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London: Hospitals, charities and miscellaneous (1887-)
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A collection of programmes from hospitals and charities, some forces entertainment programmes and General London entertainment publications.
Hospitals and charities:
A collection of programmes from concerts given in London hospitals and charity venues. The earliest programme in the collection dates from a performance at the Royal hospital for Incurables in 1887. Programmes cover concerts of chamber music, oratorios (from King's college hospital chapel in particular) and opera. Venues include King’s college hospital chapel, St. Bartholomew’s hospital (including programmes from St. Bartholomew’s hospital amateur dramatic club) and the assembly room of the Royal free hospital.
Arrangement:
Programmes are arranged by alphabetical order of venue, then chronologically.
Forces entertainments:
A collection of 2 programmes from forces entertainments, dating from 1944 and 1945.
General London entertainment publications:
A collection of concert listing publications in London. The collection includes 7 issues of “The virgin guide to music opera and dance” from the 1980s.
Date range
1887 -
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King's college hospital: chapel
London [England]
Royal Free Hospital
Royal Hospital for Incurables
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield EC1
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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Royal College Of Music, Library
London SW7 2BS Open Map
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http://www.rcm.ac.uk/library/
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