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Bach Cantata Club (1926-1930)
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Description
A collection of 33 programmes from the Bach Cantata Club, 1926 to 1930. The collection also contains prospectuses and other items of performance ephemera, which include press cuttings and correspondence to members. The collection contains a few analytical programmes, and a number of these contain musical examples.
The majority of concerts took place at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster; a significant amount of the remainder took place at the Royal College of Music. The collection also includes as small amount of programmes from the Queen’s Hall, Duke’s Hall (Royal Academy of Music) and the chapel at Buckingham Palace.
Charles Kennedy Scott was the conductor for the majority of concerts; other concerts within the series included conductors such as Adrian Boult and Ralph Vaughan Williams. When instrumentalists were used in concerts, the group was sometimes entitled “Bach chamber orchestra” and at other times only a list of players was given. The concerts usually followed the pattern that sacred concerts were given at St. Margaret’s Church, and secular concerts given at the Royal College of Music or the Royal Academy of Music. Some programmes in the collection are from joint concerts with the Oriana Madrigal Choir (which was founded and conducted by Charles Kennedy Scott).
The volume bears the inscription “ex libris Caroli Sanford Terry”, and was given to the Royal College of Music as part of the Charles Sanford Terry bequest.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Date range
1926 - 1930
Associated People and Organisations
Royal Academy of Music -
Terry, Charles Sanford -
Bach Cantata Club -
Oriana Madrigal Choir -
Scott, Charles Kennedy -
Associated Places
Coliseum, Trecynon
Pavilion, Torquay
Mute, Island of
Tredegar
Royal College of Music
Buckingham Palace
St. Margaret's Church, Westminster
Workmen's hall cinema, Tredegar
Torquay
Scotland
Royal Academy of Music
Trecynon
Queen's Hall, London
Royal Academy of Music: Duke's Hall
Royal College of Music
Associated Times
20th century - early 1900-1930
Associated Content
Correspondence
Analytical Notes
Musical Examples
Press Cuttings
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Royal College Of Music, Library
London SW7 2BS Open Map
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