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Collection name
Walford Davies: Centenary (1969)
Unique identifier
M28
Description
Handwritten and printed correspondence and other material relating to the Walford Davies Centenary of 1969, including the following concert programmes.
26 and 27 September: two copies of a prospectus with programmes for two performances given as part of the Oswestry and District Festival of the Arts.
26 September, Gregynog: Concert in Honour of Sir Walford Davies, by Rafael Orozco (piano).
27 September, Christ Church, Oswestry: Concert of Music by Sir Walford Davies with a recording of his voice, given by the Linden Singers, directed by Ian Humphries, with Wynford Evans and John Huw Davies (vocal) and Rosalie Inskip (organ).
28 September, Christ Church Congregational Church, Oswestry: eight copies of an order of service for a United Service of Commemoration.
21 November, Royal College of Music
Six copies of a handbill and three copies of the wordbook for a Concert of Works by Sir Walford Davies, to mark the centenary of his birth. This was the 2563rd concert of the RCM, given by the Choir Training Class, conducted by Richard Latham, with Howard Shelley (organ), Celia Jeffreys (soprano), Anthony Hocking (tenor) and Stephen Roberts (baritone).
7 December, Temple Church: Handbill for a Recital by Dr. George Thalben-Ball and the Choir of the Temple Church of music by Sir Walford Davies.
Date range
1969 - 1969
Associated People and Organisations
Shelley, Howard -
Royal College of Music -
Roberts, Stephen -
Oswestry and District Festival of the Arts -
Orozco, Rafael -
Linden Singers, The -
Latham, Richard -
Jeffreys, Celia -
Inskip, Rosalie -
Humphries, Ian -
Hocking, Anthony -
Evans, Wynford -
Davies, John Huw -
Davies, H. Walford -
Ball, George Thalben -
Associated Places
Christ Church Congregational Church, Oswestry
Gregynog
Royal College of Music
Temple Church, Fleet Street EC
Associated Times
20th century - mid 1931-1970
Associated Content
Brochures
Correspondence
Word books
Handbills
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Loans of performance sets to individual societies or persons; binding; reprographics; photocopying; microform printing
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Royal College Of Music, Library
London SW7 2BS Open Map
DOMUS
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http://www.rcm.ac.uk/library/
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Founded in 1883, the RCM Library primarily supports the performance, study and research of RCM members. It is also open to the public for reference and research. It contains some 300,000 items, including significant collections of early printed and manuscript material from the 16th to 19th centuries, given to the College upon its foundation, specifically the Libraries of the Sacred Harmonic Society and of the Concerts of Ancient Music. Donations since have included autographs of composers of international renown, amongst them Beethoven, Chopin, Haydn, Mozart and Schubert, as well as manuscripts and archives of major British composers. Although a British bias is apparent, the collection also has significant German and Italian manuscripts and early printed holdings. Later acquisitions of printed music include large quantities of out-of-print material, and sizeable collections of performance sets. Audio-visual holdings and the RCM's own sound archive's are also extensive.
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