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Collection name Aylmer Buesst Collection: Miscellaneous programmes, loose (1923-1939)
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Description A collection of 50 loose programmes, from 1923 to 1939.

The programmes relate to concerts and opera performances by students of the Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music and Guildhall School of Music. The concerts were largely given at the conservatoires. Venues included the Parry Opera Theatre (Royal College of Music), College Hall (Royal College of Music – not the student accommodation block of the same name, but a venue within the main building, which is probably the current "Concert Hall"), Duke’s Hall (Royal Academy of Music) and Theatre (Guildhall School of Music). In addition, a few external venues were used for concerts – the New Scala Theatre and the Queen’s Hall.

The collection includes a number of miscellaneous items: a review of a concert series, extracted from a journal or magazine; an announcement of scholarship winners from the Royal College of Music in 1933, where Alymer Buesst was a member of the adjudicating panel; a programme from a memorial service held at St. John's, Smith Square.

A number of programmes in the collection were conducted by Alymer Buesst. In addition, there is a programme from an orchestral rehearsal in 1923 where Buesst conducted a performance of his symphonic poem “Napoleon”, alongside other student composer-conductors.

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The programmes are arranged chronologically. Non-programme items are at the end of the sequence.
Date range 1923 - 1939
Associated People and Organisations Royal College of Music - Royal Academy of Music - Buesst, Aylmer 1883 - 1970 Guildhall School of Music and Drama -
Associated Places Purcell Room Kingsway Hall King’s College (University of London) London Coliseum Royal Festival Hall Royal Opera House Sadler's Wells Golders Green Hippodrome Fairfield Halls, Croydon Town Hall, Watford St. John's Smith Square Corn Exchange, Blandford Royal Albert Hall Royal Academy of Music Mute, Island of Royal College of Music Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Victoria Embankment Shire Hall, Gloucester Central Hall, Westminster Golders Green Orpheum Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Silk Street Guildhall School of Music and Drama: Theatre New Scala Theatre Queen's Hall, London Royal Academy of Music: Duke's Hall Royal College of Music Royal College of Music: Parry Opera Theatre
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970 20th century - late 1971-1999 20th century - early 1900-1930
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Collections Overview Books; printed music; sound recordings; choral sets; orchestral sets; manuscripts; early printed music & books; undergraduate & research
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