SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Maidstone (1842-1991)
Collection Summary
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English Provinces: Maidstone (1842-1991)
Description
A collection of eight programmes and prospectuses from Maidstone, from 1842 to 1991.
The earliest programme in the collection is from a concert given in the Corn Exchange Concert Room on 23 August 1842. The concert was entitled "Signor Rubini's Farewell Concert", and included a mixture of various vocal items including extracts from Stabat Mater (Rossini) as well as a horn interlude between concert parts. The soloists were as follows: Signora Pacini; Mademoiselle Ostergaard; Signor Nigri; Signor Puzzi and Signor Rubini. The collection includes as a photostat of the programme, alongside the original item.
The remainder of the collection dates from 1959 onwards. The collection includes items from the following organisations and festivals: Maidstone Orchestral Society; Maidstone Opera Group; Leeds Castle Festival; Sutton Valence Music Society. The majority of items do not specify a venue or are from events which took place in multiple venues, though programmes from Leeds Castle are an exception to this.
The earliest programme in the collection is from a concert given in the Corn Exchange Concert Room on 23 August 1842. The concert was entitled "Signor Rubini's Farewell Concert", and included a mixture of various vocal items including extracts from Stabat Mater (Rossini) as well as a horn interlude between concert parts. The soloists were as follows: Signora Pacini; Mademoiselle Ostergaard; Signor Nigri; Signor Puzzi and Signor Rubini. The collection includes as a photostat of the programme, alongside the original item.
The remainder of the collection dates from 1959 onwards. The collection includes items from the following organisations and festivals: Maidstone Orchestral Society; Maidstone Opera Group; Leeds Castle Festival; Sutton Valence Music Society. The majority of items do not specify a venue or are from events which took place in multiple venues, though programmes from Leeds Castle are an exception to this.
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Date range of collection
1842 - 1991
Accumulation Dates
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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
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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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