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Collection Description
Collection name
Southbank Concert Programmes (1957-2006)
Unique identifier
W.P.4462.
Description
An extended run of concert and recital programmes for performances given at the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Rooms, London between 1957 and the present day, held loosely and arranged chronologically over a large number of variously sized parcels.
The figures in parenthesis below provide an indication of the number of parcels held for each year. Each parcels holds between 5 and 80 programmes.
1957 (12), 1958 (10) and 1959 (1)
1960 (3), 1961 (10), 1962 (9), 1963 (11), 1964 (10), 1965 (9), 1966 (14), 1967 (15), 1968 (13) and 1969 (20)
1970 (22), 1971 (19), 1972 (18), 1973 (20), 1974 (18), 1975 (42), 1976 (31), 1977 (27), 1978 (3) and 1979 (28)
1980 (35), 1981 (26), 1982 (41), 1983 (36), 1984 (32), 1985 (26), 1986 (35), 1987 (16), 1988 (18) and 1989 (21)
1990 (20), 1991 (6) and 1991–2006 (76 file boxes and 28 bundles of loose programmes).
Interleaved with this sequence are a number of parcels spanning 2 or more years. These are as follows:
1971-72 (9), 1974-75 (6), 1975-80 (2), 1976-77 (1), 1977-78 (1), 1978-99 (5), 1979-80 (2), 1980-81 (7), 1981-82 (5), 1982-83 (1), 1983-84 (3), 1984-87 (1), 1986-87 (4), 1988-90 (3) and 1989-90 (3).
Date range
1957 - 2006
Associated People and Organisations
Associated Places
Purcell Room
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Royal Festival Hall
Associated Times
20th century - late 1971-1999
20th century - mid 1931-1970
21st century
Associated Content
Brochures
Word books
Handbills
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British Library
The British Library
St Pancras
,96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB Open Map
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http://www.bl.uk/
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See: http://www.bl.uk/music
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