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Collection name
British Broadcasting Corporation Concert Programmes (BBC) (1933-1979)
Unique identifier
Mus.314.e.1
Description
A collection of 12 boxes of concert programmes for performances given under the auspices of the British Broadcasting Corporation between 1933 and 1979 (excluding those for the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts).
The programmes were performed across a wide variety of venues and locations across Great Britain, such as, the Corn Exchange in Bedford, the Coliseum in Aberdare, and Alma Cinema in Luton. The Royal Albert Hall and Oxford’s Sheldonian theatre also feature occasionally.
Most of the programmes are from events performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, but a variety of other BBC Orchestras and/or choirs also feature within the collection such as the BBC Theatre Orchestra, the BBC Orchestra, the BBC Chorus, the BBC Singers and the BBC Midland Light Orchestra.
The contents of each box are organised by date in the following sequences:
1933-1943
1944-1949
1950-1953
1954-1956
1957-1959
1960-1961
1962-1963
1964-1965
1966-1967
1968-1972
1973-1974
1975-1979
A number of other BBC programmes exists at the shelfmark: 247933 e.42. Whilst not specifically musical, the collection includes a wide variety of subjects, such as talks and lectures on a number of subject areas, opera librettos, and educational broadcasts. The collection is largely unsorted and mostly relates to radio broadcasts, but it does also include some BBC musical concert programmes. This material within this collection starts in the year 1927 .
For the concert programmes for the BBC Promenade Concerts, refer to shelfmark: Mus.313.e.1.
Date range
1933 - 1979
Associated People and Organisations
British Broadcasting Corporation -
BBC Symphony Orchestra -
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20th century - late 1971-1999
20th century - mid 1931-1970
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Bodleian Library, Music Library
Broad Street,Music Library Oxford OX1 3BG Open Map
DOMUS
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http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk
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Collections Overview
The collection has very strong holdings of British music and related material acquired in part by legal deposit. Many collected editions and scholarly series. Very strong periodical coverage, including major 19thC European journals. Largest collection of American song material in UK.
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