes and prospectuses from Huddersfield, from 1903 to 2001. The collection is split between material relating to the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, and other material.
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival:
There are 14 prospectuses, programmes and fliers from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. There are prospectuses from the 1980-1990 (inclusive) and the 1992 festivals.
Other concerts:
There are 41 programmes from concerts in given in Huddersfield, aside from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. These include significant amounts of programmes from the Town Hall and the Polytechnic. The programmes from the Town Hall include a number of programmes from concerts given by the Huddersfield Choral Society - which was founded in 1836 - from 1903 onwards. The programmes from the Polytechnic are from a series entitled "Lunch Hour Concerts", organised by the Department of Music.
Other venues represented in the collection include the following: Highfield Hall; Lawrence Batley Theatre; St. Paul's Hall; Theatre Royal.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided between material from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and other material. The material from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival is arranged chronologically; other material is arranged by venue, then by date.
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival:
There are 14 prospectuses, programmes and fliers from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. There are prospectuses from the 1980-1990 (inclusive) and the 1992 festivals.
Other concerts:
There are 41 programmes from concerts in given in Huddersfield, aside from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. These include significant amounts of programmes from the Town Hall and the Polytechnic. The programmes from the Town Hall include a number of programmes from concerts given by the Huddersfield Choral Society - which was founded in 1836 - from 1903 onwards. The programmes from the Polytechnic are from a series entitled "Lunch Hour Concerts", organised by the Department of Music.
Other venues represented in the collection include the following: Highfield Hall; Lawrence Batley Theatre; St. Paul's Hall; Theatre Royal.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided between material from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and other material. The material from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival is arranged chronologically; other material is arranged by venue, then by date.
Format
Date range of collection
1903 - 2001
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
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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