SearchGetRecordLondon – New Rooms, Hanover Square; Great Room, King's Theatre; Opera Concert Room (1803-1814)
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London – New Rooms, Hanover Square; Great Room, King's Theatre; Opera Concert Room (1803-1814)
Description
A collection of programmes from concerts given in London, 1803 to 1814. The programmes are from mixed concerts and date chiefly from 1813 to 1814. The majority of programmes in the collection are from concerts given or assumed to have been given in the New Rooms, Hanover Square. The programmes include the words to relevant items in the concert.
The programmes from New Rooms, Hanover Square include a series of concerts entitled "Bartleman, C. Knyvett, W. Knyvett, and Greatorex's Vocal concert". The collection contains eight programmes from the series dating from March to May 1814; the collection does not include a programme from the third concert in this series. There are also programmes from various benefit and other miscellaneous concerts given in the New Rooms, Hanover Square during 1812 to 1814.
The collection contains programmes from the "Concert of Antient Music": though the venue is not listed on the programmes, these are likely to have taken place in the Hanover Square Rooms. The collection contains ten programmes from March to June, 1813.
In addition, there are a few programmes from concerts given in the Great Rooms, King's Theatre and the Opera Concert Room in the period 1803-1808.
List and dates of programmes in the collection:
New Rooms, Hanover Square:
"Bartleman, C. Knyvett, W. Knyvett, and Greatorex’s Vocal concert": 25/2/1814 (1), 4/3/1814 (2), 18/3/1814 (4), 25/3/1814 (5), 1/4/1814 (6), 22/4/1814 (7) 29/4/1814 (8), 6/5/1814 (9). Other concerts: "Mrs Vaughan's concert", 30/4/1810; "Mr. Bartleman's concert", 22/5/1812; "New musical fund concert", 19/5/1814, "Mr. Bartleman annual benefit", 13/5/1814.
Concert of Antient Music (no venue named):
11/3/1813, 17/3/1813, 24/3/1813, 7/4/1813, 28/4/1813, 5/5/1813, 12/5/1813, 19/5/1813, 26/5/1813, 2/6/1813.
Great Room, King's Theatre:
"Mrs Harrison's concert": 6/5/1808, 1/5/1807.
Opera Concert room:
"Annual vocal concert": 9/5/1803
Unknown venue (programme located with New Rooms, Hanover Square programmes):
"New musical fund concert": 19/5/1814
Arrangement:
The programmes are largely arranged by venue, in the following order: New Rooms, Hanover Square; Great Room, King's Theatre; Opera Concert Room. The Concert of Antient Music programmes and other unknown venues are filed with the Hanover Square Rooms. The programmes are not entirely arranged by concert series/concert title or by chronology within each venue.
The programmes from New Rooms, Hanover Square include a series of concerts entitled "Bartleman, C. Knyvett, W. Knyvett, and Greatorex's Vocal concert". The collection contains eight programmes from the series dating from March to May 1814; the collection does not include a programme from the third concert in this series. There are also programmes from various benefit and other miscellaneous concerts given in the New Rooms, Hanover Square during 1812 to 1814.
The collection contains programmes from the "Concert of Antient Music": though the venue is not listed on the programmes, these are likely to have taken place in the Hanover Square Rooms. The collection contains ten programmes from March to June, 1813.
In addition, there are a few programmes from concerts given in the Great Rooms, King's Theatre and the Opera Concert Room in the period 1803-1808.
List and dates of programmes in the collection:
New Rooms, Hanover Square:
"Bartleman, C. Knyvett, W. Knyvett, and Greatorex’s Vocal concert": 25/2/1814 (1), 4/3/1814 (2), 18/3/1814 (4), 25/3/1814 (5), 1/4/1814 (6), 22/4/1814 (7) 29/4/1814 (8), 6/5/1814 (9). Other concerts: "Mrs Vaughan's concert", 30/4/1810; "Mr. Bartleman's concert", 22/5/1812; "New musical fund concert", 19/5/1814, "Mr. Bartleman annual benefit", 13/5/1814.
Concert of Antient Music (no venue named):
11/3/1813, 17/3/1813, 24/3/1813, 7/4/1813, 28/4/1813, 5/5/1813, 12/5/1813, 19/5/1813, 26/5/1813, 2/6/1813.
Great Room, King's Theatre:
"Mrs Harrison's concert": 6/5/1808, 1/5/1807.
Opera Concert room:
"Annual vocal concert": 9/5/1803
Unknown venue (programme located with New Rooms, Hanover Square programmes):
"New musical fund concert": 19/5/1814
Arrangement:
The programmes are largely arranged by venue, in the following order: New Rooms, Hanover Square; Great Room, King's Theatre; Opera Concert Room. The Concert of Antient Music programmes and other unknown venues are filed with the Hanover Square Rooms. The programmes are not entirely arranged by concert series/concert title or by chronology within each venue.
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Date range of collection
1803 - 1814
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-
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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
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cph@rcm.ac.uk
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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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