SearchGetRecordMcCann Collection: United Kingdom (1916-1918)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1916-1918)
Description
A collection of one box of programmes from the McCann collection, from 1916 to 1918. The collection contains programmes from concerts given in the United Kingdom. The programmes were collected by the concert agent Norman McCann (1920-1999).
The contents of the collection are as follows:
Queen's Hall – 35 programmes
The collection includes 11 programmes from "Promenade Concerts", eight programmes from the series "Symphony Concerts" and six programmes form concerts organised by the Royal Philharmonic Society. The collection also includes a festival programme from the London Festival of British Music (1915).
Royal Albert Hall – 24 programmes
The collection includes 17 programmes from the series "London Ballad Concerts".
Wigmore Hall – 17 programmes
Aeolian Hall – 15 programmes
Other London venues:
London Coliseum; Bloomsbury Central Church, Shaftesbury Avenue; Central Hall, Westminster (2); Bechstein Hall; Steinway Hall; Princes' Hall, Piccadilly; Southwark Cathedral; Swakeleys, Uxbridge; Leighton House, 12 Holland Park Road; Royal Victoria Hall, Waterloo Road; Northmet House, Cannon Hill, Southgate (2).
Llandudno:
Pier Pavilion – 17 programmes
The programmes are from orchestral concerts, given by an orchestra entitled "Pier's Company Orchestra".
Other provincial venues:
West Pier, Brighton; Winter Garden, Palace Pier, Brighton (2); Aquarium Winter Garden, Brighton (2); Royal Albert Institute, Windsor; Music Hall, Edinburgh; Royal Hall, Harrogate; Usher Hall, Edinburgh (2); Women's Institute Hall, Finchampstead; Villa Marina [Douglas, Isle of Mann].
In addition, there is a prospectus from the Municipal Orchestra, Bournemouth, where concerts took place in the Winter Gardens (Bournemouth) and Bournemouth Pier.
There is a programme where no venue has been printed, but a pencil annotation indicates that the concert took place in Central Hall, Westminster. There are five programmes from unspecified venues.
The contents of the collection are as follows:
Queen's Hall – 35 programmes
The collection includes 11 programmes from "Promenade Concerts", eight programmes from the series "Symphony Concerts" and six programmes form concerts organised by the Royal Philharmonic Society. The collection also includes a festival programme from the London Festival of British Music (1915).
Royal Albert Hall – 24 programmes
The collection includes 17 programmes from the series "London Ballad Concerts".
Wigmore Hall – 17 programmes
Aeolian Hall – 15 programmes
Other London venues:
London Coliseum; Bloomsbury Central Church, Shaftesbury Avenue; Central Hall, Westminster (2); Bechstein Hall; Steinway Hall; Princes' Hall, Piccadilly; Southwark Cathedral; Swakeleys, Uxbridge; Leighton House, 12 Holland Park Road; Royal Victoria Hall, Waterloo Road; Northmet House, Cannon Hill, Southgate (2).
Llandudno:
Pier Pavilion – 17 programmes
The programmes are from orchestral concerts, given by an orchestra entitled "Pier's Company Orchestra".
Other provincial venues:
West Pier, Brighton; Winter Garden, Palace Pier, Brighton (2); Aquarium Winter Garden, Brighton (2); Royal Albert Institute, Windsor; Music Hall, Edinburgh; Royal Hall, Harrogate; Usher Hall, Edinburgh (2); Women's Institute Hall, Finchampstead; Villa Marina [Douglas, Isle of Mann].
In addition, there is a prospectus from the Municipal Orchestra, Bournemouth, where concerts took place in the Winter Gardens (Bournemouth) and Bournemouth Pier.
There is a programme where no venue has been printed, but a pencil annotation indicates that the concert took place in Central Hall, Westminster. There are five programmes from unspecified venues.
Format
Date range of collection
1916 - 1918
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
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Associated Places
- Aeolian Hall, London
- Aquarium Winter Gardens, Brighton
- Bechstein Hall
- Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
- Central Hall, Westminster
- Leighton House
- London Coliseum
- Music Hall, George Street, Edinburgh
- Northmet House, Cannon Hill, Southgate
- Pier Pavilion, Llandudno
- Pier, Bournemouth
- Prince´s Hall, Piccadilly
- Queen's Hall, London
- Royal Albert Hall
- Royal Albert Institute, Windsor
- Royal Hall, Harrogate
- Royal Victoria Hall
- Southwark Cathedral
- Steinway Hall, London (became Grotian Hall 1925)
- Swakeleys, Uxbridge
- Usher Hall, Edinburgh
- Villa Marina, Douglas
- West Pier, Brighton
- Wigmore Hall
- Winter Garden, Palace Pier, Brighton
- Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
- Women's Institute Hall, Finchampstead
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Location Details
Royal Academy of Music Museum
Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT Open Map
Website
Email
museum@ram.ac.uk
Telephone
020 7873 7443
Fax
020 7873 7374
Visiting Information
11.30am - 5.30pm Monday to Friday
12.00pm - 4.00pm Weekends
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
Additional Collection Information
Accrual Status
Closed
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