SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Stamford (1840-1995)
Collection Summary
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English Provinces: Stamford (1840-1995)
Description
A collection of five programmes and concert diaries from Stamford, from 1840 to 1995.
The earliest item in the collection is from a concert on September 16 1840. The collection includes a photostat of the programme. The concert was given in the Assembly Rooms and was entitled "Grand Morning Concert". The concert included performances by Liszt, who played his own compositions. Other performers included the pianists Mr. Mori and Mr. Richardson, as well as the vocalists Mlle. De Varny, Miss Louisa Bassano and Mr. J. Parry. Piano accompaniment and conducting was provided by Mr. Lavenu.
The other items in the collection date from 1981 onwards, and are from concerts given in the Stamford Arts Centre and Stamford School Hall.
The earliest item in the collection is from a concert on September 16 1840. The collection includes a photostat of the programme. The concert was given in the Assembly Rooms and was entitled "Grand Morning Concert". The concert included performances by Liszt, who played his own compositions. Other performers included the pianists Mr. Mori and Mr. Richardson, as well as the vocalists Mlle. De Varny, Miss Louisa Bassano and Mr. J. Parry. Piano accompaniment and conducting was provided by Mr. Lavenu.
The other items in the collection date from 1981 onwards, and are from concerts given in the Stamford Arts Centre and Stamford School Hall.
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Date range of collection
1840 - 1995
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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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Open
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