SearchGetRecordEnglish Provinces: Watford (1924-2001)
Collection Summary
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English Provinces: Watford (1924-2001)
Description
A collection of 29 programmes and prospectuses from Watford, from 1924 to 2001. The majority of items in the collection relate to performances given in the 1930s and 1940s.
The collection includes a significant amount of programmes from concerts given in the Town Hall. These are largely from orchestral concerts, but include programmes from choral concerts and solo recitals. The orchestral concerts represented in the collection from the 1940s are largely from visiting orchestras, chiefly the London Philharmonic Orchestra; later material is largely from concerts given by the Watford Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, under the auspices of the Watford Philharmonic Society.
Other venues represented in the collection are as follows: Cassiobury Park; Methodist Church, Queen's Road; Plaza Cinema; Small Town Hall; Watford Grammar School; Watford Grammar School for Girls; Watford School of Music, Assembly Hall.
In addition, there are programmes where the venue has not been indicated. The programmes are from concerts given by the Watford Music Club or concerts which were given as part of the Holst-Elgar-Delius Festival in 1935.
Arrangement:
The programmes are arranged by venue, then chronologically; programmes which do not specify a venue are at the end of the sequence.
The collection includes a significant amount of programmes from concerts given in the Town Hall. These are largely from orchestral concerts, but include programmes from choral concerts and solo recitals. The orchestral concerts represented in the collection from the 1940s are largely from visiting orchestras, chiefly the London Philharmonic Orchestra; later material is largely from concerts given by the Watford Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, under the auspices of the Watford Philharmonic Society.
Other venues represented in the collection are as follows: Cassiobury Park; Methodist Church, Queen's Road; Plaza Cinema; Small Town Hall; Watford Grammar School; Watford Grammar School for Girls; Watford School of Music, Assembly Hall.
In addition, there are programmes where the venue has not been indicated. The programmes are from concerts given by the Watford Music Club or concerts which were given as part of the Holst-Elgar-Delius Festival in 1935.
Arrangement:
The programmes are arranged by venue, then chronologically; programmes which do not specify a venue are at the end of the sequence.
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Date range of collection
1924 - 2001
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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