SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Ipswich (1916-1988)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
English Provinces: Ipswich (1916-1988)
Description
A collection of 17 programmes and prospectuses from Ipswich, from 1916 to 1988. The majority of items are from concerts, but the collection includes a few items from performances of ballet.
The following venues are represented in the collection: Corn Exchange; Gaumont Theatre; Ipswich Civic College; Ipswich Film Theatre; Lyceum Theatre; Municipal Secondary School for Girls; Public Hall.
The programmes from Municipal Secondary School for Girls, are from concerts given by Tessa Richardson (singer) and Kathleen Markwell (piano) - one programme is from a concert which also featured the violinist Désirée Ames. In addition, a number of these programmes are annotated.
A number of items in the collection relate to concerts given as part of the series "Ipswich Civic Concerts".
Arrangement:
The programmes are arranged by venue then chronologically. A multi-venue prospectus is located at the end of the collection.
The following venues are represented in the collection: Corn Exchange; Gaumont Theatre; Ipswich Civic College; Ipswich Film Theatre; Lyceum Theatre; Municipal Secondary School for Girls; Public Hall.
The programmes from Municipal Secondary School for Girls, are from concerts given by Tessa Richardson (singer) and Kathleen Markwell (piano) - one programme is from a concert which also featured the violinist Désirée Ames. In addition, a number of these programmes are annotated.
A number of items in the collection relate to concerts given as part of the series "Ipswich Civic Concerts".
Arrangement:
The programmes are arranged by venue then chronologically. A multi-venue prospectus is located at the end of the collection.
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Date range of collection
1916 - 1988
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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