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Collection name Charles Acton Collection: Box 63 (1951)
Unique identifier Acton Gift 63
Description Miscellaneous programmes from 1951, arranged chronologically, which form part of Box 63 in the Charles Acton Collection.

RE Concerts:
9/1/51: Radio Éireann Cuirm cheoil Siansach: Ceolfhuireann Siansach Radio Éireann.

RDS concerts:
15/1/51: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Cello Recitals' Paul Tortelier [reverse side] 22/1/51: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Amadeus String Quartet.
29/1/51: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte Recitals' Gonzalo Soriano [reverse side] 5/2/51: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Song Recitals' Heddle Nash.
5/2/51: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Song Recitals' Heddle Nash [reverse side] 12/2/51: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet.
19/11/51: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Pascal String Quartet [reverse side] 26/11/51: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Pianoforte recitals' Marcelle Meyer.
3/12/51: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: 'Violin and piano recitals' Jaroslav Vanecek and Kitty O'Callaghan [reverse side] 10/12/51: Royal Dublin Society Members' Hall, Ball's Bridge: The Amadeus String Quartet.
RIAM concerts:
18/1/51-20/1/51: Theatre, Royal Irish Academy of Music: presented by 'The Thirteens'.
8/2/51: The Round Room, The Mansion House, Dublin: Programme of Orchestral and Senior Student's [of the RIAM] Concert.

Dublin Grand Opera Society programmes:
7/5/51-26/5/51: Gaiety Theatre: The Dublin Grand Opera Society in conjuction with Radio Eireann presented The Hamburg State Opera. Season programme booklet.
18/5/[51]-21/5/[51]: Gaiety Theatre: The Dublin Grand Opera Society presented the Hamburg State Opera. Individual programme.
22/5/[51]-26/5/[51]: Gaiety Theatre: The Dublin Grand Opera Society presented the Hamburg State Opera. Individual programme.

London programmes:
8/5/[51]-27/6/[51]: Victoria & Albert Museum; Chapel of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Westminster Abbey; Wigmore Hall & All Souls' Church, Langham Place. Presented by the Arts Council of Great Britain: The London Season of the Arts Festival Of Britain: Eight Concerts of Henry Purcells Music; Eight Concert of Music by Other English Composers 1300-1750; Six Recitals of English Song. Leaflet.
24/6/[51]: Royal Festival Hall, London: Festival of Britain, London Season of the Arts: Haydn-Mozart Society presented the London Mozart Players. Flyer.
24/6/51 (plus duplicate): Royal Festival Hall, London: Festival of Britain, London Season of the Arts: Haydn-Mozart Society presented the London Mozart Players.
30/6/51: Music School: Royal Musical Union: 835th Concert
26/7/[51]-1/9/[51]: Royal Festival Hall: International ballet season. Subscription leaflet.

Dublin Orchestral Players concerts:
14/6/51: The Mansion House: Dublin Orchestral Players 'Symphony Concert'.
28/11/51: Metropolitan Hall: Dublin Orchestral Players 'Symphony Concert'.

Miscellaneous programmes:
27/5/51: St. Nicholas' Hall, Dundalk: Dundalk Musical Society 'Grand Choral and Instrumental Concert'.
6/6/51: Theatre Royal: The United States Air Force Band Concert in aid of the Irish Red Cross, souvenir programme.
24/10/51: Leinster Hall, Royal Hibernian Hotel, Dublin: Programme of a recital of piano solos ans songs by Rhona Marshall and Madge Bradbury.
Date range 1951 - 1951
Associated People and Organisations Acton, Charles - Amadeus String Quartet - Arts Council of Great Britain - Bradbury, Madge - Dublin Grand Opera Society - Dublin Orchestral Players - Dundalk Musical Society - Hamburg State Opera - London Mozart Players - Marshall, Rhona - Meyer, Marcelle - Nash, Heddle - O'Callaghan, Kitty - Pascal String Quartet - Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra - RIAM Senior Students - Royal Dublin Society - Royal Irish Academy of Music - Royal Musical Union - RTÉ - Soriano, Gonzalo - Tortelier, Paul - United States Air Force Band - Vanecek, Jaroslav - Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet -
Associated Places All Souls’, Langham Place Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Chapel Leinster Hall, Hawkins Street, Dublin Mansion House, Dublin Metropolitan Hall, Lower Abbey Street RDS Member's Hall, Ballsbridge Round Room, Mansion House, Dublin Royal Festival Hall St. Nicholas' Hall, Dundalk Victoria and Albert Museum Westminster Abbey Wigmore Hall
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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