SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Norwich: Norfolk & Norwich Triennial Musical Festival (1890-1996)
Collection Summary
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English Provinces: Norwich: Norfolk & Norwich Triennial Musical Festival (1890-1996)
Description
A collection of 19 festival programmes, concert programmes and prospectuses from the Norfolk & Norwich Triennial Musical Festival, from 1890 to 1996. The festival is also variously entitled "Norfold & Norwich Triennial Festival", "Norfolk & Norwich Festival", and "Norfold & Norwich Triennial Festival of Music and the Arts".
The collection includes an overall programme from the 1890 festival, as well as two individual programmes from the 1896 programme and some fragments of programmes from the 1899 festival. The 1890 and 1896 festivals were conducted by Alberto Randegger.
The rest of the collection dates from 1927 onwards, though the majority of items are from the 1947 festival or from later festivals.
The festival took place in a number of venues in Norwich, including Norwich Cathedral, St. Andrew's Hall and the Music House (King Street).
The collection includes an overall programme from the 1890 festival, as well as two individual programmes from the 1896 programme and some fragments of programmes from the 1899 festival. The 1890 and 1896 festivals were conducted by Alberto Randegger.
The rest of the collection dates from 1927 onwards, though the majority of items are from the 1947 festival or from later festivals.
The festival took place in a number of venues in Norwich, including Norwich Cathedral, St. Andrew's Hall and the Music House (King Street).
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Date range of collection
1890 - 1996
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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
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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