Collection Summary
Collection Title
Concerts of Ancient Music (1779, 1783-1840, 1848)
Description
Programmes and wordbooks for the Concerts of Ancient Music given during the seasons 1779, 1783-1840 and 1848, bound as one volume per season.
Few of these programmes cite the performance venue, although it is known from other sources that the concerts took place at the New Rooms, Tottenham Street, in the Great Room of the King's Theatre (from 1795), and at the New Rooms, Hanover Square (from 1804).
Few of these programmes cite the performance venue, although it is known from other sources that the concerts took place at the New Rooms, Tottenham Street, in the Great Room of the King's Theatre (from 1795), and at the New Rooms, Hanover Square (from 1804).
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Date range of collection
1779 - 1848
Accumulation Dates
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Suggested Audience
Not Specific
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Location Details
University of Oxford, Music Faculty, Library
St Aldates
Oxford OX1 1DB United Kingdom Open Map
Email
john.wagstaff@music.ox.ac.uk
Telephone
01865 276146
Fax
01865 286260
Visiting Information
photocopying
Collections Overview
Large academic music library. Comprehensive coverage of the Western Classical tradition with folk music and Byzantine music collections
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
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Accrual Status
closed
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