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Collection name English Provinces: Hastings (1878-1986)
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Description A collection of thirty programmes and prospectuses from Hastings, from 1878 to 1986. The collection includes a small amount of press cuttings - both reviews and concert advertisements.

The majority of programmes are from concerts given at the White Rock Pavilion, from 1929 to 1986. These include a few prospectuses a newspaper adverts concerning the Hastings Musical Festival.

Other venues represented in the collection include the Music Hall and Public Hall. The earliest programme in the collection is from a concert given on both 17/01/1878 and 18/01/1878 in the Music Hall. This concert featured the Royal Tyrolese Singers.

At the end of the collection there are a few programmes from concerts where the venue of the concert has not been specified. These include a programme from the Hastings Musical Festival from 1928, and a programme from a concert of part-songs and solo songs given by the "Glee & Madrigal Union" and "Excelsior Quartette" on 18 May 1880.
Date range 1878 - 1986
Associated People and Organisations Excelsior Quartette (Hastings) - Glee & Madrigal Union (Hastings) - Hastings Musical Festival - Royal Tyrolese Singers -
Associated Places Hastings Music Hall, Hastings Public Hall, Hastings White Rock Pavilion, Hastings
Associated Times 19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899 20th century - early 1900-1930 20th century - late 1971-1999 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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