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Collection name
Charles Acton Collection: Box 18 (1960-65)
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Acton Gift 18
Description
Collection of programmes for concerts held in the Gaiety Theatre between 1960 and 1965.
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company:
20/6/60-9/7/60: 5 programmes for individual concerts of Gilbert & Sullivan operas.
15/6/64-[11]/7/64: 6 programmes for individual concerts in a Season of Savoy Operas.
The Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society: 9 programmes from 1960-65
The Dublin Grand Opera Society:
18/4/60-14/5/60: 6 programmes for individual concerts in the Festival of Italian Grand Opera.
3/12/60-17/12/60: 1 programme containing all the information on the concerts in the Season of Italian Opera.
28/11/61-16/12/61: 1 programme containing all the information on the concerts in the Season of Grand Opera.
23/4/62-19/5/62: 1 annotated programme containing all the information on the concerts in the Festival of Italian Opera.
20/5/63-18/6/63: 2 programmes containing all the information on the concerts in the Festival of Italian Opera. One programme has a leaflet affixed for a 'Celebrity Concert' on 13/6/63 for Ferruccio Tagliavini's first visit to Dublin, and the pianist Mario Ceccarelli.
26/11/63-14/12/63: 1 programme containing all the information on the concerts in the Season of Grand Opera. One flyer for the season contained in the programme.
18/5/64-13/6/64: 6 programmes for individual concerts in the Festival of Italian Opera.
10/5/65-5/6/65: 6 programmes for individual concerts in the Festival of Italian Opera.
30/11/65-18/12/65: 4 programmes for the individual concerts in the Season of Grand Opera in English.
The Proms:
Series of 23 programmes from the Winter and Autumn Proms from 24/1/60- 12/2/62 with the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra; all held in the Gaiety Theatre except for two in the last season held in the City Hall, Cork.
3 musical programmes from 1961-65.
1 programme from 21/4/63: Gaiety Theatre: Pietro Menci: Lieder and Operatic Recital.
1 programme and 1 programme booklet from 29/7/63-10/9/63: Gaiety Theatre: The Bolshoi Ballet.
Date range
1960 - 1965
Associated People and Organisations
Acton, Charles -
Bolshoi Ballet -
Ceccarelli, Mario -
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 1879 -
Dublin Grand Opera Society -
Festival of Italian Grand Opera -
Festival of Italian Opera -
Menci, Pietro -
Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra -
Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society -
Tagliavini, Ferruccio -
Associated Places
City hall, Cork
Cork
Dublin
Associated Times
20th century - mid 1931-1970
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National Library of Ireland
Kildare Street
Dublin
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Collections Overview
The National Library of Ireland has two collections consisting mainly of printed sheet music from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. These include much material from the mainsteam western classical music tradition, but also material relating to little known Irish composers. The names of the two collections are the Joly Music Collection and the Additional Music collection. In addition the Library has a small but significant collection of music manuscripts. The general printed collections include some Irish ballad, folk-music and popular song collections.
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