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Collection name
Wessex Philharmonic Orchestra: Concerts for Schools (1942)
Unique identifier
26D
Description
A collection of printed correspondence relating to performances given by the Wessex Philharmonic Orchestra in association with local schools, including multiple copies of handbills for three concerts given in Bournemouth and Poole in 1942, held within a single expandable folder as part of an extended sequence of material relating to the Wessex Philharmonic Orchestra housed by the library of the Royal College of Music (see also boxes M39 and M40 and other material at shelf mark 26D).
The Wessex Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in November 1939 to given employment to a number of musicians who, owing to war-time circumstances, had lost their work. It was conducted by Reginald Goodall and included a number of ex-members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. In February 1942, the Wessex became officially associated with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
The concerts documented here were given on the following dates:
14 March 1942 and 16 May 1942, Odeon Cinema, Bournemouth: conducted by Reginald Jacques/Reginald Goodall. The concert in May featured Margaret Walter (piano).
9 May 1942, Regent Theatre, Poole: conducted by Reginald Goodall.
Date range
1942 - 1942
Associated People and Organisations
Wessex Philharmonic Orchestra -
Jacques, Reginald -
Goodall, Reginald -
Associated Places
Odeon Cinema, Bournemouth
Regent Theatre, Poole
Associated Times
20th century - mid 1931-1970
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Correspondence
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
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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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