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Collection name Beniamino Gigli Concert (1949-1955)
Unique identifier BR 780.69 GIG 001-003
Description This collection contains three programmes for concerts given by the Italian singer Beniamino Gigli. The first programme contains the programme and notes for the 1953 Spring Tour, with Enrico Sivieri at the piano. The second programmes if for a concert given at the Kings Hall, Belle Vue, on 25/10/1949, with Ivor Newton as accompanist. The third programme itself gives no dates or venues but a newspaper cutting attached to the programme suggests that Gigli had given his concert at Belle Vue, Manchester on 20/3/1955, whilst intimating that there was more than one concert.
Date range 1949 - 1955
Associated People and Organisations Fedri, Dino - Gigli, Beniamino 1890 - 1957 Newton, Ivor - Sivieri, Enrico -
Associated Places Belle Vue Manchester
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
Associated Content Press Cuttings Photographs Word books
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Henry Watson Music Library
St Peter's Square Manchester M2 5PD United Kingdom Open Map
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Website http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/central/hwml/
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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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