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Miscellaneous programmes (1860-1870)

Collection Summary

Collection Title

Miscellaneous programmes (1860-1870)

Description

A collection of ca. 197 programmes from Great Britain, 1860 to 1870. The majority of programmes relate to concerts given in the provinces - in particular from Yorkshire and parts of Scotland - though a couple of London programmes are present. Though the programmes date from 1860 to 1870, there is a concentration of programmes from 1864 to 1868 within the collection.

The programmes are from concerts that took place at a wide variety of venues, which are listed below. However, there is a significant amount of programmes from various venues in Leeds, in particular the Town Hall and the Victoria Hall. In addition, there are a number of programmes from St. George’s Hall, Bradford.

A multitude of types of performance are represented in this collection: though the majority of programmes are from concerts, there are also items from church services and literary readings. In particular, there are concert programmes from choral concerts, solo vocal concerts, lecture concerts and organ demonstrations or openings.

A significant part of the collection relates to Dr. [William] Spark: he was an organist, writer and conductor, particularly active in the Leeds area in the years covered by this collection. The collection includes programmes from Dr. Spark’s lecture recitals and organ demonstrations. There are also programmes which included solo organ items or accompaniments performed by Dr. Spark, as well as concerts where Dr. Spark conducted his own choir, entitled “Dr. Spark’s Choir”.

The collection also contains a few programmes from the series “Charles Hallé's Grand Concerts”, often featuring Hallé as a pianist.

Venues included in the collection:

Leeds Parish Church; St. George’s Hall, Bradford; Corn Exchange, Kettering; Colston Hall, Bristol; Beethoven Rooms [London]; Hereford Cathedral; Imperial Hotel, Malvern; St. James’s Hall [London]; Queen’s Concert Rooms, Hanover Square; Leeds Town Hall; Corn Exchange, Northampton; Leeds Grammar School Chapel; Grove Wesleyan Chapel, Horsford; St. Peter’s Church, Blackburn; St. Mark’s Church, Dukinfield; Ulverston Parish Church; St. Mary’s Church, Bridlington; High Street Chapel, Huddersfield; Christ Church, Blackburn; Independent Chapel, Goole; Salem Independent Chapel, Pateley Bridge; Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, York; Baptist Chapel, Goodshaw; Wesleyan Chapel, Castleford; Roscoe Palace Chapel, Leeds; St. Paul’s Church, Shipley; Queen Street Chapel, Leeds; Wesleyan Chapel, Hunslet; Congregational Church, Bolton; Kirkgate Wesleyan Chapel, Bradford; Trinity Chapel, Bradford; Holbeck Mechanics’ Institution; Public Rooms, Ripon; Hull Literary and Philosophical Society; Leeds Mechanics’ Institution and Literary Society; Dewsbury Mechanics’ Institution; Leeds Working Men’s Institute, Assembly Rooms; Mechanics’ Institute, Keighley; Barnsley Mechanics’ Institute and Literary Society; Mechanics’ Institution, Bingley; Grand Central Hall, Leeds; Chapel-Allerton Church School-Room; Corn Exchange, Stirling; City Hall, Perth; Mechanic’s Institute, Bradford; Union Hall, Stirling; Town Hall, Birmingham; St. George’s Church, Leeds; Collegiate Establishment for Young Ladies, Pontefract; Victoria Hall, Leeds; Headingley Town School-Room [Leeds]; New Assembly Room, Leeds; Music Hall, Albion Street, Leeds; Working Men’s Institute, Garforth [Leeds]; Town Hall, Tadcaster; Corn-Exchange Hall, Stirling; Scientific Hall, Goole; Agricultural Hall, Islington; Stock Exchange Hall [Leeds]; Leeds Working Men’s Hall; Highfield School Room, Earlsheaton; Leeds Church Institute and Sunday School Association; Town Hall, Skipton; Barnsley Mechanics’ Institution; Hull Young People’s Christian and Literary Institute; Public Halls, Batley; Freemason’s Hall, Heckmondwike; Hunslet Mechanics’ Institution; Town Hall, Batley.

The collection also contains programmes from the following organisation, where the venue is unknown:

Cremona Musical Union

The collection contains a programme where the title of the venue known, but the geographic location is uncertain:

National School Rooms [Bramley?]

Format

Date range of collection

1860 - 1870

Accumulation Dates

Suggested Audience

Not Specific

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Associated Times

19th century - mid Victorian 1851-1875

Details also available

Inventory with dates, some venues and some performer information

This collection is about

Analytical Notes

Location Details

Royal College Of Music, Centre for Performance History

College Hall 220-238 Goldhawk Road London W12 9PL

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Website

http://www.cph.rcm.ac.uk

portraits@rcm.ac.uk

Telephone

020 7591 4340

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020 7589 7740

Visiting Information

Mon-Fri by appointment

Research access by appointment only. Researchers will be provided with Collection Regulations, and will be asked to complete a Researcher Registration Form (copies are available on the CPH website)

Building Information

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.

Collections Overview

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.

For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record

Additional Collection Information

Accrual Status

Open

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