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Collection name
Playbills: Handel Oratorio Concerts (1785)
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937.b.10
Description
A miscellaneous collection of handbills for performances of music by Handel given at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London in February and March 1785, arranged chronologically in a single bound volume (with multiple copies for some performances).
Also included is the handbill for a Pantheon Concert given on 5 May 1785 at the Pantheon Theatre, Oxford Street.
11 February 1785: The music that was selected for the Commemoration of Handel
16 February and 11, 16 and 18 March 1785: Messiah
18 February 1785: Acis and Galatea
23 February 1785: L'Allegro il pensoro
25 February 1785: Alexander's Feast
4 March 1785: Judas Maccabaeus
11 March 1785: Samson
Date range
1785 - 1785
Associated People and Organisations
Handel, George Frideric -
Handel Commemorative Festival -
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Pantheon Theatre, Oxford Street
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Associated Times
18th century - late 1776-1799
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Playbills
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British Library
The British Library
St Pancras
,96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB Open Map
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