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Collection name
Abbey Glee Club (1886-1906)
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X.439/601
Description
A collection of programmes, with words, for nine Ladies' Evening Concerts, given by the Abbey Glee Club at Westminster Town Hall, Caxton Street (from 1904, Caxton Hall) between 1886 and 1904. Also, programmes with separate wordbooks for two further performances of this sort, given in 1905 and 1906.
These were two-part performances of English choral repertory (including glees and part songs). Each programme includes a note of the President and Vice-President of the organization and carries an extensive list of the vocal performers. A number also include a small illustration.
The programmes for the final two concerts listed here provide an indication of the institutional affiliation of the performers: the boy sopranos are drawn from the London College for Choristers and the remainder are variously associated with the Chapel Royal, St. Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. The wordbooks for these same performances carry a list of the committee members of the Club.
20 December 1886: Mr H. Schartau, Mr W. Coward, Mr A. Lester, Mr Fred. Walker, Mr William Coates, Mr Henry Guy, Mr E. Dalzell, Mr Theodore Distin, Mr T. Lawler, Mr W. Winn and Mr Frederick Bevan (vocal) with Monsieur B. Albert (cello) and Mr Alfred Izard (piano), conducted by Mr Fred. Walker.
26 April 1888: Master Humm, Mr J.A. Brown, Mr W. Coward, Mr H.J. Dutton, Mr William Coates, Mr Henry Taylor, Mr Albert James, Mr Henry Guy, Mr C. Ackerman, Mr E.J. Bell, Mr Theodore Distin and Mr T. Lawler (vocal), conducted by Mr Theodore Distin.
30 April 1889: Master Steward, Mr James A. Brown, Mr H. Schartau, Mr W. Coward, Mr H.J. Dutton, Mr Henry Taylor, Mr Albert James, Mr Henry Guy, Mr Edward Dalzell, Mr T.W. Hanson, Mr E.J. Bell, Mr C. Ackerman, Mr Frederick Bevan and Mr Robert Hilton (vocal), conducted by Mr Henry Taylor.
29 April 1896: Master Marchant, Mr J.A. Brown, Mr Ernest Taylor, Mr George May, Mr Henry Taylor, Mr Albert James, Mr Edward Dalzell, Mr William Fell, Mr Alfred Kenningham, Mr Sutton Shepley, Mr Frederick Bevan and Mr Robert Hilton (vocal), conducted by Mr Henry Taylor.
20 April 1898: Mademoiselle Molitor, Master Willie Gammage, Master Herbert Harden, Mr Ernest Taylor, Mr George May, Mr Walter Coward, Mr Albert James, Mr Alfred Kenningham, Mr Edward Branscombe, Mr William Davies, Mr Sutton Shepley, Mr Frederick Bevan and Mr Robert Hilton (vocal), with Miss Llewela Davies (piano), conducted by Mr Albert James.
25 April 1899: Master Willie Gammage, Master Stanley Smith, Mr Ernest Taylor, Mr George May, Mr Percy Coward, Mr Albert James, Mr Alfred Kenningham, Mr Edward Branscombe, Mr William Davies, Mr Sutton Shepley, Mr Charles Ackerman and Mr Robert Hilton (vocal), conducted by Mr Albert James.
23 April 1900: Master Herbert Harden, Master Stanley Smith, Mr Ernest Taylor, Mr George May, Mr Percy Coward, Mr Albert James, Mr Alfred Kenningham, Mr Edward Branscombe, Mr William Davies, Mr Sutton Shepley, Mr Charles Ackerman and Mr Robert Hilton (vocal), conducted by Mr Albert James.
13 May 1902: Master Davis, Master Thorpe, Mr Ernest Taylor, Mr George May, Mr Walter Coward, Mr Albert James, Mr Albert Kenningham, Mr Harper Kearton, Mr William Davies, Mr Sutton Shepley, Mr Bertram Mills and Mr George Stubbs (vocal), conducted by Mr George May.
26 April 1904: Masters Hyde, Hubbard, Bates, Marchant, Mr Ernest Taylor, Mr George May, Mr Walter Coward, Mr Albert James, Mr William Davies, Mr William Fell, Mr Harper Kearton, Mr Bertram Mills, Mr George Stubbs and Mr Robert Hilton (vocal), conducted by Mr Albert James.
28 March 1905: Masters Cook, Hubbard, Knight and Young (soprano), Mr Walter Coward, Mr George May and Mr Ernest Taylor (alto), Mr William Fell, Mr Albert James, Mr George Brierley and Mr F.W. Norcup (tenor) and Mr Robert Hilton, Mr Bertram Mills and Mr George Stubbs (bass), directed by Robert Hilton.
24 April 1906: Masters Reginald Griffiths, George Putman, Leonard Cook and Leslie Battensby (soprano), Mr Walter Coward, Mr George May and Mr Ernest Taylor (alto), Mr George Brierley, Mr William Fell, Mr Albert James and Mr Fred Norcup (tenor) and Mr Robert Hilton, Mr Bertram Mills and Mr George Stubbs (bass), directed by William Coward.
Date range
1886 - 1906
Associated People and Organisations
Winn, W. (Mr) -
Westminster Abbey -
Walker, Frederick -
Taylor, Henry -
Taylor, Ernest -
Stubbs, George -
St. Paul's Cathedral -
Smith, Stanley -
Shepley, Sutton -
Schartau, H. (Mr) -
Putman, George -
Norcup, Fred. W. (Mr) -
Mills, Bertram -
May, George -
London College for Choristers -
Lester, A. (Mr) -
Lawler, T. (Mr) -
Kenningham, Alfred -
Kearton, Harper -
James, Albert -
Izard, Alfred -
Hilton, Robert -
Harden, Herbert -
Hansen, T. W. (Mr) -
Guy, Henry -
Griffiths, Reginald -
Gammage, Willie -
Fell, William -
Dutton, H. J. (Mr) -
Distin, Theodore -
Davies, William -
Davies, Llewela -
Dalzell, Edward -
Coward, William -
Coward, Percy -
Cook, Leonard -
Coates, William -
Chapel Royal -
Brown, James A -
Brierley, George -
Branscombe, Edward -
Bevan, Frederick -
Bell, E. J. (Mr) -
Battensby, Leslie -
Albert, B. (Mr) -
Ackerman, Charles -
Abbey Glee Club -
Associated Places
Caxton Hall, Westminster
Town Hall, Westminster
Associated Times
19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899
20th century - early 1900-1930
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