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Collection name English Provinces: Cheltenham: Cheltenham International Festival of Music (1948-2002)
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Description A collection of 65 festival programmes and prospectuses from the Cheltenham International Festival of Music, from 1948 to 2002. The 1948 festival was the fourth festival. The festival is also variously described as the Cheltenham Festival of British Contemporary Music (till around 1960), the Cheltenham Festival (from around 1962 to around 1971) and then the Cheltenham International Festival of Music (from around 1974 onwards).

The collection includes festival programmes from the following years: 1949 (2 copies), 1950 (3 copies), 1953-1960 (some years have multiple copies), 1962-1966, 1969-1971, 1974-1976, 1978-1987. There are prospectuses and other items of performance ephemera from a selection of years, covering the period 1948 to 2002.

For individual concert programmes from the festival, see separate entries for specific concert venues.

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The collection is arranged chronologically.
Date range 1948 - 2002
Associated People and Organisations Cheltenham Festival of British Contemporary Music - Cheltenham festival 1945 - Cheltenham International Festival of Music -
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Associated Times 20th century - late 1971-1999 20th century - mid 1931-1970 21st century
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Royal College Of Music, Library

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