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Collection name Accrington Choral Society (1890-1899)
Unique identifier 780 69 Ae (605)
Description This is a collection of programmes for concerts given by the Accrington Choral Society:

* Town Hall, Accrington - 24/11/1890 - Artistes, Madame Fanny Moody, Mr Charles Manners, Mr Thalberg Brown - Accompanist, Mr T.E. Higham - Conductor, Mr Tharlberg Brown
* Town Hall, Accrington - 12/11/1891 - Artistes, Master Jean Gerardy ('Aged 12 1/2 years, the wonderful boy cellist'), Madame Amy Sherwin, Miss Girtin-Barnard, Herr Benno Schonberger - Conductor, Mr Tharlbery Brown
* Town Hall, Accrington - 29/11/1893 - Pianoforte, Sir Charles Halle - Vioinist, Lady Halle - Soprano, Miss Mabel Berrey - Conductor, Mr Thalberg Brown - Organist, Mr T.E. Higham - Pianist, Mr E. Whittaker.
* Town Hall, Accrington - 21/11/1894 - Artistes, Madame Clara Samuell, Miss Jeanie Rankin, Mr Henry Piercy, Mr D. Ffrangcon Davies, Mr Phillip Cathie - Accompanist, Mr Clement Lockname - Organist, Mr C.H. Openshaw - Conductor, Mr Thalberg Brown
* Town Hall, Accrington - 16/12/1895 - Artistes, Madame Fanny Moody, Miss Osborne Rayner, Mr John Child, Mr William Dever, Mr Charles Manners - Organist, Mr M. Higson - Pianist, Mr T.E. Higham - Conductor, Mr Thalberg Brown
* [Town Hall, Accrington] - 23/10/1896 - Artistes, Miss Maggie Davies, Madame Belle Cole, Mr Lloyd Chandos, Mr David Hughes, Mr John Dunn, Miss Marguerite Swale - Organist, Mr M. Higson - Conductor, Dr Henry Watson
* Town Hall, Accrington - 23/12/1896 - Principals, Miss Herod, Miss Louie Turner, Mr Riley Walker, Mr Charles Walton - Organist, Mr T.E. Higham - Leader, Mr H. Nuttall - Orchestra selected from the members of the New Jerusalem Sunday School Band, assisted by leaders from Sir Charles Halle's Orchestra - Conductor, Dr Henry Watson - "Messiah"
* Town Hall, Accrington - 22/2/1897 - Principal vocalists, Madame Marie Duma, Mr Thurgate Simpson, Mr Robert Grice - Organist, Mr T.E. Higham - Leader, Mr H. Nutall - Orchestra selected principally from Sir Charles Halle's - Conductor, Dr Henry Watson - "Creation"
* Town Hall, Accrington - 15/12/1897 - Principals, Madame Alice Esty, Miss Kirkby Lunn, Mr John Child, Mr Wm Dever, Mr Alec Marsh (all of the Carl Rosa Opera Company) - Orchestra selected from Sir Charles Halle's and from Members of the New Jerusalem Sunday School Band - Organist, Mr T.E. Higham - Leader, Mr H. Nuttall - Conductor, Dr Henry Watson - Gounod's "Faust"
* Town Hall, Accrington - 2/3/1898 - Principals, Miss Helen Jaxon, Miss Kirkby Lunn, Mr William Wild and Mr Watkin Mills - Orchestra selected from Sir Charles Halle's and from the Members of the New Jerusalem Sunday School Band - Organist, Mr T.E. Higham - Leader, Mr H. Nuttall - Conductor, Dr Henry Watson - "Samson"
* [Town Hall, Accrington] - 30/11/1898 - Artistes, Madame Mabel Berrey, Mr Phillip Brozel, Mr Frederick Dawson - Accompanists, Mr T.E. Higham, Mr W.S. Walker - Conductor, Dr Henry Watson
* Town Hall, Accrington - 8/3/1899 - Principal Vocalists - Madame Marie Duma, Miss Edna Thompson, Mr Joseph Hanson, Mr Charles Santley - Organists, Mr T.E. Higham and Mr W.S. Walker - Leader, Mr H. Nuttall - Orchestra selected from Sir Charles Halle's and the New Church Sunday School Orchestra - "Elijah"
Date range 1890 - 1899
Associated People and Organisations Berrey, Mabel - Brozel, Phillip - Cathie, Philip - Chandos, Lloyd - Child, John - Cole, Belle (Madame) - Davies, Maggie - Dawson, Frederick - Dever, William - Duma, Marie - Dunn, John - Esty, Alice - Ffrangcon-Davies, David - Gerardy, Jean - Girtin-Barnard, Miss - Grice, Robert - Hallé, Charles - Hallé, Lady (Wilma Norman-Neruda) 1838 - 1911 Hanson, Joseph - Herod, Miss - Higham, T.E. - Higson, M. - Hughes, David - Jaxon, Helen - Lunn, Kirkby 1873 - 1930 Locknane, Clement - Manners, Charles - Marsh, Alec - Moody, Fanny - New Jerusalem Sunday School Band - Nuttall, H. - Openshaw, C.H. - Osbourne Rayner, Miss - Piercy, Henry - Rankin, Jeanie - Samuell, Clara - Santley, Charles - Schonberger, Benno - Sherwin, Amy - Sir Charles Halle's Orchestra - Swale, Marguerite - Thalberg Brown, Mr - Thompson, Edna - Thurgate Simpson, Mr - Turner, Louie - Walker, Riley - Walker, W.S. - Walton, Charles - Watkin Mills, Mr - Watson, Henry - Whittaker, E. - Wild, William -
Associated Places Accrington Town Hall, Accrington
Associated Times 19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899
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Collections Overview The Henry Watson Music Library is named after Dr. Henry Watson, a renowned composer and teacher born in nearby Accrington. After his death in 1911 he bequeathed the contents of his private library to the care of Manchester City Council. Watson's original collection (some 16,700 volumes) has been supplemented by many important donations and acquisition since and has grown into one of the largest collections of music in any public library.
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