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Collection name
Sterndale Bennett collection: Monday Evening Concerts (1859)
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Sterndale Bennett e.4
Description
Programmes with words and notes for the Monday Popular Concerts Classical Series, held at St. James's Hall, London, between February and June 1859, bound as a single volume.
These were two-part concerts of chamber music. With the exception of that on 27 June, each concert was devoted to the work of a single (or occasionally two) composer(s).
All programmes carry words and historical, descriptive and biographical notes. They begin with a short introductory statement about the series.
14 February: Mendelssohn
21 February: Mozart
28 February: Haydn and Weber
7 March: Beethoven
9 March: Mozart
21 March: Beethoven
28 March: Beethoven
4 April: Bach and Handel
18 April: Mendelssohn
25 April: English Composers
2 May: Mozart
16 May: Schubert and Spohr
30 May: Beethoven
27 June: mixed concert
Date range
1859 - 1859
Associated People and Organisations
Monday Popular Concerts -
Bennett, William Sterndale -
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19th century - mid Victorian 1851-1875
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Word books
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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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