SearchGetRecordDublin Orchestral Society (1899-1914)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
Dublin Orchestral Society (1899-1914)
Unique Identifier
I 785 DI
Description
Two bound volumes of a complete series of programmes from the Dublin Orchestral Society from the first concert on 1/3/99 to the 81st concert on 6/4/14. Each programme contains short analytical notes on the music. The concerts were held in the Royal University Buildings; Theatre Royal; National University; Gaiety Theatre. The collection also includes 'The General Rules' of the society which includes the names of the members.
Format
Date range of collection
1899 - 1914
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
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This collection is about
Location Details
National Library of Ireland
Kildare Street
Dublin
Dublin 2 United Kingdom Open Map
Website
Email
cfahy@nli.ie
Telephone
+ 353 1 6030 200
Fax
+ 353 1 676 6690
Visiting Information
Reading Rooms Opening Hours
Main Reading Room Manuscripts Reading Room Information/Readers Ticket Desk
Mon-Wed: 10am-9pm Mon-Wed:10am-8.30pm Mon-Wed:10am-12.30pm
2pm-5pm
Thurs-Fri: 10am-5pm Thurs-Fri: 10am-4.30pm Thurs-Fri: 10am-12.30pm
2pm-4.30pm
Saturday: 10am-1pm Saturday: 10am-12.30pm Saturday: 10am-1pm
Manuscripts are not issued to readers during these hours:
Mon-Fri: 12.30pm to 2pm
Mon-Wed: 5pm to 6pm & after 7pm
The Library’s main Reading Room, exhibition area, seminar room, shop and café are all wheelchair accessible.
The Reading Room, the exhibition area and the shop in the National Photographic Archive are also wheelchair accessible.
Collections Overview
The National Library of Ireland has two collections consisting mainly of printed sheet music from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. These include much material from the mainsteam western classical music tradition, but also material relating to little known Irish composers. The names of the two collections are the Joly Music Collection and the Additional Music collection. In addition the Library has a small but significant collection of music manuscripts. The general printed collections include some Irish ballad, folk-music and popular song collections.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
Additional Collection Information
Accrual Status
Closed
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