SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Manchester: Belle Vue (1927-1962)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
English Provinces: Manchester: Belle Vue (1927-1962)
Description
A collection of 24 programmes from Belle Vue, Manchester, from 1927 to 1962. The majority of programmes are from concerts given in the 1940s.
Most of the programmes in the collection are from the King's Hall, within Belle Vue. However, one programme does not specify which location within Belle Vue was used for the concert; another programme is from a concert given in Belle Vue Gardens.
The collection consists largely of programmes from orchestral concerts and from brass band concerts.
Arrangement:
The programmes are divided by sub-venue, then arranged chronologically.
Most of the programmes in the collection are from the King's Hall, within Belle Vue. However, one programme does not specify which location within Belle Vue was used for the concert; another programme is from a concert given in Belle Vue Gardens.
The collection consists largely of programmes from orchestral concerts and from brass band concerts.
Arrangement:
The programmes are divided by sub-venue, then arranged chronologically.
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Date range of collection
1927 - 1962
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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