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Westminster Abbey (1784-1834)
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A scrapbook of items of performance ephemera from Westminster Abbey from 1784 and 1834. The items relate to concerts from the Commemoration of Handel 1784 and the Royal Musical Festival in 1834. The scrapbook includes press cuttings, posters, tickets, letters to performers, journals, newspaper reports (which include musical examples), cartoons, pictures and handwritten letters.
There is one music list and one programme from the Royal Musical Festival in 1834, which took place between 24th June and 1st July of that year.
Date range
1784 - 1834
Associated People and Organisations
Royal Musical Festival (1834) -
Associated Places
Westminster Abbey
Associated Times
18th century - late 1776-1799
19th century - early 1800-1836
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Illustrations
Correspondence
Tickets
Posters
Flyers
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Royal College Of Music, Library
London SW7 2BS Open Map
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http://www.rcm.ac.uk/library/
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