A collection of one scrapbook of material from the Sacred Harmonic Society, 1852 to 1854. The collection contains programmes and performance ephemera including press cuttings, correspondence, rules of the society, tickets, miscellaneous pamphlets and reports. The collection includes 71 programmes from the Sacred Harmonic Society, as well as three programmes from performances by the Cologne Choral Union (variously called Cologne Union of Men’s Voices).

The programmes by the Sacred Harmonic Society relate to concerts given at Exeter Hall, which were conducted by Costa. The programmes are from concerts of large-scale choral works – often oratorios – and include repertoire by, for example, Handel and Mendelssohn. The collection also includes programmes from new choral works, for instance “Daniel” by J. Henry Griesbach and “Immanuel” by Henry Leslie.

There are three programmes and various press cuttings relating to performances by the Cologne Choral Union: these date from concerts given in June 1853. Two of the programmes are from concerts given at Exeter Hall, and one from a concert given at the Hanover Square Rooms. The concerts were under the direction of Franz Weber.

Arrangement:
The collection is arranged chronologically, with all types of material relating to the same concert kept together.

1852 - 1854

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Not Specific

• Costa, Michael -
• Sacred Harmonic Society -
• Terry, Charles Sanford -
• Cologne Choral Union -
• Weber, Franz Anton -

• Hanover Square Rooms
• Buckingham Palace
• Exeter

• 19th century - mid Victorian 1851-1875

• Correspondence
• Press Cuttings
• Musical Examples
• Analytical Notes
• Tickets

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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.