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Collection name
Glasgow: St Andrew's Hall (1923-59)
Unique identifier
Mus.Box.250
Description
Collection of 50 programmes from concerts at St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow (1923-1959), arranged chronologically with the most recent at the top. The majority of the programmes are from concerts promoted by the Choral and Orchestral Union of Glasgow, performed by the Scottish Orchestra and (sometimes) the Glasgow Choral Union, conducted by Georg Szell, Wilfrid Senior, John Barbirolli, and others, with various soloists. Runs are incomplete. Most programmes contain names of orchestral players and choral singers, committee members, lists of subscribers, soloist biographies or photos, and analytical programme notes with musical examples.
Season 1938-39:
13/12/38, 29/11/38, 22/11/38
Season 1937-38:
1/2/38, 25/1/38, 18/1/38, 21/12/37, 14/12/37, 7/12/37, 30/11/37, 23/11/37, 13/11/37
Season 1936-37:
16/2/37, 9/2/37, 2/2/37, 26/2/37, 26/1/37, 19/1/37, 22/12/36, 15/12/36, 8/12/36, 24/11/36, 17/11/36
Season 1935-36:
19/2/36, 12/2/36, 28/1/36, 14/1/36, 7/1/36, 24/12/35, 17/12/35, 10/12/35, 3/12/35, 26/11/35, 19/11/35
Season 1934-35:
8/1/35
Season 1932-33:
7/2/33, 24/1/33
Season 1930-31:
27/1/31, 13/1/31, 29/11/30
Season 1929-30:
8/2/30, 4/2/30, 14/1/30, 12/11/29
Season 1926-27:
8/1/27
Season 1925-26:
6/2/26, 9/1/26
Season 1923-24:
22/1/24, 27/11/23
1 programme from a concert performed by the Glasgow Schools' Orchestra, conducted by Norman Del Mar (21/9/59). Lists all orchestral players.
Date range
1923 - 1959
Associated People and Organisations
Choral and Orchestral Union of Glasgow -
Glasgow Choral Union -
Barbirolli, John -
del Mar, Norman -
Scottish orchestra -
Senior, Wilfrid -
Szell, Georg -
Associated Places
St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow
Glasgow
Associated Times
20th century - early 1900-1930
20th century - mid 1931-1970
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School concerts
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National Library of Scotland, Music Collections
George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW United Kingdom Open Map
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http://www.nls.uk/collections/music/
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Large reference collection of printed, manuscript and audio-visual music material, including books, scores, periodicals, audio, video and multi-media formats. Legal deposit library.
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Closed
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