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South Africa (1900-)
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Description
One folder of programmes from South Africa, from 1900 onwards. The collection includes a significant amount of items from the early twentieth century. The majority of items in the collection are from Cape Town.
Cape Town (1900-)
The majority of programmes are from concerts given in the City Hall. These were largely orchestral concerts, including performances by the Capetown Municipal Orchestra and the Capetown Orchestra. Other venues represented in the collection include the following: Opera House; Hiddingh Hall (University of Cape Town); Nico Malan Opera House; South Africa College of Music.
Other (1900-)
The collection also includes programmes from Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria. These include programmes from the following venues: City Hall, Durban; Town Hall, Durban; Masonic Hall, Jeppe Street, Johannesburg; Rhodes Park, Kensington, Johannesburg; Opera House, Pretoria. In addition, the collection includes a number of items from tours, multi-venue programmes and programmes where the location within South Africa is not possible to ascertain.
Arrangement:
The programmes are divided by town/city, then by concert venue, then by date.
Date range
1900 -
Associated People and Organisations
Capetown Municipal Orchestra -
Capetown Orchestra -
Associated Places
Cape Town
City Hall, Durban
Durban
Johannesburg
Masonic Hall, Johannesburg
Nico Malan Opera House, Cape Town
Opera House, Cape Town
Opera House, Pretoria
Pretoria
Rhodes Park, Johannesburg
South Africa
South Africa College of Music, Cape Town
Town Hall, Durban
University of Cape Town: Hiddingh Hall
Associated Times
20th century - early 1900-1930
20th century - late 1971-1999
20th century - mid 1931-1970
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