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Collection name McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1936)
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Description A collection of one box of programmes from the McCann collection, from 1936. 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 – 17 programmes; 1 prospectus
The prospectus covers the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.

Other London venues:
Grotrian Hall (2); Royal College of Music (3); Leighton House, Holland Park Road; Royal Albert Hall (5); Wigmore Hall (2); Central Hall, Westminster (2); Hippodrome, Golders Green; York House, Twickenham; Grosvenor House; Circle House, Aldgate [Tower Hamlets]; Hampstead Concert Studio (5); Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (2); Central Library Hall, Tottenham (2); Duke's Hall, York Gate [Royal Academy of Music].

In addition, there are three London Orchestra Guides which list concerts for various venues in London.

Provincial venues:
Manor Barn, Chesham Bois; Redoubt Bandstand, Eastbourne (2); Amersham Grammar School; Regal Cinema, Skipton; Town Hall, Worthing (3); Derby Cathedral (2); Albert Hall, Nottingham (4); Llandudno Pier and Pavilion (4); Bournemouth Pavilion; Town Hall, Birmingham; Paramount Theatre, Liverpool; Central Hall, Edmonton (2; Town Hall, Cheltenham (2).

There is a programme from the Amersham Music Festival, which took place in the Empire Hall, Chesham, and the Amersham Grammar School.

There is a programme from the Oxford Ladies' Musical Society, where the venue is not specified. There are programmes from "Pullens End", "Fingest Grove" and "Plaza Theatre", where the location of the concert venue is not known. There are another ten programmes from concerts with unspecified venues or concerts that formed part of a multi-venue tour.
Date range 1936 - 1936
Associated People and Organisations Amersham Music Festival - Oxford Ladies Musical Society - Promenade concerts -
Associated Places Albert Hall, Nottingham Central Hall, Edmonton Central Hall, Westminster Central Library, Tottenham: Hall Circle House, Aldgate Derby Cathedral Empire Hall, Chesham Golders Green Hippodrome Grosvenor House Grotrian Hall (was Steinway Hall until 1924) Hampstead Concert Studio Leighton House Llandudno Pier Manor Barn, Chesham Bois Paramount Theatre, Liverpool Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth Pavilion, Llandudno Plaza Theatre (town unspecified) Pullens End (location unspecified) Queen's Hall, London Redoubt Bandstand, Eastbourne Regal Cinema, Skipton Royal Academy of Music: Duke's Hall Royal Albert Hall Royal College of Music Royal Opera House Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety) Town Hall, Cheltenham Town Hall, Worthing Wigmore Hall York House, Twickenham
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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