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Collection name Charles Acton Collection: Box 63 (1950)
Unique identifier Acton Gift 63
Description Miscellaneous programmes from 1950, arranged chronologically, which form part of Box 63 in the Charles Acton Collection.

Royal Dublin Society programmes:
9/1/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Quintette de L'atelier [reverse side] 16/1/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Pasquier Trio.
16/1/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Pasquier Trio [reverse side] 23/1/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte Recitals' Lance Dossor.
30/1/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Peter Gibbs String Quartet [reverse side] 6/2/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Pierre Fournier and Ernest Lush.
6/2/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Pierre Fournier and Ernest Lush [reverse side] 13/2/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte Recitals' Gina Bachauer.
6/11/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Griller String Quartet [reverse side] 13/11/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte Recitas' Cherkassky.
13/11/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte Recitals' Cherkassky [reverse side] 20/11/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Pierre Fournier & Ernest Lush.
20/11/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Pierre Fournier & Ernest Lush [reverse side] 27/11/50: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte Recitals' Lili Kraus.

Dublin Orchestral Players programmes:
25/2/50: Whitworth Hall, Drogheda: Dublin Orchestral Players 'Symphony Concert'.
2/3/50: Metropolitan Hall: Dublin Orchestral Players 'Symphony Concert'.
14/6/50: Abbey Lecture Hall: Dublin Orchestral Players 'Symphony Concert'.
17/6/50: Dublin Orchestral Players 'Symphony Concert'.
19/11/50: St. Mary's Hall, Mullingar: Dublin Orchestral Players 'Symphony Concert'
30/11/50: Abbey Lecture Theatre: Dublin Orchestral Players 'Symphony Concert'
9/12/50: St. Andrew's College: Dublin Orchestral Players 'Symphony Concert'.

Royal Irish Academy of Music programmes:
10/6/50: Royal Irish Academy of Music: Students' Musical Union 'At Home': Feis Prize-Winners' Concert.
19/6/50: Academy Concert Hall: [RIAM] Academy String Pupils.
25/11/50: Students' Musical Union RIAM.
16/12/50: Royal Irish Academy of Music: Students' Musical Union RIAM 'At Home'.
18/12/50: [RIAM] Academy Concert Hall: Academy String Pupils.
20/12/50: Royal Irish Academy of Music: Student's Society Evening.

Miscellaneous programmes:
6/10/50: [Phoenix Hall]: Radio E ireann Cuirm Cheoil Siansach: Ceolfhurieann Siansach Radio E ireann.
21/12/50: Theatre Royal: Programme of the international ECA concert.
13/5/50: [London]: Yehudi Menuhin in recital.
9/2/50: Metropolitan Hall, Lower Abbey Street: Clontarf Choral Society.
Date range 1950 - 1950
Associated People and Organisations Acton, Charles - Bachauer, Gina - Cherkassky, Shura - Clontarf Choral Society - Dossor, Lance - Dublin Orchestral Players - Fournier, Pierre - Griller String Quartet - Kraus, Lili - Lush, Ernest 1908 - 1988 Menuhin, Yehudi - Pasquier Trio - Peter Gibbs String Quartet - Quintette de L'atelier - Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra - RIAM Academy String Pupils - Royal Dublin Society - Royal Irish Academy of Music Students' Musical Union -
Associated Places Abbey Lecture Hall, Lower Abbey Street Abbey Lecture Theatre, Dublin Metropolitan Hall, Lower Abbey Street Phoenix Hall, Dublin RDS Member's Hall, Ballsbridge RIAM Concert Hall Royal Irish Academy of Music St. Andrew's College St. Mary's Hall, Mullingar Whitworth Hall, Drogheda 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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