SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Nottingham: Albert Hall (1924-1978)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
English Provinces: Nottingham: Albert Hall (1924-1978)
Description
A collection of 42 programmes and prospectuses from the Albert Hall, from 1924 to 1978. Around half the items in the collection are from 1940 to 1945.
The majority of items in the collection are from orchestral concerts, including a significant number of programmes from the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Concert organisers and promoters represented in the collection include the Hallé Concerts Society, CEMA and Music Culture Limited.
The majority of items in the collection are from orchestral concerts, including a significant number of programmes from the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Concert organisers and promoters represented in the collection include the Hallé Concerts Society, CEMA and Music Culture Limited.
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Date range of collection
1924 - 1978
Accumulation Dates
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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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