Collection Descriptions
| Philharmonic Society (1820-1909) (Royal College Of Music, Centre for Performance History) A collection of 18 volumes of programmes from the Philharmonic Society, London. The programmes date from the years 1... |
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| Philharmonic Society of London (1813-68) (British Library) A largely complete collection of programmes for the concerts of the Philharmonic Society of London, from the 1st to t... |
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| Playbills (1786-1943) (West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford) Amongst many theatre playbills there are the following concert programmes: * Drury Lane, Theatre Royal - 15/3/1786... |
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| Playbills (1807-48) (National Library of Ireland: Department of Ephemera) 1 box of miscellaneous playbills from 1807 to 1848. Performances in the Theatre Royal of opera, performers delinea... |
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| Playbills (1818-70) (University of Edinburgh, Library, Special Collections) Playbills: 1 box (1818-1870) Collection of ca. 65 playbills in 2 separate parts. First is a set of 20 concert progr... |
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| Playbills (1836-46) (British Library) A collection of playbills and concert programmes, English and foreign, chiefly of the London Theatres (1836-46) |
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| Playbills and Programmes Musical, Theatre Royal, Edinburgh (1810-1944 ) (National Library of Scotland, Music Collections) Playbills and Programmes Musical, Theatre Royal, Edinburgh: 50 programmes (1810-1944 ) Collection of ca. 50 playbill... |
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| Private Concerts, Birmingham (1826-45) (British Library) A miscellaneous collection of ten programmes and wordbooks for Birmingham Private Concerts given at an unspecified ve... |
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| Programme of the Grand Manchester Festival (1830) (Royal Northern College of Music) 1 programme for the Grand Manchester Festival, 1830, printed on satin and very fragile! |
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| Programmes of concerts given by John McCormack (1832-1836) (National Library of Ireland) Bound volume containing five programmes of song recitals given by John McCormack between 1832 and 1836, occasionally ... |
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| Royal Academy of Music (1824-) (Royal Academy of Music, Library) A collection of programmes from concerts given by, and at, the Royal Academy of Music, from 1824 to the present day. ... |
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| Royal Hotel, Birmingham (1830) (British Library) Wordbook for Mr Chattaway’s Benefit Concert, given at the Royal Hotel, [Birmingham] on 28 October 1830. This was ... |
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| Royal Metropolitan Infirmary, London (1823) (British Library, Music Collections) The programme and wordbook for a benefit concert given for the Royal Metropolitan Infirmary on 25 June 1823 at the Ki... |
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| Royal Musical Festival (1834) (Foundling Museum) Programmes with words for the four performances given on 24, 26 and 28 June and 1 July 1834 as the Royal Musical Fest... |
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| Royal Musical Festival (1834) (British Library) A collection of programmes and wordbooks for 4 performances given at Westminster Abbey, London, on 24, 26 and 28 June... |
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| Royal Musical Festival in Westminster Abbey (1834) (Bodleian Library, Music Section) A bound volume containing the programmes with words for the four performances given as the Royal Music Festival in We... |
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| Royal Society of Musicians (1804) (British Library) Programme and wordbook for a performance of Handel, The Messiah, given for the benefit of the Royal Society of Musici... |
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| Salisbury Collection (Special Collection) - Chester Music Festival (1814-39) (Cardiff University Arts and Social Studies Library) 10 programmes for Grand Miscellaneous Concerts at the Chester Music Festival. The earliest dates from 1814. 4 prog... |
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| Salisbury Collection (Special Collection) - Hereford Music Meeting (1827-46) (Cardiff University Arts and Social Studies Library) 1 packet of programmes, plus a single programme. 4 of the programme are for the Hereford Music Meeting (later called ... |
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| Salisbury Festival (1818) (Foundling Museum) The programme and wordbook for a Grand Selection of Sacred Music, given on the morning of 19 August 1818 in the Cathe... |
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| Scottish Provinces: Dalkeith (1831) (Royal College Of Music, Centre for Performance History) One programme from the Freemasons' Lodge, Dalkeith, from 1831. The concert took place on 23 July 1831, and consisted... |
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| Scottish provinces: Edinburgh: Theatre Royal (1831-1910) (Royal College Of Music, Centre for Performance History) A collection of three playbills and prospectuses from the Theatre Royal, from 1831 to 1910. The first item in th... |
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| Second Subscription Concert (1807) (Leeds Central Library) One programme for the Second Subscription Concert, for the benefit of the General Infirmary, held at the Music Hall, ... |
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| Selections of Sacred Music, Birmingham (1827-34) (British Library) A miscellaneous collection of programmes with words for Selections of Sacred Music given at various church venues in ... |
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| Shakespeare Rooms, Birmingham (1810) (Birmingham Libraries: Local Studies and History) The case of Thomas Knight and Family, a Concert & Ball for their relief, held at the Shakespeare Rooms, on Thursday 0... |
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| Sheffield Musical Festival (1800) (British Library) Programme with words for the second performance of the Sheffield Musical Festival, given from the benefit of the Gene... |
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| Smart Collection (1798-1855) (British Library, Music Collections) List of London and Provincial Festivals and Concerts in which Sir George Smart was interested, either as conductor or... |
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| Smart Papers (1821-58) (British Library, Music Collections) A collection of handwritten and printed ephemera relating to musical events and performances held at various venues i... |
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| St. John´s Chapel, Wolverhampton (1828) (British Library) Programme and wordbook for a Grand Selection of Sacred Music, given during the Morning and Evening Services of St. Jo... |
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| Stoke-upon-Trent Musical Festival (1833) (British Library) Wordbooks for a morning and evening performance given on 12 November 1833 in Stoke Church as part of the Stoke-upon-T... |



