Search

Search Help
Back

Collection Description
Collection name Spencer Collection (1912-1995)
Unique identifier
Description A collection of eight programmes from the Spencer Collection, which date from 1912 to 1995. The majority of items are from the 1980s and 1990s. The programmes relate to performance of early music, which includes instrumental music and vocal music. The exception to this, if the earliest item in the collection - a programme form Stationer's Hall in 1912 - which consisted of music from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Though the majority of items are from London performances, there are a few programmes from provincial or foreign concerts. The venues represented in the collection are as follows: Wigmore Halll; Barbican Centre; Stationers Hall; Boughton Aluph Church; Queen Elizabeth Hall; St. John’s, Smith Square; Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo. In addition, there is a programme from a concert supported by France Musique – a French broadcasting station – that does not specify the venue. A number of programmes in the collection are festival brochures from the “Early Music Centre Festival”.
Date range 1912 - 1995
Associated People and Organisations Crotch, William - Macfarren, George - Royal Academy of Music - Mackenzie, Alexander Campbell - Early Music Centre Festival -
Associated Places Wigmore Hall Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo Stationer's Hall St. John's Smith Square Barbican Centre Boughton Aluph Church Queen Elizabeth Hall Stationer's Hall
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970 20th century - late 1971-1999 20th century - early 1900-1930
Associated Content First performances
Star Item(s)
Strength(s)
Further details
Viewing the Collection
Term-Time Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 9.00–18.00 Saturdays: 9.00–12.00 (Junior Academy terms only) Vacation hours vary and are advertised in the Library Information section in the on-line Unicorn Catalogue.
Visiting information

Location details

Royal Academy of Music, Library
Marylebone Road London NW1 5HT Open Map
DOMUS
Website http://www.ram.ac.uk
Email
Telephone
Fax
Building Information
Collections Overview Books; printed music; sound recordings; choral sets; orchestral sets; manuscripts; early printed music & books; undergraduate & research
Display Overview
Star Objects
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record

Additional Collection Information
Accrual Status Closed
Legal Status
Custodial History
Related Publications
Management Information (Type)
Collection Owner(s)
Collection Creator(s)
Collection Custodians(s)