Collection Summary
Collection Title
Isolde Menges Collection (1908-1957): Box 2
Description
Programmes of concerts given in British Isles, but not including London, by the violinist Isolde Menges.
Contents:
Ayr: Town Hall (1 programme)
Bath: Pump Room (1 programme)
Birmingham: Town Hall (4 programmes)
Blundell School: (1 programme)
Bognor: Pavilion Gardens (1 programme)
Bournemouth: Winter Gardens (9 programmes); Bournemouth pier and Winter Gardens (3 programmes; Menges played at the Winter Gardens only); unknown venue (1 programme) (conductors include Gustav Holst and Alexander Mackenzie)
Bradford: Morley Street Picture House (1 programme); Theatre Royal (2 programmes)
Brighton: The Dome (6 programmes); Royal Pavilion (3 programmes); Prince’s Hall & Sun Terraces (1 programme)
Bristol: Colston Hall (2 programmes)
Bryanston: Byanstan School (1 programme)
Cambourne and Truro: St. George’s Hall, Cambourne and City Hall Truro (1 programme); unlisted concert venues in Cambourne and Truro (1 programme)
Cambridge: Cambridge Guildhall (1 programme); Informal Music Club (1 programme); Music School (1 programme)
Croydon: North End Hall (1 programme); Baths Hall (1 programme)
Derby: Central Hall (1 programme)
Dover: Town Hall (2 programmes)
Dublin: Royal Dublin Society (1 programme)
Fletching: The Schools, Fletching (1 programme)
Folkestone: The Sixteenth British Music Industries Convention (1 programme) (other artists include Chaliapine (bass)
Glasgow: Saint Andrew’s Hall (4 programmes) (accompanists include Tod Boyd; Isolde Menges plays music by including Tod Boyd and Herbert Menges)
Harrogate: Royal Hall (1 programme)
Hastings: White Rock Pavilion (1 programme)
Helensburgh: (1 programme)
Hove: Town Hall (2 programmes) (1 programme with Symphonic String Players, conducted by Herbert Menges; 1 programme with Symphonic Players, conducted by Herbert Menges); Music Room “Wahnfried”, 27 Clarendon Villas (1 programme)
Leeds: Town Hall (4 programmes) (including 1 programme for Leeds Musical Festival 1931, conducted by Malcolm Sargent with Menges and Albert Sammons playing solo violin)
Liverpool: Liverpool Philharmonic Society Hall? (5 programmes; 3 programmes from concert 13/2/23 are conducted by Koussevitzky)
Llandudno: Pier Pavilion (1 programme)
Londonderry House: (1 programme)
Manchester: Bowdon Assembly Rooms (1 programme); Brand Lane’s (1 programme); Free Trade Hall (4 programmes); Lesser Free Trade Hall (2 programmes); Odeon Theatre (1 programme);
Newcastle: Old Assembly Rooms (2 programmes); Town Hall (2 programmes)
Northampton: New Theatre (1 programme)
Norwich: St. Andrew’s Hall (2 programmes)
Oundle: The Great Hall, The School, Oundle (1 programme)
Oxford: Town Hall (1 programme)
Redhill: Market Hall (1 programme) (with Solomon, piano)
St. Helens: Town Hall (1 programme) (promoted by St. Helens Glee Club)
Sheffield: Victoria Hall (1 programme)
Tunbridge Wells: The Opera House (1 programme)
Winchester: The Guildhall (1 programme)
Arrangement:
By alphabetical order of place name, then by alphabetical order of venue, then by date. Undated items appear at the end of the sequence for each venue.
Contents:
Ayr: Town Hall (1 programme)
Bath: Pump Room (1 programme)
Birmingham: Town Hall (4 programmes)
Blundell School: (1 programme)
Bognor: Pavilion Gardens (1 programme)
Bournemouth: Winter Gardens (9 programmes); Bournemouth pier and Winter Gardens (3 programmes; Menges played at the Winter Gardens only); unknown venue (1 programme) (conductors include Gustav Holst and Alexander Mackenzie)
Bradford: Morley Street Picture House (1 programme); Theatre Royal (2 programmes)
Brighton: The Dome (6 programmes); Royal Pavilion (3 programmes); Prince’s Hall & Sun Terraces (1 programme)
Bristol: Colston Hall (2 programmes)
Bryanston: Byanstan School (1 programme)
Cambourne and Truro: St. George’s Hall, Cambourne and City Hall Truro (1 programme); unlisted concert venues in Cambourne and Truro (1 programme)
Cambridge: Cambridge Guildhall (1 programme); Informal Music Club (1 programme); Music School (1 programme)
Croydon: North End Hall (1 programme); Baths Hall (1 programme)
Derby: Central Hall (1 programme)
Dover: Town Hall (2 programmes)
Dublin: Royal Dublin Society (1 programme)
Fletching: The Schools, Fletching (1 programme)
Folkestone: The Sixteenth British Music Industries Convention (1 programme) (other artists include Chaliapine (bass)
Glasgow: Saint Andrew’s Hall (4 programmes) (accompanists include Tod Boyd; Isolde Menges plays music by including Tod Boyd and Herbert Menges)
Harrogate: Royal Hall (1 programme)
Hastings: White Rock Pavilion (1 programme)
Helensburgh: (1 programme)
Hove: Town Hall (2 programmes) (1 programme with Symphonic String Players, conducted by Herbert Menges; 1 programme with Symphonic Players, conducted by Herbert Menges); Music Room “Wahnfried”, 27 Clarendon Villas (1 programme)
Leeds: Town Hall (4 programmes) (including 1 programme for Leeds Musical Festival 1931, conducted by Malcolm Sargent with Menges and Albert Sammons playing solo violin)
Liverpool: Liverpool Philharmonic Society Hall? (5 programmes; 3 programmes from concert 13/2/23 are conducted by Koussevitzky)
Llandudno: Pier Pavilion (1 programme)
Londonderry House: (1 programme)
Manchester: Bowdon Assembly Rooms (1 programme); Brand Lane’s (1 programme); Free Trade Hall (4 programmes); Lesser Free Trade Hall (2 programmes); Odeon Theatre (1 programme);
Newcastle: Old Assembly Rooms (2 programmes); Town Hall (2 programmes)
Northampton: New Theatre (1 programme)
Norwich: St. Andrew’s Hall (2 programmes)
Oundle: The Great Hall, The School, Oundle (1 programme)
Oxford: Town Hall (1 programme)
Redhill: Market Hall (1 programme) (with Solomon, piano)
St. Helens: Town Hall (1 programme) (promoted by St. Helens Glee Club)
Sheffield: Victoria Hall (1 programme)
Tunbridge Wells: The Opera House (1 programme)
Winchester: The Guildhall (1 programme)
Arrangement:
By alphabetical order of place name, then by alphabetical order of venue, then by date. Undated items appear at the end of the sequence for each venue.
Format
Date range of collection
1920 - 1941
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Symphonic String Players -
- Symphonic Players -
- British Music Industries Convention -
- Royal Dublin Society -
- Chaliapin, Fyodor 1873 - 1938
- Cutner, Solomon Solomon 1902 - 1988
- Koussevistsky, Serge -
- Sammons, Albert -
- Sargent, Malcolm -
- Menges, Herbert 1902 - 1972
- Boyd, Tod -
- Mackenzie, Alexander Campbell -
- Holst, Gustav -
- Menges, Isolde -
Associated Places
- Informal Music Club
- Guildhall, Winchester
- Opera house, Tunbridge Wells
- Victoria Hall, Sheffield
- Town Hall, St. Helens
- Market Hall, Redhill
- Town Hall, Oxford
- Oundle school: Great hall
- Town Hall, Newcastle
- Old Assembly Rooms, Newcastle
- Odeon Theatre, Manchester
- Lesser Free Trade Hall
- Bowdon Assembly Rooms
- Londonderry House
- Town Hall, Leeds
- Helensburgh
- Schools, Fletching
- Baths Hall, Croydon
- North End Hall, Croydon
- Music School, University of Cambridge
- Guildhall, Cambridge
- Morely Street Picture House, Bradford
- City Hall, Truro
- St. George's Hall, Camborne
- Bryanston School
- Prince's Hall & Sun Terraces
- Theatre Royal, Bradford
- Bournemouth Pier
- Pavilion Gardens, Bognor
- Blundell School
- Pump Room, Bath
- Town Hall, Ayr
- Royal Pavilion, Brighton
- St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich
- New Theatre, Northampton
- Free Trade Hall
- Pier Pavilion, Llandudno
- Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
- Town Hall, Hove
- White Rock Pavilion, Hastings
- Royal Hall, Harrogate
- St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow
- Town Hall, Dover
- Central Hall, Derby
- Colston Hall
- Dome, Brighton
- Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
- Town Hall, Birmingham
Associated Times
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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
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Telephone
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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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Closed
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