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Collection name Strolling Players´ Amateur Orchestral Society (1894-95)
Unique identifier c.369. (1.)
Description A collection of programmes for four concerts given by the Strolling Players’ Amateur Orchestral Society at the Queen’s Hall, London on 3 May and 20 December 1894 and 9 May and 19 December 1895.

These were two-part orchestral concerts with vocal and instrumental solos in each half. Organ solos were given between the parts of the concerts on 20 December 1894 and 19 December 1895.

The programmes for all but the first of these concerts are prefaced by a document entitled 'Rules and List of Members'. This provides a list of the patrons and committee members, a copy of the Rules, a short history of the Society (est. 1882) and an inventory of the music library. These programmes also conclude with a list of the Society's members.

All programmes incorporate wordbooks, brief historical notes, a record of the vocal and instrumental soloists and a list of the orchestral ensemble, conducted by Norman Megone.

Twelfth season
3 May 1894: Third Members’ Concert (Ladies’ Night), with Madame Fanny Moody and Mr Braxton Smith (vocal) and Mr R.H. Walthew (piano), accompanied by Mr Albert Fox, including the first performances of R.H. Walthew, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and Von der Finck, Wedding March (with some minor handwritten annotations).

Thirteenth season
20 December 1894: 55th Concert, with Herr von Dulong, Signor Giuseppe Maggi, Miss Kate Cove and Madame Selma Kronold (vocal) and Mr Frederick A. Jewson (organ), including the first performance of two movements from A.S. Beaumont, Suite d’Orchestre.
9 May 1895: Fourth Members’ Concert/57th concert, with Mrs Helen Trust and Miss Greta Williams (vocal) and Miss Alice Liebmann (violin), accompanied by Mr Albert Fox.

Fourteenth season
19 December 1895: Second Members’ Concert (Ladies’ Night), with Miss Clorinda Thurtle and Mr Douglas Powell (vocal), Fraulein Anna von Suppé (violin) and Mr E. Cutler (organ), accompanied by Mr Albert Fox.
Date range 1894 - 1895
Associated People and Organisations Williams, Greta - Walthew, Richard H. - von Suppé, Anna - von Dulong, Herr - Trust, Helen - Thurtle, Clorinda - Strolling Players Amateur Orchestral Society - Smith, Braxton - Powell, Douglas - Moody, Fanny - Megone, Norfolk - Maggi, Giuseppe - Liebmann, Alice - Kronold, Selma - Jewson, Frederick A. - Fox, Albert - Cutler, E. - Cove, Kate - Beaumont, A. S. -
Associated Places Queen's Hall, London
Associated Times 19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899
Associated Content Annotations Word books List of orchestral players Programme notes
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