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Collection Description
Collection name
Royal Musical Festival in Westminster Abbey (1834)
Unique identifier
Mus.1.d.68
Description
A bound volume containing the programmes with words for the four performances given as the Royal Music Festival in Westminster Abbey on 24, 26 and 28 June and 1 July 1834, conducted by Sir George Smart.
Each programme begins with detailed lists of the Patrons/Directors of the event, the principal performers engaged, and the members of the choral and orchestral ensembles.
The performances were all three-part concerts of sacred music, the fourth being a performance of Handel, The Messiah. The second and third concerts both included the first English performances of arias by Mozart (from David Penitente and the Litany in B flat).
Proceeds from these performances were divided between the Royal Society of Musicians, The New Musical and Choral Funds and the Royal Academy of Music.
Date range
1834 - 1834
Associated People and Organisations
Smart, George -
Royal Society of Musicians -
Royal Musical Festival -
Royal Academy of Music -
New Musical Fund -
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -
Choral Fund -
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Associated Times
19th century - early 1800-1836
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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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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