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Collection name Léon Goossens: Foreign A-M (1920-1975)
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Description Concert programmes for concert given outside of the United Kingdom, with countries starting "A" to "M".

Australia.
Adelaide: Town hall (3/6/54 to 5/6/54: South Australian symphony orchestra; Tuesday 8/6, year unknown).
Bendigo: Town hall (Tuesday 1/6, year unknown).
Brisbane: City hall (23/4/54 and 24/4/54: Queensland symphony orchestra; 27/4/54: Queensland symphony orchestra).
Canberra: Albert hall (18/5/54).
Melbourne: Assembly hall (Friday 30/4, year unknown; Thursday 6/5, year unknown); Town hall (3/5/54 and 4/5/54, 8/5/54 and 10/5/54, 12/5/54 and 13/5/54: Victorian symphony orchestra).
Sydney: Conservatorium hall (29/5/54 (2 copies)); Town hall (17/7/47: Eugene Goossens' 1st concert in Sydney, sent to Leon by 1 3rd party; 15/5/54; 19/5/54 and 20/5/54, 22/5/54 and 24/5/54, 30/5/54: Sydney symphony orchestra)
Toowomba: City hall (26/4/54).
Unknown location: Capitol theatre [Perth?] (2/7/54 and 3/7/54: West australian symphony orchestra); no venue (no date); copies of "Canon: Australian journal of music" (January 1950; June 1952).
Austria.
Graz: Kammermusiksaal (3/10/46: Musikverein für Steiermark); Stephanien hall (18/6/46: Musikverein für Steiermark; Grazer Festwochen).
Innsbruck: British council (25/4/55 (3 copies)).
Linz: Rathausfestsaal (26/4/55).
Salzburg: Mozarteum, Grosser Saal (27/8/37 (2 copies): Streichorchester Boyd Neel; 21/7/55 to 31/8/55 (2 copies)); Die Österreichisch-Britische gesellschaft (23/4/55 (3 copies)).
Wien: Brahms-Saal (21/4/55: Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien); Grosser Musikvereins Saal (1/10/46 (2 copies)): Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien); Mozartsaal Konzerthaus (6/10/46).
Bosnia & Hercegovina.
Sarajevo: Muzicke škole (1/3/54).
Canada.
Edmonton: Social room jubilee auditorium (8/11/57 (2 copies)).
Montreal: Redpath hall, McGill university (1957 to 1958 season listings; programme for Goossens concert on 20/11/57: McGill chamber music society).
Ottowa: Glebe collegiate auditorium (25/11/57: Morning music club).
Saskatoon: Convocation house, [University of Saskathewam] (10/11/57).
Winnipeg: Concert hall, Civic auditorium (28/10/57 (2 copies): Women’s musical club).
Unknown locations: Khaki university of Canada (26/10/45)
Croatia.
Zagreb: Koncertna dvorana “Istra” (24/2/54 and 25/2/54: Državni simfonijski orkestar zagreb).
Czech republic.
Brno: Besední dum (25/5/46: Unie Ceských hudebních umelcu).
Prague: Rudolfinum (8/10/46); multiple venues, Prague spring festival (festival brochure 11/5/46 to 4/6/46; festival brochure 8/5/47 to 28/5/47).
Finland.
Helsinki?, unknown venue (29/11/60: Radion sinfonia-orkesteri).
France.
Cannes: Théatre du casino municipal (25/2/47).
Paris: Salle gaveau (27/2/47); Théatre national de l’opéra (16/3/37: L’orchestra philharmonique de Londres); multiple venues, Le guide du concert (dated 17/12/20;dated 17/6/21; dated 10/3/22).
Germany.
Dusseldorf: Die Brücke (British information centre) (2/10/49).
Hamburg: Eppendorfer Gemeindesaal (21/9/49: Hamburgische vereinigung von Freundeen der Kammermusik).
Munich: Bayerische staatsoper (8/9/55 (2 copies): Müncher festspiele); unknown venue, international music competition (1954); unknown venue, Internationaler musik Wettbewerb (5/9/57 to 17/9/57; 5/9/61 to 21/9/61; 19/9/72 to 6/10/72).
Oldenburg: Oldenburgisches Staattheater (22/9/49).
Hungary.
Budapest: multiple venues, concours international de musique de Budapest (competition brochure, 1970).
Iceland.
Unknown location, concert for radio broadcast? (4/4/74 (1 letter, 1 season brochure, 1 concert programme): Sinfóníuhljómsveit islands).
Iran.
Aberdan: unknown location (unknown dates, 2 different programmes, 1 has 2 further copies without “Aberdan” indicated).
Tehran: unknown location (11/4/55 (2 copies)
Unknown location: found with rest of Iranian material, no date, no indication of country.
Ireland (EIRE).
Cork: City hall (10/12/57 (1 flier, 1 programme: Cork orchestral society; Cork symphony orchestra); Cork municipal school of music (17/5/58 to 24/5/58: Cork orchestral society); University college Cork, Aula maxima (25/10/56: University art society).
Dublin: Gaiety theatre (run commencing 12/3/51); Royal Dublin society, members’ hall, Ball’s bridge (18/11/29 (Goossens concert) and 25/11/29; 15/11/43; 29/1/45 (Goossens concert) and 5/2/45; 26/1/48 (Goossens concert) and 2/2/48); unknown venue (date unknown).
Kilkenny: Vocation school (4/12/58: Kilkenny arts society).
Limerick: Cruises hotel (2/12/58).
Waterford: Municipal theatre (23/4/52: Music club); unknown venue (24/10/56: Waterford music club).
Wexford: multiple venues, Wexford festival (31/10/54 to 7/11/54).
Unknown place: Capitol theatre (26/1/47: Ceol-fuireann radio Eireann (=Radio Eireann orchestra)).
Malta.
Valletta: Manoel theatre (21/4/69; 10/1/75 (1 flier, 3 programmes)).

Arrangement:
Organised alphabetically by country, then alphabetically by place name, then alphabetically by venue name, then chronologically.
Date range 1920 - 1975
Associated People and Organisations Boyd Neel string orchestra - Ceól-Fhuireann Radio Éireann - Concours international de musique de Budapest - Cork orchestral society - Cork symphony orchestra 1934 - Državni simfonijski orkestar zagreb - Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien 1814 - Goossens, Léon - Grazer Festwochen - Hamburgische vereinigung von Freundeen der Kammermusik - Internationaler musik Wettbewerb - Khaki university of canada - Kilkenny arts society - London Philharmonic Orchestra - McGill chamber music society - Morning music club, Ottowa - Müncher festspiele - Music club, Waterford - Musikverein für Steiermark - Prague spring international music festival - Queensland symphony orchestra - Radion sinfonia-orkesteri - Sinfóníuhljómsveit islands 1950 - South Australian symphony orchestra - Sydney symphony orchestra 1932 - University art society, University college Cork - Victorian symphony orchestra - West australian symphony orchestra - Wexford festival - Women's music club, Winnipeg -
Associated Places Albert hall, Canberra Assembly hall, Melbourne Aula maxima, University college Cork Bayerische Staatsoper, München Brahms-Saal, Wien British Council, Innsbruck Brücke, Dusseldorf City hall, Brisbane City hall, Cork City hall, Toowomba Civic auditorium, Winnipeg: Concert hall Conservatorium hall, Sydney Convocation house, University of Saskathewam Municipal School of Music, Cork Cruises hotel, Limerick Eppendorfer Gemeindesaal, Hamburg Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Glebe collegiate auditorium Kammermusiksaal, Graz Koncertna dvorana “Istra”, Zagreb Manoel theatre, Valletta Mozarteum: Grosser Saal Wiener Konzerthaus: Mozartsaal Municipal theatre, Waterford Musikverein: Grosser Musikvereinsaal Oldenburgisches Staattheater Österreichisch-Britische gesellschaft, Salzburg Rathausfestsaal, Linz Redpath Hall, McGill University Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge Rudolfinum, Praha Salle Gaveau, Paris Social room jubilee auditorium, Edmonton Stephaniensaal, Graz Théatre du casino municipal, Cannes Théatre national de l’opéra, Paris Town hall, Adelaide Town hall, Bendigo Town Hall, Melbourne Town Hall, Sydney Vocation school, Kilkenny
Associated Times 20th century - early 1900-1930 20th century - late 1971-1999 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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