Collection Descriptions
| Fifth Night, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1780?) (British Library) An undated wordbook for the Fifth Night, given at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London [in 1780?]. This was a t... |
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| First Grand Selection, York (1791) (Bodleian Library, Music Section) Programme and wordbook for The First Grand Selection, as performed in the Cathedral of York on 16 August 1791 as part... |
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| Grand Musical Festivals at the Theatre, Oxford (1793) (Bodleian Library, Music Section) Programmes and wordbooks for the First, Second and Third Grand Musical Festivals given at the Theatre, Oxford on 6, 7... |
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| Grand Selection (1792) (Foundling Museum) A programme with words for a Grand Selection of Sacred Music from the works of Handel, rehearsed by the Cecilian Soci... |
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| Grand Selections of Sacred Music (1789-1823) (Foundling Museum) A collection of individual programmes with words for sixteen Grand Selections of Sacred Music, given at the Theatre R... |
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| Grand Selections: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (?1794-1825) (Foundling Museum) A collection of four programmes with words for Grand Selections given at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1794, 1815,... |
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| Handel Commemoration Concert (1784) (British Library) The programme and wordbook for a performance of Handel, Messiah, given at Westminster Abbey on 29 May 1784 as the thi... |
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| Handel Commemoration Concerts (1784, 1786) (Foundling Museum) A collection of programmes with words for the five performances given at Westminster Abbey on 26, 27 and 29 May and 3... |
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| Handel Festival York (1791) (Foundling Museum) Programmes and wordbooks for the three performances given at the Cathedral, York between 16 and 18 August 1791 as the... |
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| Harmonical Society (1786) (Foundling Museum) The Words of the Music performed at the meetings of the Harmonical Society, Edinburgh, 1786. This is a 22-page doc... |
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| Harmonists (1795) (Royal College Of Music, Centre for Performance History) A collection of one programme from a concert given by the Harmonists, 1795. The programme was given at New London, C... |
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| Harmonists (1798) (British Library) The Poetry of Various Glees, Songs, &c. as performed at the Harmonists, printed by the Philanthropic Society, London,... |
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| Harmonists' Ladies Concert (1798) (British Library) Programme and wordbook for the Harmonists Ladies' Concert, given on 22 March 1798 in New London, Cheapside. This ... |
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| Ladies´ Dinner, London (1790) (Edinburgh Central Library, Music Library) Ladies\' Dinner, given by the Glee Club in Freemasons\' Hall, London: 1 programme (15/5/1790) Programme from a Glee ... |
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| Leeds Musical Festival (1790) (Leeds Central Library) One programme for a Grand Miscellaneous Concert, held as part of the Leeds Musical Festival at the Theatre, Leeds on ... |
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| Librettos (1690-1824) (Henry Watson Music Library) This is a collection of librettos produced for the performances of a work during a certain year at a specific venue: ... |
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| Liverpool Musical Festival (1794-1836) (Henry Watson Music Library) Two volumes of programmes for concerts given as part of the Liverpool Musical Festival. The first volume contains th... |
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| Lodoiska (1794) (National Library of Scotland: Rare Book Collections) Programme and book of words from the opera 'Lodoiska': Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (9/6/1794). In addition to the libre... |
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| London: Churches: Westminster Abbey (1784-2004) (Royal College Of Music, Centre for Performance History) A collection of two boxes of programmes from Westminster Abbey, from 1784 to 2004. The collection includes programme... |
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| London: Royal Opera House (Royal College Of Music, Centre for Performance History) A collection of programmes from the Royal Opera House from 1793 to the present. The collection consists of 109 boxes... |
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| Manchester Gentlemen's Concerts (1799-1914) (Henry Watson Music Library) This collection of programmes for the Manchester Gentlemen's Concerts contain 12 volumes of programmes dating from 18... |
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| Manchester Programmes - Exhibition Specimens (1781-1910) (Henry Watson Music Library) This is a box of miscellaneous programmes that seem to have been used for an exhibition at some point. There are the... |
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| Marylebone Gardens (1730-1855) (Royal College Of Music, Centre for Performance History) A scrapbook of programmes and performance ephemera from Marylebone Gardens, 1730 to 1835. The collection includes pl... |
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| Music Room Holywell (1797-1800) (Bodleian Library, Music Section) A bound volume containing programmes with words for performances given at the Oxford Music Room (Holywell Music Room)... |
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| Musical Festival in Westminster Abbey (1787) (British Library) Programme and wordbook for the second performance of a Grand Musical Festival given by the Royal Society of Musicians... |
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| New Musical Fund (1794-1841) (British Library) A collection of programmes, wordbooks, autograph letters, etc. relating to concerts given in aid of the New Musical F... |
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| New Theatre, Ross (1789-1795) (Trinity College Dublin, Library) Bound volume of miscellaneous pamplets including one flyer for a concert held in the New Theatre, Court-House, Ross. ... |
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| Norwich Musical Festival (1790) (Foundling Museum) A collection of programmes with words for the 3 morning and 3 evening performances given on 8, 9 and 10 September 179... |
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| Oxford Concert Bills 1 (1766-1808) (Bodleian Library, Music Section) A bound volume containing handbills, programmes with words, and other material relating to performances given at the ... |



