A collection of one scrapbook containing ca. 120 programmes, dating from 1850 to 1859. The programmes are from concerts chiefly given in London, but the collection also includes programmes from the provinces, Europe and South America. A wide variety of different concert venues are represented by this collection – for a list see below – but the collection includes a number of programmes from Willis’s Rooms and the Dudley Gallery at Egyptian Hall. A significant amount of programmes in the collection relate to performances, often “matinee musicale”, given in private houses. A few programmes contain no venue information, or incomplete venue information such as a street name but no number. The programmes in the collection largely relate to concerts containing vocal music or a mixture of vocal and instrumental items: however the collection also includes a few programmes from opera performances. The volume also includes a few newspaper cuttings and advertisements for concerts. The majority of items are fixed into the volume, but there are a few loose programmes.

The collection contains programmes from the following venues:

City Hall, Glasgow; Music Hall, Belfast; Theatre Royal, Dublin; Exeter Hall; 40 Belgrave Square; Théâtre Italien-français [Brussels?]; Theatre Royal, Limerick; Antient Concert Rooms, Great Brunswick Street [Dublin]; 27 Queen Ann Street, Cavendish Square; Campden House, Kensington; Salle Herz, Rue de la Victoire; Stafford House; Granard Lodge, Roehampton; Willis’s Concert Rooms; 51 Grosvenor Street; 2 Portland Place; 16 Charles Street; 37 Great Marlborough Street; Dudley Gallery, Egyptian Hall; 4 Carlton House Terrace; 63 Portland Place; 96 Eaton Square; 41 Portland Place; 6 Harley Street, Cavendish Square; Teatro san Felipe y Santiago [Montevideo]; 17 Belgrave Square; Queen’s Concert Rooms, Hanover Square; 18 Upper Grosvenor Street; 85 Eaton Square; 37 Gloucester Square; 12 Bolton Row; Educational Institute, Sloane Square; 15 Eaton Square; 12 Hill Street; 20 Charles Street; 34 Chesham Place; Royal Pavilion, Brighton; 107 Gloucester Place; 36 Portland Place; 51 Grosvenor Place; 61 Portland Place; 14 Lowndes Square; 18 Upper Grosvenor Street; 20 Hill Street; 52 Grosvenor Place; 5 Carlton House Terrace; 90 Eaton Square; Devonshire House; 4 Charles Street, Lowndes Square; 11 Grosvenor Square; 90 Eaton Square; Beethoven Rooms, Harley Street, Cavendish Square; 40 Belgrave Square; 7 Great Stanhope Street; 106 Eaton Square; 51 Grosvenor Place; 29 Chesham Place; Hanover Square Rooms; Teatro de Solis [Montevideo]; 96 Eaton Square; Buckingham Palace; 5 Portland Place; 14 Hyde Park Square; Teatro de Colon [Beunos Aires]; 11 Lowndes Street; 5 Eaton Place

Arrangement:
The programmes are loosely arranged chronologically.

1850 - 1859

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Not Specific

• Hanover Square Rooms
• Royal Pavilion, Brighton
• Willis's Rooms (was Almack's Assembly Rooms to 1781)
• Beethoven Rooms
• Buckingham Palace
• Exeter Hall
• Antient Concert Rooms, Dublin
• Theatre Royal, Dublin
• 106 Eaton Sqaure
• 11 Grosvenor Square
• 11 Lowndes Street
• 12 Bolton Row
• 12 Hill Street
• 14 Hyde Park Square
• 14 Lowndes Square
• 15 Eaton Square
• 16 Charles Street, Berkeley Square
• 17 Belgrave Square
• 18 Upper Grosvenor Street
• 2 Portland Place
• 20 Charles Street
• 20 Hill Street
• 27 Queen Ann Street (later known as Queen Anne street)
• 29 Chesham Place
• 34 Chesham Place
• 36 Portland Place
• 37 Gloucester Square
• 37 Great Marlborough Street
• 4 Carlton House Terrace
• 4 Charles Street, Lowndes Square
• 40 Belgrave Square
• 41 Portland Place
• 5 Carlton House Terrace
• 5 Eaton Place
• 5 Portland Place
• 51 Grosvenor Place
• 51 Grosvenor Street
• 52 Grosvenor Place
• 6 Harley Street
• 61 Portland Place
• 7 Great Stanhope Steet
• 85 Eaton Square
• 90 Eaton Square
• 96 Eaton Square
• Campden House, Kensington
• City Hall, Glasgow
• Devonshire House
• Educational Institute, Sloane Square
• Egyptian Hall: Dudley Gallery
• Granard Lodge, Roehampton
• Music Hall, Belfast
• Stafford House (became Lancaster House, 1913)
• Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires
• Teatro san Felipe y Santiago
• Teatro Solis
• Théâtre Italien-français [town unknown]
• Theatre Royal, Limerick

• 19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899
• 19th century - early Victorian 1837-1850
• 19th century - mid Victorian 1851-1875

• Press Cuttings

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The Portraits and Performance History Collection and its associated reading room is housed in a recently adapted space within the RCM's College Hall, its hall of residence for students. There is step-free access for visitors.

The Centre for Performance History (CPH) is a research centre and is also responsible for the stewardship of two well-established RCM research collections, the Museum of Instruments and the Portraits and Performance History Collection (PPHC). The latter houses a diverse collection relating to the history of performance including the RCM’s internationally famous collection of images, comprising 340 original portraits and sculptures and 25,000 prints and photographs, forming the most comprehensive archive of likenesses of musicians in the UK. The collection of 600,000 concert programmes from 1720 to the present day is of major importance for research into the history of music, society and culture.