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Collection name Charles Acton Collection: Box 19 (1966-81)
Unique identifier Acton Gift 19
Description Collection of programmes for concerts held in the Gaiety Theatre between 1966 and 1981.

The Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society: 11 programmes from 22/3/66-19/11/79.

The Dublin Grand Opera Society:
18/5/66-11/6/66: 8 programmes from the individual concerts in the Festival of Italian Opera.
6/12/66-17/12/66: 3 programmes from a series of concerts from the Principals of the Bucharest Opera.
22/5/67-17/6/67: 6 programmes from A Festival of Italian Opera.
4/12/67-16/12/67: 3 programmes from a series of concerts from the Principals of the Bucharest Opera.
3/6/68-22/6/68: 5 programmes from the individual concerts in An International Season of Opera.
2/12/68-14/12/68: 3 programmes from the individual concerts in the series performed by the 'Leading Italian, Rumaninan, English and Irish Artists'.
7/4/69-26/4/69: 5 programmes from the individual concerts in the International Opera Season.
1/12/69-13/12/69: 3 programmes from the individual concerts in the series performed by the 'Leading Rumanina, English and Irish Artists'. Annotated.
24/10/71-30/10/71: programme booklet for the Centenary Celebrations concerts . Annotated.
'1871-1971 One Hundred Years of the Gaiety': Historical booklet.

The Eamonn Andrews Studios Presents:
24/4/67: The Golden Years, a musical play based on the life of Percy French.
4/11/68-[10]/11/68: Ballet For All with the Dancers of the Royal ballet.
22/4/70: The Sound of Music.
24/4/72: Fiddler on the Roof.
23/10/78: Frank Patterson sings for your pleasure with Eily O'Grady at the piano; Acton's notes included with this programme.
12/11/79-[18]/11/79: Frank Patterson sings for your pleasure with Eily O'Grady at the piano.
9/11/81-[15]/11/81: Frank Patterson sings for your pleasure. Special guest: Geraldine O'Grady with the Dublin City Ballet and the Lindsay Singers, piano and Irish harp by Eily O'Grady.

The Glasnevin Musical Society: 3 programmes from 1970-1981.

The Irish Ballet Company: 2 programmes from 1971-75.

The Cork Ballet Company: 2 programmes from 1973-74.

The Gilbert & Sullivan Group, Cork: 1 programme 6/5/68.

25/7/[year unknown] (plus duplicate of middle pages): 'Just a song at twilight, a Victorian evening of well-loved music and song'. Performers delineated. Annotated.

1 programme from the Southern Theatre Group also included.
Date range 1966 - 1981
Associated People and Organisations Acton, Charles - Bucharest Opera - Cork Ballet Company - Dublin City Ballet - Dublin Grand Opera Society - Eamonn Andrews Studio - Festival of Italian Opera - French, Percy - Gilbert and Sullivan Group - Glasnevin Musical Society - Irish Ballet Company - Lindsay Singers - O'Grady, Eily - O'Grady, Geraldine - Patterson, Frank - Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society - Royal Ballet - Southern Theatre Group -
Associated Places Dublin
Associated Times 20th century - late 1971-1999 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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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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