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Collection name
Australia (1907-)
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Description
A collection of three boxes of programmes from Australia. The collection includes one box of programmes from Sydney. The collection contains programmes and prospectuses from 1907 onwards, including a number of items from the 1920s.
A large array of concert venues, towns and cities are represented in the collection. There are a number of programmes from Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth, including significant numbers of programmes from the Town Hall, Adelaide, Melbourne Town Hall and the Perth Concert Hall. Within Sydney, there are a number of programmes from the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Town Hall.
Some of the main organisations and ensembles represented by the collection are as follows: Victorian Symphony Orchestra; West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Quinlan Opera Company (1910s); Australian Opera; Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC).
Arrangement:
The collection is divided by town/city, then by venue, then chronologically.
Date range
1907 -
Associated People and Organisations
Australian Broadcasting Commission -
Australian Opera -
Quinlan Opera Company -
Sydney symphony orchestra 1932 -
Victorian symphony orchestra -
West australian symphony orchestra -
Associated Places
Adelaide
Australia
Concert Hall, Perth
Melbourne
Perth [Australia]
Sydney
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall
Town hall, Adelaide
Town Hall, Melbourne
Town Hall, Sydney
Associated Times
20th century - early 1900-1930
20th century - late 1971-1999
20th century - mid 1931-1970
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Royal College Of Music, Library
London SW7 2BS Open Map
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Open
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