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Collection name Scrapbooks of miscellaneous programmes (1868-1896)
Unique identifier BR780.69 MIS001, 002, 003
Description This collection cotains three scrapbooks made up of miscellaneous programmes.

The first scrapbook contains the following programmes:
* The Band Stand, Regent's Park - 2/8/1880 - The People's Entertainment Society - A Grand Band Performance - Conductor, Mr Hiram Henton
* St. George's Hall, Liverpool - 19/6/1880 - Organ Recital by Mr W.T. Best
* British Workman Hall, Wilmslow - 17/11/1880 - Miscellaneous Entertainment under the auspices of Wilmslow Cricket Club.
* Manchester Town Hall - 10/12/1880 - Organ Recital by M. Alex Guilmant
* Moral and Industrial Training Schools, Swinton - 3/2/1881 - Fourth entertainment
* St. James' Schools, Church Street, Pendleton - 17/3/1881 - Dramatic and Musical Entertainment on St. Patrick's Day
* Free Trade Hall - 31/5/[1881] - Pianoforte Recital by Anton Rubinstein
* Chorlton Town Hall - 4/11/1884 - Complimentary Concert to Mr Matthew Kennedy, choirmaster of the Scotch National Church
* St. James' Schools, Church Street, Pendleton - 5/5/1879 - Dramatic and Musical Entertainment
* Association Hall, Manchester - 26/4/1879 - A concert by Mr J.A. Cross's Manchester Choral Union
* Association Hall, Manchester - 13/12/1879 - Mr J.A. Cross's Tonic Sol-fa Classes - Principal vocalists, Miss Moore, Mr Grimshaw, Mr J. Kirkham - Conductor, Mr J.A. Cross
* [Free Trade Hall - 2/12/1879] - Estudiantina Espanola - [The programme contains the following annotation: "This is a band of players on the mandolin and produced some beautiful effects. The conductor stood at the side - not at the front as with us - and a fine looking mand he seemed to be. All was well played and obeyed the conductor with scrupulous fidelity."]
* Pendelton Town Hall - 12/1/1880 - The Minnehaha Amateur Minstrels.
* Royal Pomona Palace, Manchester - 29 and 30/3/1875 - Manchester and Salford Grand Vocal Festival
* St. George's Hall, Liverpool - 23/1/1868 - Organ recital by Mr W.T. Best
* Denmark Hotel, Lloyd Street, Greenheys - 6/5/1889 - Victoria Glee Club - Accompanist, Mr V.I. Kitchen - Conductor, Mr M Kennedy
* Crossley Hall, Whitworth Street, Openshaw - 18/11/1889 - A grand miscellaneous concerts in aid of the Clayton Foundry Explosion Fund
* Denmark Hotel, Lloyd Street, Greenheys - 4/4/1887 - Victoria Glee Club - Accompanist, Mr V.I. Kitchen - Conductor, Mr M Kennedy
* Manchester Town Hall - 3/12/1887 - Organ recital by Jules Grison
* Denmark Hotel, Lloyd Street, Greenheys - 2/11/1885 - Victoria Glee Club - Accompanist, Mr A. Donald - Conductor, Mr M Kennedy
* St. Ambrose Schools, Pendleton - 5/3/1885 - Grand vocal and instrumental concert - Pendleton Prize Brass Band
* Lecture Hall, Woodford - 4/12/1884 - Woodford and Buckhurst Hill Musical Societies - Conductor, Mr Walter Newport
* St. George Club, Alexandra Hotel, Moss Side - 2/11/1892 - Mr Thomas Mulliner and friends
* Pendelton Town Hall - 23/1/1895 - Variety Entertainment - Conductor, Mr Jos Smith
* Hulme Town Hall - 2/4/1880 - Victoria Glee Club miscellaneous concert
* Denmark Hotel, Lloyd Street, Greenheys - 6/3/1893 - Victoria Glee Club - Accompanist, Mr V.I. Kitchen - Conductor, Dr Haydock
* Salford Workhouse - 19/11/1879 - Pendleton Original Black Troubadours
* St. Bartholomew's School, Tatton Street - 5/2/1880 - Pendleton Original Black Troubadours
* Broughton Town Hall - 11/3/1880 - Pendleton Original Black Troubadours
* Swinton Church Schools - 20/3/1880 - Pendleton Original Black Troubadours
* St. Barnabas' School, Pendleton - 9/11/1880 - Pendleton Original Black Troubadours
* Free Trade Hall - 27/12/1880 - Wm. Lea's Grand popular concert by the celebrated Hope Hall Concert Company - Conductor, Mr Josef Cantor
* St James's Hall, Manchester - 16/10/1885 and 23/10/1885 - Two pianoforte recitals by Dr Horton Allison
* Pendleton Town Hall - 28/3/1882 - Pendleton Choral Union - Principal vocalists, Miss Dutton, Miss Hughes, Mr Fred Gordon - Conductor, Mr James Lowe
* Salford Town Hall - 21/11/1881 - Manchester Postmen's Brass Band
* Ardwick Public Hall - 27/3/1881 - Grand miscellaneous concert
* Ardwick Town Hall - 8/1/1877 - Gentlemen's Glee Club Concert
* St. Thomas', Pendleton - 29/10/1875 - Organ recital by Dr. Bridge
* St. Peter's Church, Manchester - 15/1/1875 - Organ recital by M. Alexandre Guilmant

The second scrapbook contains the following programmes:
* Baptist School-room, Bolton Street, Ramsbottom - 2/10/1869 - Accompanist, Mr Peers - Conductor, Mr Peers
* Prince's Theatre - 11/4/1874 - M. Riviere's Grand Instrumental and Vocal Promenade Concerts - Conductor, M. Riviere
* Prince's Theatre - 13/11/1874 - M. Riviere's Grand Instrumental and Vocal Promenade Concerts - Conductor, M. Riviere - has newspaper cutting with it.
* Ladies' High School - 31/5/1881 - Concert
* Town Hall, Eccles - 5/11/1881 - Principals, Miss Clara Samuell, Madame Edwyn Frith, Mr Seymour Jackson, Mr Edwyn Frith - Accompanist, Mr C.B. Grundy - Conductor, Mr James Lowe
* Hankinson Street School Room - 7/11/1881 - St. Thomas' Day Schools Jubilee Memorial Fund
* Irlam Church School - 12/11/1881 - Irlam Brass Band
* Pendleton Town Hall - 14/11/1881 - Pendleton Choral Union
* Association Hall, Manchester - 19/1/1880 - Miscellaneous concert in aid of Mr Alsop's Wood St. Missin for Destitute Children given by the Victoria Glee Club - Prinicpal vocalist, Miss Fanny Bristow - Conductor and accompanist, Mr F. Pugh
* Pendleton Town Hall - 5/4/1880 - Pendleton Choral Union - Principals, Miss Fanny Bristow, Mr E. Waters, Mr W. Ellis - Pianoforte, Mr C.B. Grundy - Conductor, Mr James Lowe
* Chrysostom's Schools, Clarendon Road, Manchester - 29/11/1880 - Victorian Glee Club - Prinicpal vocalists, Miss Conway and Miss Briggs - Conductor and accompanist, Mr Fred Pugh
* Cathedral Schools, Corporation Street - 13/12/1880 - Cathedral Choral Society - Accompanist, Mr Tinker - Conductor, Mr N. Dumville
* Pendleton Town Hall - 20/12/1880 - Principal vocalists, Miss Falkner, Miss Dutton, Mr Ballam, Mr Barrow - Accompanist, Mr C. Buxton Grundy - Conductor, Mr James Lowe - "Messiah"
* Chrysostom's Schools, Clarendon Road, Manchester - 18/1/1881 - Victorian Glee Club - Prinicpal vocalists, Master Gooddie, Mr Jas. D. Smith - Accompanist, Mr F. Wrigley - Conductor, Mr Fred Pugh
* Drill Hall, Flixton - 11/3/1881 - A grand concert given by Mr J.P. Shaw
* St. Mary's Schoolroom - 15/3/1878 - Entertainment in aid of the new organ fund
* St. James' Scholl, Pendleton - 17/3/1879 - St. Patrick's Day concert and entertainment
* Winter Gardens, Blackpool - 19/9/1879 - Musical director, Mr De Jong
* Pendleton Town Hall - 5/1/1880 - Pendleton Amatuer Minstrels
* St. Peter's School, Levenshulme - 26/2/1874 - Vocalists, St. Peter Church Choir - Conductor, Mr William J. Young
* Pendelton Mechanics' Institution - 18/12/1875 - Choral concert - Conductor, Mr Geo. Whittaker
* Davyhulme Wesleyan Schools - 4/3/1876 - Pianist, Miss Hardman - Conductor, Mr D.L. Jones

The third scrapbook contains the following programmes:
* Free Trade Hall - 20/12/1879 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - Prinicpal vocalists, Madame Nouver, Miss Helen D'Alton. Mr Sims Reevs, Mr Barton McGuckin, Signor Foli - Organist, Mr Henry Walker - Conductor, Mr De Jong - "Messiah"
* Free Trade Hall - 25/12/1879 - Prinicpal vocalists, Madame Beasley, Miss Helen D'Alton, Mr Barton McGuckin, Mr Thurley Beale - Organist, Mr Henry Walker - Conductor, Mr De Jong
* Free Trade Hall - 9/10/1880 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - Vocalists, Madame Christine Nilsson, Miss Damian, Mr Walter Clifford - with newspaper cutting
* Free Trade Hall - 4/12/1880 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts
* Free Trade Hall - 18/12/1880 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - Principal vocalists, Miss Clara Samuell, Madame Trebelli, Mr Joseph Mass, Signor Foli
* Free Trade Hall - 8/1/1881 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - Vocalists, Madame Patey, Mr Herbert Reeves, Mr De Jong
* Free Trade Hall - 3/12/1881 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - Vocalists, Miss Agnes Ross, Miss Hope Glenn, Mr Edward Lloyd, Signor Foli
* Free Trade Hall - 20/12/1890 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - Principal vocalists, Miss Anna Williams, Madame Hope Glenn, Mr Barton McGuckin, Signor Foli - "Messiah"
* Free Trade Hall - 25/12/1891 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - Miss Medora Henson, Madame Hope Glenn, Mr Henry Piercy, Mr Ffrangcon Davies
* Pendleton Town Hall - 6/11/1880 - Concerts for the workpeople - Conductor, Mr F. Pugh
* Pendleton Town Hall - 22/1/1881 - Concerts for the workpeople - Conductor, Mr Thos Andrews
* Pendleton Town Hall - 29/1/1881 - Concerts for the workpeople
* Free Trade Hall - 30/1/1879 - Mr Charles Halle's Grand Concerts
* Free Trade Hall - 11/1/1883 - Mr Charles Halle's Grand Concerts
* Free Trade Hall - 2/3/1872 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts
* Free Trade Hall - 25/11/1876 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - Solo pianoforte, Madame Arabella Goddard - The Liverpool Vocalists' Union
* Free Trade Hall - 20/1/[1877] - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts
* Free Trade Hall - 13/10/1877 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - Ballad Concert
* Free Trade Hall - 22/12/1877 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - Manchester Philharmonic Society - "Messiah"
* Free Trade Hall - 19/1/1878 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - Irish Night
* Free Trade Hall - 9/11/1878 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts
* Free Trade Hall - 21/12/1878 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - "Messiah"
* Free Trade Hall - 8/11/1879 - Mr De Jong's Popular Concerts - Madlle. Welmi, Mr Barton McGuckin, Band of Harps
* Cambridge Hall, Southport - Whit-week 1880 - Grand entertainments by the Troubadour Minstrels
* St. Bartholomew's Egerton Schools, Salford - 29/4/1880 - Pendleton Original Black Troubadours
* Town Hall, Pendleton - 7/2/1881 - Pendleton Original Black Troubadours
* Boys' and Girls' Refuge, Strangeways, Manchester - 10/11/1881 - Pendleton Original Black Troubadours
* Town Hall, Pendleton - 6/2/1882 - Pendleton Original Black Troubadours
* St. Mary's Schools, Lowton - 13/12/1881 - Pendleton Original Black Troubadours
* Pendleton Town Hall - 5/2/1881 - Concerts for the workpeople
* Pendleton Town Hall - 12/2/1881 - Concerts for the workpeople
* Pendleton Town Hall - 19/3/1881 - Concerts for the workpeople
* Pendleton Town Hall - 19/11/1881 - Concerts for the workpeople
* Pendleton Town Hall - 26/11/1881 - Concerts for the workpeople
* Free Trade Hall - 18/11/1882 - Working Men's Concerts
* Free Trade Hall - 1/11/1884 - Working Men's Concerts
* Concert Hall, Manchester - 8/3/1876 - Manchester Vocal Society
* Concert Hall, Manchester - 11/2/1880 - Manchester Vocal Society
* Concert Hall, Manchester - 10/11/1886 - Manchester Vocal Society
* Concert Hall, Manchester - 9/3/1881 - Manchester Vocal Society
* Concert Hall, Manchester - 4/10/1882 - Manchester Vocal Society
* Co-operative Hall, Pendleton - 23/1/1888 - Hope Choir Glee Club
* M.S. and L. Ry. Co.'s Schoolroom, Ogden Lane, Openshaw - 5/3/1896 - Grand concert
* Gentlemen's Concert Hall, Manchester - 28/4/1896 - Beethoven Society - Hon. Conductor, E. Gordon Cockrell
* Royal Hotel - 4/9/1882 - Victorian Glee Club - handwritten programme
* Athenaeum - 23/2/1885 - Handel's Bi-Centenary - R. Andrew's Matinee Musicale
Date range 1868 - 1896
Associated People and Organisations Allison, Horton C. - Andrew, R. - Andrews, Thos - Ballam, Mr. - Barrow, Mr - Beale, Thurley - Beasley, Madame - Beethoven Society, Manchester - Best, W.T. - Bridge, Dr. J. - Briggs, Miss - Bristow, Fanny - Cantor, Josef - Cathedral Choral Society - Clifford, Walter - Cockrell, E. Gordon - Conway, Miss - Cross, J.A. - D'Alton, Helen - Damian, Miss - de Jong, Edward - Donald, A. - Dumville, N. - Dutton, Miss - Ellis, W. - Estudiantina Espanola - Falkner, Miss - Ffrangcon-Davies, David - Foli, Allan James - Frith, Edwyn - Gentleman’s Glee Club - Glenn, Hope - Goddard, Arabella - Gooddie, Master - Gordon, Fred - Grimshaw, Mr. - Grison, Jules - Grundy, C.B. - Guilmant, Alexandre - Hardman, Miss - Haydock, Dr. - Henson, Medora - Henton, Hiram - Hope Choir Glee Club - Hope Hall Concert Company - Hughes, Miss - Irlam Brass Band - Jackson, Seymour - Jones, D.L. - Kennedy, M. - Kennedy, Matthew - Kirkham, J. - Kitchen, Vernon, I. - Liverpool Vocalists' Union - Lloyd, Edward - Lowe, James - Manchester and Salford Grand Vocal Festival - Manchester Choral Union - Manchester Philharmonic - Manchester Postmen's Brass Band - Manchester Vocal Society - Mass, Joseph - McGuckin, Barton - Minnehaha Amateur Minstrels - Moore, Miss - Mr Charles Halle's Grand Concerts - Mr de Jong's Popular Concerts - Mr. J.A. Cross's Tonic Sol-fa Classes - Mulliner, Thomas - Newport, Walter - Nilsson, Christine - Nouver, Madame - Patey, Madame - Peers, Mr. - Pendleton Amateur Minstrels - Pendleton Choral Union - Pendleton Original Black Troubadors - Pendleton Prize Band - Piercy, Henry - Pugh, F. - Reeves, Herbert - Riviere, M. - Ross, Agnes - Rubinstein, Anton - Samuell, Clara - Shaw, J.P. - Reeves, Sims - Smith, Jas. D. - Smith, Jos - St. Peter's Church Choir - People's Entertainment Society - Tinker, Mr. - Trebelli, Madame - Troubadour Minstrels - Victoria Glee Club - Walker, Henry - Waters, E. - Welmi, Madlle. - Whittaker, Geo. - Williams, Anna - Wilmslow Cricket Club - Woodford and Buckhurst Hill Musical Societies - Wrigley, Frank - Young, William J. -
Associated Places Ardwick Public Hall Association Hall, Manchester Athenaeum Concert Hall, Manchester Baptist School-room, Bolton Street, Ramsbottom Boys' and Girl's Refuge, Strangeways, Manchester British Workman Hall, Wilmslow Cambridge hall, Southport Cathedral Schools, Corporation Street, Manchester Chrysostom's Schools, Clarendon Road, Manchester Concert Hall, Manchester Co-operative Hall, Pendleton Crossley Hall, Whitworth Street, Openshaw Davyhulme Wesleyan Schools Denmark Hotel, Lloyd Street, Greenheys Drill Hall, Flixton Free Trade Hall Gentlemen's Concert Hall, Manchester Hankinson Street School Room, Manchester Irlam Church School, Manchester Ladies' High School Lecture Hall, Woodford Green M.S. and L. Ry. Co.'s Schoolroom, Ogden Lane, Openshaw Moral and Industrial Training Schools, Swinton Pendleton Mechanics' Institution Prince's Theatre, Manchester Royal Hotel, Manchester Royal Pomona Palace, Manchester Salford Workhouse St. Ambrose Schools, Pendleton St. Barnabas' School, Pendleton St. Bartholomew's Egerton Schools, Salford St. Bartholomew's School, Tatton Street, Manchester St. George Club, Alexandra Hotel, Moss Side St. George's Hall, Liverpool St. James' Hall, Manchester St. James' Schools, Pendleton St. Mary's Schoolroom, Manchester St. Mary's Schools, Lowton St. Peter's Church, Manchester St. Peter's School, Levenshulme St. Thomas', Pendleton Swinton Church Schools The Band Stand, Regent's Park Town Hall, Ardwick Town Hall, Broughton Town Hall, Chorlton Town Hall, Eccles Town Hall, Hulme Town Hall, Manchester Town Hall, Pendleton Town Hall, Salford
Associated Times 19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899 19th century - mid Victorian 1851-1875
Associated Content Press Cuttings Annotations Word books Handwritten programmes
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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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