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Léon Goossens: Provinces I-L (1932-1979)

Collection Summary

Collection Title

Léon Goossens: Provinces I-L (1932-1979)

Description

Concert programmes for provincial programmes from concerts given in places beginning "I" to "L".

Ilkley: King’s hall (20/11/46, 9/11/49, 29/8/51, 16/11/55, 23/10/68: Ilkley concert club).
Inverness: Arts centre (17/10/52, 4/11/55: Inverness musical society).
Ipswich: Girls’ central school hall (16/9/44: Ipswich chamber music society); Public hall (28/6/46: Jacques string orchestra).
Jordans: Mayflower barn (18/6/55).
Kelso: Lesser tait hall (20/10/61: Kelso and district music society).
Keighley: unknown venue, Keighley music club(17/1/39).
Kendal: various venues, Mary Wakefield westmorland festival (1951; 1957; 1959); Levens hall (3/5/59; 28/12/60), Town hall (1955-1956 (season brochure), 28/3/56 (individual programme): Kendal midday concert club; 26/9/55; Lemare orchestra); unknown venue (9/4/67).
Keswick: Rawnsley hall (12/11/42; 11/11/53: Keswick music society; 28/9/55: Keswick music society; Lemare orchestra; Wednesday 15/3, year unknown).
King’s lynn: various venues, King’s lynn festival (1951 (1 brochure; 1 detailed festival programme); Goossens concert 26/7/51, Corn Exchange; 1952; Goossens concert 20/7/52, Guildhall; 1954; Goossens concert 29/7/54, Guildhall); Guildhall (17/3/67; King’s Lynn lunchtime concerts); St. Margaret’s church (13/12/67); Trinity hall (26/5/50: King’s Lynn lunch time concert society); unknown venue (24/2/50).
Kingswood: multiple venues (unknown year; possibly a competitive music festival). Kington: Church hall (10/3/59).
Kirkcaldy: Adam Smith hall (14/1/48; 2/2/50).
Kirkcudbright: Cochran memorial hall (8/3/62: audience club).
Kirkwall: Papdale school hall (17/10/60).
Knighton: unknown venue (unknown date, 1979).
Lancaster: Assembly hall, Royal grammar school (17/5/45: Lancaster music and arts club); Odeon cinema (17/11/46: Lancaster music and arts club).
Lancing: Lancing college (Sunday 1/12, year unknown: Lancing college concert club).
Launceston: Town hall (20/2/50: Launceston college; Launceston college orchestra).
Leamington spa: Royal spa centre (1972-1973 season brochure, Goossens concert 22/10/72: Warwickshire symphony orchestra); Town hall (19/2/51: Warwickshire orchestral society; 8/6/69: Warwickshire symphony orchestra).
Leatherhead: County secondary school (7/12/57: Surrey philharmonic society; Surrey philharmonic orchestra); Crescent cinema (11/12/55: Ashtead choral society); Thorndike theatre (15/10/72; 8/6/77-10/6/77, Goossens concert 8/6/77).
Leeds: Leeds institute gallery (17/3/72); Leeds empire (recurring programme commencing 25/11/40); Leeds girls’ high school (19/9/45); Leeds grand theatre and opera house (week commencing 1/6/59); Leeds parish church (Wednesday 30/9, unknown year); Temple newsham house (24/7/46); Town hall (6/3/54: Yorkshire symphony orchestra; 8/4/61); University of Leeds (brochure for 1931-1932, 1932-1933: Goossens concerts 4/2/32 and 1/12/32, Great hall); University of Leeds, Riley smith hall ( 4 concerts 1943, 4 concerts 1944, 25/5/49: Leeds concert society); University of Leeds, Great hall (28/10/53); multiple venues, city of Leeds college of music (Wednesday 9/10 – Thursday 10/10, year unknown); unknown venue, North Leeds music society (13/3/56); brochure for Leeds based string quartet “Leodian string quartet”.
Leicester: De Montford hall (15/12/32: Leicester symphony orchestra; Leicetser symphony orchestra subscription concerts; 30/3/54, 25/4/67: Leicetser symphony orchestra); Edward Wood hall (Thursday 3/4, year unknown: Leicester symphony orchestra); Museum and art gallery (monthly listings for January 1943, Goossens concert 20/1/43; 5/10/50, 8/11/51; listings from 24/9/53 to 17/12/53, Goossens concert 3/12/53; listings from 22/9/55 to 15/12/55, Goossens concert 22/9/55; listings from 20/9/56 to 13/12/56, Goossens concert 20/9/56); Ratcliffe college (unknown date: Ratcliffe college music society); YMCA hall (Wednesday 8/1, unknown year: Leicester music club); venue unknown, Leicester chamber music club (11/11/37, 18/1/51).
Leigh: Leigh girls’ grammar school (24/11/44).
Leominster: Priory church (3/4/76: Leominster choral society).
Lerwick: Garrison theatre (14/10/61).
Lewes: Forester’s hall (24/10/42: Lewes music club); Lewes corn exchange (4/10/30, 18/2/33, 1/12/34: Lewes music club); Town hall (7/5/38, 22/4/39: Lewes festival concert; 19/4/47: Lewes musical festival; Sunday 16/12, year unknown: Lewes singing club).
Lichfield: Lichfield cathedral (20/10/53 to 10/10/53: Lichfield coronation festival of music and drama).
Lincoln: Assembly rooms (3/2/33, 8/3/38: Lincoln music club); New co-operative hall, Free school lane (15/11/55: Lincoln society of arts); St. Swithins’ church (19/5/43; summer festival of music).
Little gaddesden: Little gaddesten house (24/11/51: Little gaddesten and district music club).
Littlehampton: St. Mary’s church (6/7/66: Southern orchestral concert society: Kathleen Merritt orchestra).
Liverpool: Bluecoat chambers concert hall (1/11/38: Merseyside chamber orchestra; 1968-1969 season brochure: Liverpool Mozart orchestra; Goossens concert 2/2/69); Central hall (5/3/35 (2 copies): Liverpool philharmonic society); Crane theatre (24/9/46 (1 copy of programme; 1 typed sheet): Liverpool lunch hour concerts society); Philharmonic hall (14/11/42: Rushworth Saturday afternoon concerts; 30/9/44: Liverpool philharmonic society; 18/11/44: Saturday afternoon Rushworth concert; Boyd Neel string orchestra; 17/1/46: Liverpool philharmonic orchestra; 19/1/47, 10/2/48: Liverpool philharmonic orchestra; 31/7/51: Liverpool festival; Royal philharmonic orchestra; 5/1/53 to 8/1/53; Merseyside industrial concerts; Liverpool philharmonic orchestra; 2/7/57; 26/9/61, 22/9/64: Rodewald concert society; brochure on history of philharmonic hall); Picton hall (22/1/32: Liverpool schools’ music circle); Rushworth hall (10/10/35: Liverpool music society; 8/12/32 (2 copies): British music society, Liverpool centre; Liverpool centre string orchestra; 7/12/33: Liverpool music society; Liverpool string orchestra); St. george’s hall concert room (17/11/72); Walker art gallery (1 brochure for 20/10/37 to 15/12/37 season, 1 individual programme for 20/10/37; Merseyside chamber orchestra; 1/8/51); Multiple venues, British music society Liverpool centre (1932-1933 season brochure; Goossens concert 8/12/32, St. George’s Hall); unknown venue (17/7/46; 26/10/49; 17/11, year unknown).
Llandudno: Town hall (27/11/46: Llandudno music club).
Long eaton: Grammar school hall (20/10/50; Long eaton and district music club).
Long-sutton: Peele school (3/5/68: East elloe music society).
Longton: Longton central hall (17/1/48).
Loughborough: Girls’ high school (Wednesday 12/3, year unknown); High school (25/10/50, 27/10/54: Loughborough music club).
Ludlow: unknown venue, Ludlow summer festival (10/7/66).
Luton: Savoy cinema (23/7/44: Boyd Need orchestra).

Arrangement:
Organised alphabetically by place name, then alphabetically by venue name, then chronologically.

Format

Date range of collection

1932 - 1979

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Not Specific

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Location Details

Royal College Of Music, Centre for Performance History

College Hall 220-238 Goldhawk Road London W12 9PL

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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.

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.

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