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Léon Goossens: Provinces O-P (1918-1978)

Collection Summary

Collection Title

Léon Goossens: Provinces O-P (1918-1978)

Description

Concert programmes for provincial programmes given in places beginning "O" to "P".

Oban: Phoenix cinema (28/11/73); Station hotel (28/2/62).
Oldham: King street co-op. hall (Tuesday 3/12, year unknown).
Oswestry: Girls’ high school (6/12/44).
Oundle: Oundle school, Great hall (11/2/32; 30/9/51, 23/2/58, 12/1/69: Oundle school subscription concerts).
Oxford: Balliol college (3/5/31, 21/10/34: Balliol college musical society); Holywell music room (25/11/30: Oxford university musical club and union); Jesus college (20/5/48; 24/5/51; 29/5/58); Keble college (24/5/39, 7/5/55 (2 copies): Keble college musical society); Oxford international centre, department of music (24/6/55); Queen’s college (2/12/43: Eglesfield musical society); Radcliffe infirmary, nurse’s recreation room (10/3/71, 23/10/73: United Oxford hospitals concert club); Rhodes house (11/6/43: Oxford university French club); Sheldonian theatre (27/11/33: Oxford subscription concerts; London philharmonic orchestra; 31/10/43; New college choir; Magdalen choir; Christ church cathedral choir; 14/5/59; Oxford subscription concerts; London philharmonic orchestra); Town hall (17/10/29: Oxford subscription concerts; 4/6/41: Oxford war-time concerts; 2/9/43; 8/3/45: Oxford subscription concerts; Oxford orchestral society; 21/3/47: BBC theatre orchestra; 26/1/50: Oxford subscription concerts; 30/4/50: Oxford chamber orchestra; 29/5/74: Oxford music festival); University college (2/8/61: Summer school for singers); multiple venues (brochure for Michelmas term (i.e. October to December) 1934 including concert listings, society listings and music teachers listings); multiple venues, Oxfordshire music festival (26/3/49: Goossens concert at 7:45 pm in Sheldonian theatre); multiple venues, English Bach festival (17/6/67 to 2/7/67); Unknown venue, Oxford ladies’ musical society (17/6/32; 17/6/48); unknown venue (20/7/44: Boyd Neel orchestra).
Oxshott: Uplands (23/6/46: string section of the Surrey philharmonic orchestra).
Oxted: Barn theatre (10/3/54: Oxted and Limpsfield music society).
Parkhurst: Venue unknown, presumably Parkhurst barracks (25/7/18: programme for a farewell concert to “B Coy No. 3”, performers were all cadets; Goossens acted in the revue/sketch, which formed the 2nd half of the concert).
Penn: Unknown venue, Penn music club (14/2/54; Saturday 18/10, unknown year).
Perth: City hall (16/2/75: Perth orchestra society; Perth symphony orchestra); Perth art gallery (22/1/69: Perth chamber music society).
Petersfield: Drill hall (22/4/31: Petersfield musical festival); Town hall (8/12/45, 28/10/50, 22/1/55, 25/10/60: Petersfield orchestra; 6/7/67: Southern orchestral concert society); unknown venues, Petersfield musical festival (14/4/48: Petersfield festival string orchestra; 9/4/57 to 11/4/57: Goossens concert 9/4/57).
Peterborough: Peterborough cathedral (24/4/59: BBC symphony orchestra).
Petworth: St. Michael’s school (10/2/52).
Pitlochry: Pitlochry festival theatre (14/7/68; 1971 publication about the history of the theatre; 1975 publication about the history of the theatre 1972-1975; 21/5/81 - ?; 11/4/82).
Plymouth: Central hall (10/3/48: Plymouth madrigal society; 22/11/55: Plymouth schools’ music association); unknown venue, Serenade arts (1978; 1981).
Poole: Great hall (15/11/47: Poole music club).
Porthleven: Public hall (16/10/53 to 17/10/53: Porthleven musical festival; festival adjudicated by Goossens).
Portsmouth: Guildhall (2/11/35: Portsmouth Bach society; 1/2/39: Portsmouth choral union; 11/11/59: John Lewis partnership music society; London Mozart players); Kings theatre (15/11/42: Portsmouth municipal concerts; 4/2/45: Portsmouth municipal concerts; Jacques string orchestra; 21/9/47: Portsmouth municipal concerts; Southern philharmonic orchestra (strings section)); Portsmouth grammar school (12/2/66).
Preston: Venue unknown, Building design partnership music society (12/2/69; 19/6/74).

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

Format

Date range of collection

1918 - 1978

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Suggested Audience

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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Website

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

portraits@rcm.ac.uk

Telephone

020 7591 4340

Fax

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

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Accrual Status

Closed

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