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Collection name McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1932)
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Description A collection of one box/two boxes of programmes from the McCann collection, from 1932. 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 – 8 programmes; 1 prospectus
The prospectus covers the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.

Other London venues:
Royal Albert Hall (4); Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street; Conway Hall, Red Lion Place (5); Palladium; 29 Lennox Gardens; Whitechapel Art Gallery; Westminster Cathedral; Lindsey Hall, The Mall, Notting Hill Gate; Guildhall School of Music Theatre; Victoria and Albert Museum; Royal Military School of Music; Concert Hall, College of Nursing [1a Henrietta Street]; Alexandra Palace; 11 Green Street ("a commentary on the exhibition of French pictures at Burlington House"); Grotrian Hall; Parliament Hill County School; St. Paul's Cathedral; Wigmore Hall (2); Migvie Lodge, 2 Porchester Gardens, W2; Northwick Park Hall; St. Aubyn’s Church Hall, Church Road, Upper Norwood (2).

Provincial venues:
Manor Barn, Chesham Bois; Kendrick School, Reading; Church Institute, Stroud; Town Hall, Cheltenham; Free Trade Hall; The Hydro, Swan Road, Harrogate; Pump Room, Tunbridge Wells; Playbox Theatre, Amersham; Haslemere Hall; County School for Boys, Woking; Usher Hall (4); Frensham Heights [Rowledge, Farnham].

In addition, there is a programme for events organised by the “Leeds Dramatic, Musical and Societies”: these took place at various venues in Leeds. There is also a programme from a concert which took place in a venue entitled “Concert Hall”, where the geographic location is unknown.
Date range 1932 - 1932
Associated People and Organisations Promenade concerts -
Associated Places 29 Lennox Gardens (borough unspecified) Alexandra Palace Church Institute, Stroud College of Nursing: Concert Hall Conway Hall Conway Hall Free Trade Hall Frensham Heights, Rowledge Grotrian Hall (was Steinway Hall until 1924) Guildhall School of Music and Drama: Theatre Haslemere Hall Hydro, Harrogate Kendrick School, Reading Lindsey Hall, Notting Hill Gate Manor Barn, Chesham Bois Migvie Lodge, Porchester Gardens Northwick Park Hall Palladium Theatre (became London Palladium 1934) Parliament Hill County School Playbox Theatre, Amersham Pump room, Tunbridge Wells Queen's Hall, London Royal Albert Hall Royal Institution of Great Britain Royal Military School of Music St. Paul's Cathedral Town Hall, Cheltenham Usher Hall, Edinburgh Victoria and Albert Museum Westminster Cathedral Whitechapel Art Gallery Wigmore Hall Woking County School for Boys
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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Royal Academy of Music Museum
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