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Collection name Miscellaneous programmes (1860-1870)
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Description A collection of ca. 197 programmes from Great Britain, 1860 to 1870. The majority of programmes relate to concerts given in the provinces - in particular from Yorkshire and parts of Scotland - though a couple of London programmes are present. Though the programmes date from 1860 to 1870, there is a concentration of programmes from 1864 to 1868 within the collection.

The programmes are from concerts that took place at a wide variety of venues, which are listed below. However, there is a significant amount of programmes from various venues in Leeds, in particular the Town Hall and the Victoria Hall. In addition, there are a number of programmes from St. George’s Hall, Bradford.

A multitude of types of performance are represented in this collection: though the majority of programmes are from concerts, there are also items from church services and literary readings. In particular, there are concert programmes from choral concerts, solo vocal concerts, lecture concerts and organ demonstrations or openings.

A significant part of the collection relates to Dr. [William] Spark: he was an organist, writer and conductor, particularly active in the Leeds area in the years covered by this collection. The collection includes programmes from Dr. Spark’s lecture recitals and organ demonstrations. There are also programmes which included solo organ items or accompaniments performed by Dr. Spark, as well as concerts where Dr. Spark conducted his own choir, entitled “Dr. Spark’s Choir”.

The collection also contains a few programmes from the series “Charles Hallé's Grand Concerts”, often featuring Hallé as a pianist.

Venues included in the collection:

Leeds Parish Church; St. George’s Hall, Bradford; Corn Exchange, Kettering; Colston Hall, Bristol; Beethoven Rooms [London]; Hereford Cathedral; Imperial Hotel, Malvern; St. James’s Hall [London]; Queen’s Concert Rooms, Hanover Square; Leeds Town Hall; Corn Exchange, Northampton; Leeds Grammar School Chapel; Grove Wesleyan Chapel, Horsford; St. Peter’s Church, Blackburn; St. Mark’s Church, Dukinfield; Ulverston Parish Church; St. Mary’s Church, Bridlington; High Street Chapel, Huddersfield; Christ Church, Blackburn; Independent Chapel, Goole; Salem Independent Chapel, Pateley Bridge; Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, York; Baptist Chapel, Goodshaw; Wesleyan Chapel, Castleford; Roscoe Palace Chapel, Leeds; St. Paul’s Church, Shipley; Queen Street Chapel, Leeds; Wesleyan Chapel, Hunslet; Congregational Church, Bolton; Kirkgate Wesleyan Chapel, Bradford; Trinity Chapel, Bradford; Holbeck Mechanics’ Institution; Public Rooms, Ripon; Hull Literary and Philosophical Society; Leeds Mechanics’ Institution and Literary Society; Dewsbury Mechanics’ Institution; Leeds Working Men’s Institute, Assembly Rooms; Mechanics’ Institute, Keighley; Barnsley Mechanics’ Institute and Literary Society; Mechanics’ Institution, Bingley; Grand Central Hall, Leeds; Chapel-Allerton Church School-Room; Corn Exchange, Stirling; City Hall, Perth; Mechanic’s Institute, Bradford; Union Hall, Stirling; Town Hall, Birmingham; St. George’s Church, Leeds; Collegiate Establishment for Young Ladies, Pontefract; Victoria Hall, Leeds; Headingley Town School-Room [Leeds]; New Assembly Room, Leeds; Music Hall, Albion Street, Leeds; Working Men’s Institute, Garforth [Leeds]; Town Hall, Tadcaster; Corn-Exchange Hall, Stirling; Scientific Hall, Goole; Agricultural Hall, Islington; Stock Exchange Hall [Leeds]; Leeds Working Men’s Hall; Highfield School Room, Earlsheaton; Leeds Church Institute and Sunday School Association; Town Hall, Skipton; Barnsley Mechanics’ Institution; Hull Young People’s Christian and Literary Institute; Public Halls, Batley; Freemason’s Hall, Heckmondwike; Hunslet Mechanics’ Institution; Town Hall, Batley.

The collection also contains programmes from the following organisation, where the venue is unknown:

Cremona Musical Union

The collection contains a programme where the title of the venue known, but the geographic location is uncertain:

National School Rooms [Bramley?]
Date range 1860 - 1870
Associated People and Organisations Charles Hallé's Grand Concerts - Dr Spark's Choir - Hallé, Charles - Spark, William -
Associated Places Victoria hall, Wrexham Hereford Cathedral Agricultural Hall, London Carylon bay hotel, St. Austell Town Hall, Birmingham Beethoven Rooms St. George’s Hall, Bradford Hanover Square Rooms Colston Hall Town Hall, Leeds Agricultural Hall, Islington Baptist Chapel, Goodshaw Barnsley Mechanics' Institute and Literary Society Chapel-Allerton Church School-Room Christ Church, Blackburn City Hall, Perth Collegiate Establishment for Young Ladies, Pontefract Congregational Church, Bolton Corn Exchange, Kettering Corn Exchange, Northampton Corn Exchange, Stirling Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, York Freemason's Hall, Heckmondwike Grand Central Hall, Leeds Grove Wesleyan Chapel, Horsford Headingley Town School-Room Highfield School Room, Earlsheaton Holbeck Mechanics' Institution Huddersfield High Street Chapel Hull Literary and Philosophical Society Hull Young People's Christian and Literary Institute Imperial Hotel, Malvern Independent Chapel, Goole Kirkgate Wesleyan Chapel, Bradford Leeds Church Institute and Sunday School Association Leeds Grammar School: Chapel Leeds Mechanics' Institution and Literary Society Mechanics' Institute, Bradford Mechanics' Institute, Keighley Mechanics' Institution, Barnsley Mechanics' Institution, Bingley Mechanics' Institution, Dewsbury Mechanics' Institution, Hunslet Music Hall, Albion Street, Leeds New Assembly Room, Leeds Parish Church, Leeds Parish Church, Ulverston Public Halls, Batley Public Rooms, Ripon Queen Street Chapel, Leeds Roscoe Palace Chapel, Leeds Salem Independent Chapel, Pateley Bridge Scientific Hall, Goole St. George's Church, Leeds St. George's Hall, Bradford St. Mark's Church, Dukinfield St. Mary's Church, Bridlington St. Paul's Church, Kirkgate, Shipley St. Peter's Church, Blackburn Stock Exchange Hall, Leeds Town Hall, Batley Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety) Town Hall, Skipton Town Hall, Tadcaster Trinity Chapel, Bradford Union Hall, Stirling Victoria Hall, Leeds Wesleyan Chapel, Castleford Wesleyan Chapel, Hunslet Working Men's Hall, Leeds Working Men's Institute, Garforth Working Men's Institute, Leeds
Associated Times 19th century - mid Victorian 1851-1875
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