SearchGetRecordLondon: Arts council and British council (1947-1974)
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London: Arts council and British council (1947-1974)
Description
A collection of one folder of programmes, chiefly from the Arts Council with some British Council items. The programmes date from 1947 through to 1974.
The majority of Arts Council programmes are from concerts that took place at the Arts Council premises, 4 St. James' Square, usually in the Drawing Room/Great Drawing Room. A few items are fromr concerts or recordings organised by the arts council but do not explicitly state that the concert took place at the arts council premises. These are at the end of the arts council sequence. The programmes are sometimes for concerts organised or promoted by the Arts Council itself, but more often they are for concerts associated with external societies whose activities are supported by the arts council. In particular these include the Verdi Society, Park Lane Group/Opera Group and the Mcnaughten new music group. Programmes are from a variety of concert types, but include significant opera performances, for example the first London performance (concert) of Giovanna d’Arco. The majority of programmes are from the 1950s and 1960s.
Arrangement:
Arts council programmes then British council programmes. Within each sequence, the programmes are arranged chronologically.
The majority of Arts Council programmes are from concerts that took place at the Arts Council premises, 4 St. James' Square, usually in the Drawing Room/Great Drawing Room. A few items are fromr concerts or recordings organised by the arts council but do not explicitly state that the concert took place at the arts council premises. These are at the end of the arts council sequence. The programmes are sometimes for concerts organised or promoted by the Arts Council itself, but more often they are for concerts associated with external societies whose activities are supported by the arts council. In particular these include the Verdi Society, Park Lane Group/Opera Group and the Mcnaughten new music group. Programmes are from a variety of concert types, but include significant opera performances, for example the first London performance (concert) of Giovanna d’Arco. The majority of programmes are from the 1950s and 1960s.
Arrangement:
Arts council programmes then British council programmes. Within each sequence, the programmes are arranged chronologically.
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Date range of collection
1947 - 1974
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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