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Collection name
Mendelssohn papers: Birmingham Musical Festival (1846)
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Deneke 301
Description
A complete set of programmes with words for the four morning and two evening performances given between 25 and 28 August 1846 at the Town Hall, Birmingham as the Birmingham Musical Festival.
The festival was conducted at Mr Moscheles and included the first performance of Mendelssohn, Elijah, directed by the composer.
Bound at the end of the volume is a document which includes a record of the principal vocal performers engaged (see below), lists of the choral and orchestral ensemble, and a list of the Donations to the Festival. There is also a handwritten document detailing the receipts and profits at each Festival since 1799.
Principal vocalists: Madame Grisi, Madame Caradori Allan, Miss Bassano and Miss A. Williams; Miss Maria B. Hawes, Miss M Williams; Signor Mario, Mr Braham, Mr Hobbs and Mr Lockey; Herr Staudigl, Mr H. Phillips, Signor F. Lablache and Mr Machin.
Morning
25 August: Haydn, The Creation/Selection of Foreign Music.
26 August: Mendelssohn, Elijah (composed expressly for this festival).
27 August: Handel, The Messiah.
28 August: Beethoven, Grand Mass in D; Sphor, Hymn; Miscellaneous Selection of Music.
Evening
26 and 27 August: Grand Miscellaneous Concerts.
Date range
1846 - 1846
Associated People and Organisations
Spohr, Louis -
Moscheles, Ignatz -
Mendelssohn, Felix -
Haydn, Joseph -
Handel, George Frideric -
Beethoven, Ludwig van -
Associated Places
Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety)
Associated Times
19th century - early Victorian 1837-1850
Associated Content
Word books
First performances
List of orchestral players
List of chorus members
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Bodleian Library, Music Library
Broad Street,Music Library Oxford OX1 3BG Open Map
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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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