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Wesley family (1779-85)
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Add. 35017
Description
A handwritten register of seven series of juvenile concerts given by the brother Charles and Samuel Wesley between 1779 and 1785, held as a single bound volume.
The volume includes lists of the subscribers and, from 1782, lists of those present at the concerts (including members of The Band). There are also programmes for the seven concerts given each season and accounts of expenses.
This document was copied by Eliza Wesley in 1894 from the original belonging to Matthias Erasmus Wesley.
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1779 - 1785
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Wesley, Samuel -
Wesley, Charles -
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18th century - late 1776-1799
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Handwritten programmes
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British Library, Music Collections
96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB Open Map
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