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Collection name Charles Acton Collection: Box 62 (1945)
Unique identifier Acton Gift 62
Description Miscellaneous programmes from 1945, arranged chronologically, which form part of Box 62 in the Charles Acton Collection.

Royal Dublin Society:
15/1/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Zorian String Quartet [reverse side] 22/1/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte Recitals' Eric Harrison.
29/1/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Leon Goossens and Ivor Newton [reverse side] 5/2/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte Recitals' Iris Loveridge.
7/2/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Piano and violin recitals' Kathleen Long and Eda Kersey [reverse side] 14/2/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Owing to the inability of Mr. Peter Stadlen to keep his engagement with the society on Monday 14/2/44 Pianoforte Recitals by Moura Lympany will be given on that day'.
12/2/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Song Recitals' Astra Desmond [reverse side]: 19/2/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Double pianoforte recitals' Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick.
5/11/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Violin recitals' Ida Haendel [reverse side]: 12/11/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte Recitals' Colin Horsley.
12/11/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianofore Recitals' Colin Horsley [reverse side]: 19/11/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Cello Recitals' Wykeham-George and Veronica Parker.
26/11/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte recitals' Kathleen Long [reverse side]: 3/12/45: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Zorian Quartet.

Dublin Orchestral Players:
1/3/45: Metropolitan Hall, Lower Abbey Street: Dublin Orchestral Players 'Twelfth Symphony Concert'. Flyer.
1/3/45: Metropolitan Hall, Lower Abbey Street: Dublin Orchestral Players.
14/6/45: Metropolitan Hall: Dublin Orchestral Players.

Aberdeen Hall concerts:
10/4/45: Aberdeen Hall, Gresham Hotel: Song and pianforte recital by Robert Irwin and Charles Lynch, accompanied by Kitty O'Callaghan.
22/4/45: Aberdeen Hall, Gresham Hotel: Concert by the Dublin String Orchestra presented by the Chamber Music Concerts.

Miscellaneous programmes:
11/3/45: Capitol Theatre: Ceól-Fhuireann Radio Éireann 'Ceól Siansach'. Programme notes in English.
22/3/45: Metropolitan Hall: Culwick Choral Society. List of patrons delineated.
17/9/45-19/9/45 (plus flyer): National College of Art, Kildare Streeet: Three concerts presented by the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in aid of the Mainie Jellett Scholarship Fund.
12/1/45: Royal Irish Academy of Music, Westland Row: Dublin Musical Club. Leaflet.
Date range 1945 - 1945
Associated People and Organisations Acton, Charles - Culwick Choral Society - Cyril, Smith - Aranyi, Jelly d' - Desmond, Astra - Dublin Chamber Music Concerts - Dublin Musical Club - Dublin Orchestral Players - Dublin String Orchestra - Goossens, Léon - Haendel, Ida - Harrison, Eric - Horsley, Colin - Irwin, Robert - Kersey, Eda - Long, Kathleen - Loveridge, Iris - Lympany, Moura 1916 - 2005 Lynch, Charles - Newton, Ivor - O'Callaghan, Kitty - Parker, Veronica - Royal Dublin Society - Sellick, Phyllis - Stadlen, Peter - Wykeham-George - Zorian String Quartet -
Associated Places Gresham Hotel: Aberdeen Hall Capitol Theatre, Dublin Metropolitan Hall, Lower Abbey Street National College of Art, Kildare Street RDS Member's Hall, Ballsbridge Royal Irish Academy of Music Dublin
Associated Times 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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