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Collection name McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1910-1913)
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Description A collection of one box of programmes from the McCann collection, from 1910 to 1913. The collection contains programmes from concerts given in the United Kingdom. The programmes were collected by the concert agent Norman McCann (1920-1999).

The contents of the collection are as follows:

London:
Queen's Hall – 11 programmes
The collection includes one programme from "Promenade Concerts".

Royal Albert Hall – 3 programmes

Other London venues:
Steinway Hall (4); Bechstein Hall (2); Streatham Hall; Battersea Rise; St. Margaret's, Westminster; Swedish Hall, Harcourt Street, Marylebone Road; London Coliseum; Little Theatre, John Street, Adelphi, WC (2); Palladium (3); Alhambra; Holborn Restaurant; Maurice Hall, Working Men's College, Crowndale Road, NW; Public Hall, Croydon; Savoy Hotel; Haverstock Church School Room, Maitland Park, NW; Empress Theatre, Brixton; Peckam Wesleyan Sunday School, Queen's Road; Hyde Park Hotel; Hall, Worshipful Company of Painters; Bishopsgate Institute; Castle Assembly Rooms [Richmond]; Technical Institute, Kew Road.

Bridlington:

Royal Princes Parade and Grand Pavilion - 7 programmes
There are seven programmes from concerts given by the Municipal orchestra.

Llandudno:

Pier pavilion – 9 programmes; 1 prospectus
The programmes and prospectus are from concerts given by the "Pier Company’s Orchestra".

Other provincial venues:
Brighton Grand Hotel (2); Town Hall, Leeds; Mechanics' Hall, Nottingham; Royal Albert Institute, Windsor; Albert Hall, Nottingham; Town Hall, Newark; South Parade Hotel, Southsea; Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool; Albany Hotel, Hastings; Constitutional Club, Torquay; Pavilion, Torquay; Steyne Gardens, Worthing; Eversfield Hotel, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Drill Hall, Camberley; Victoria Room, Town Hall, Loughborough; Boat Club Grounds, Warwick; Dome, Brighton (2); Central Hall, High Street, Tonbridge; Victoria Rooms, Clifton [Bristol]; Winter Gardens, Bournemouth.

There are two programmes from concerts given by the Moseley Musical Club; the venue has not been specified. There is one programme from an unspecified venue, which formed part of a "Royal progress". There is also a programme from a concert given at an unspecified venue in Dowlais on the occasion of a visit by the King and Queen. There are three programmes from "After Dinner Concerts", given at unspecified venues. There is a programme entitled "Joshua Dyson's Dioramas and Gipsy Choir" where the venue is not specified. It is likely that the concert took place on the Isle of Man.
Date range 1910 - 1913
Associated People and Organisations Llandudno Pier Company Orchestra - Moseley Musical Club - Municipal Orchestra, Bridlington - Promenade concerts -
Associated Places Albany Hotel, Hastings Albert Hall, Nottingham Alhambra Theatre Bechstein Hall Bishopsgate Institute Boat Club Grounds, Warwick Castle Assembly Rooms, Richmond Central Hall, Tonbridge Constitutional Club, Torquay Dome, Brighton Drill Hall, Camberley Empress Theatre, Brixton Eversfield Hotel, St. Leonards-on-Sea Grand Hotel, Brighton Haverstock Church School Room, Maitland Park Holborn Restaurant Hyde Park Hotel, Knightsbridge Little Theatre, John Adam Street, Adelphi London Coliseum Mechanics' Hall, Nottingham Painters' Hall Palladium Theatre (became London Palladium 1934) Pavilion, Torquay Peckam Wesleyan Sunday School, Queen’s Road Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Pier Pavilion, Llandudno Public Hall, Croydon Queen's Hall, London Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Institute, Windsor Royal Princes Parade and Grand Pavilion, Bridlington Savoy Theatre South Parade Hotel, Southsea St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Steinway Hall, London (became Grotian Hall 1925) Steyne Gardens, Worthing Streatham Hall Swedish Hall, Harcourt Street Technical Institute, Kew Road Town Hall, Leeds Town Hall, Loughborough: Victoria Room Town Hall, Newark Victoria rooms, Bristol Winter Gardens, Bournemouth Working Men's College, Crowndale Road: Maurice Hall
Associated Times 20th century - early 1900-1930
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