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Westminster Orchestral Society (1898)
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R.M.5.b.19
Description
Programme and Book of Words of the 39th Orchestral Concert of the Westminster Orchestral Society (13th season), given on 9 March 1898 at the Town Hall, Westminster, with Miss Regina de Sales (vocal) and Georg Liebling (piano) and a full orchestra conducted by Mr Stewart Macpherson.
This was a two-part concert, including the first performance of A. Davidson Arnott, Concert Overture in D, op. 19 ‘Tartarin’ (dedicated to the Westminster Orchestral Society).
The programme carries brief historical and descriptive notes on the orchestral works performed and biographical notes (with photographs) on the principal performers. There are lists of the committee, subscribers and members of the Westminster Orchestral Society and a list of the orchestral ensemble. There is also a short printed statement by Algernon S. Rose (Hon. Sec.) and a photography of the Society’s Banquet of 1897.
Date range
1898 - 1898
Associated People and Organisations
Westminster Orchestral Society -
Macpherson, Stewart -
Liebling, Georg -
de Sales, Regina -
Arnott, Archibald Davidson -
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Town Hall, Westminster
Associated Times
19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899
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Photographs
Word books
List of orchestral players
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British Library
The British Library
St Pancras
,96 Euston Road
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