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Collection name Charles Acton Collection: Box 45 (1968-70)
Unique identifier Acton Gift 45
Description Collection of miscellaneous folders entitled 'RTE radio and television Whats On'. Within the folders are press releases, correspondence, timetables from RTE and the following concert ephemerea:

Belfast Festival 69:
Promotional booklet (plus duplicate): 13/11/69-29/11/69.
Programme from 'Studio Opera Group', directed by Havelock Nelson: [Aquinas Hall]: [20/11/69-22/11/69].
Festival booklet: 13/11/69-29/11/69. Contains information on all of the concerts held during the festival.

Wexford Mini-Festival:
Festival booklet: 6/3/70-8/3/70. Contains information on all of the concerts held during the festival in the Theatre Royal and Cinema Palace, Wexford.
Programmes:
7/3/70: Recitals Wexford Festival: Werner Krenn.
7/3/[70]: Anne Howells & John Constable.
7/3/70: Narciso Yepes (guitar)
8/3/70: Peter Katin plays Chopin
Flyer, leaflet (plus duplicate).

Unassociated programme:
1/2/70: Wexford: Margaret Price & James Lockhart
Date range 1968 - 1970
Associated People and Organisations Acton, Charles - Belfast Festival - Constable, John - Howells, Anne - Katin, Peter - Krenn, Werner - Lockhart, James - Nelson, Havelock - Price, Margaret - RTÉ - Studio Opera Group - Wexford Mini-Festival - Yepes, Narciso -
Associated Places Aquinas Hall, Belfast Cinema Palace, Wexford Theatre Royal, Wexford
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
Associated Content Correspondence Flyers Leaflets
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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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