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London Concert Smaller Programmes: Box 1 (Pre-1900)
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Mus. 323 d.1 (pre-1900)
Description
A miscellaneous collection of smaller (around A5 size) handbills and programmes for performances given at various London venues between 1838 and 1899. Held loosely as the first box in a growing collection of material relating to musical performances in London from 1838 to the present day.
Larger (Around A4) sized items related to this collection and date range can be found at: Mus. 323 c.1 (pre-1900) and includes programmes from The Royal Albert Hall, Royal Opera House, Theatre Royal and various other London venues.
Programmes are listed here alphabetically by venue and then chronologically:
1. Theatre royal, Drury Lane
2. Royal Opera House (known as the Royal Italian Opera House from 1847 – 1892)
3. St. James’s Hall, Piccadilly.
4. Other Venues
1. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
- Libretti and translations for various Italian Operas:
1868 - Don Giovanni. - Mozart
1870 - Il Trovatore - Verdi
1871 - Norma - Bellini
1872 - Lucia Di Lammermoor - Donizetti
1872 - Lucrezia Borgia. - Donizetti
n.d. - Les Huguenots - Meyerbeer
2. Royal Opera House (known as the Royal Italian Opera House from 1847 – 1892)
?1885. Dramatis Personae for The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan) , The original cast from the production which premiered at the Savoy theatre.
- Libretti and translations for various Italian Operas:
1871 - Il Barbiere Di Saviglia - Rossini
n.d. - Faust E Margherita. - Gounod
n.d. - Fidelio. - Beethoven
n.d. - Guglielmo Tell. - Rossini.
3. St. James Hall, Piccadilly
1890, March 10th, 3pm. Saturday Popular Concerts, 32nd season. Programme and Analytical remarks.
1890, November 29th, 3pm. Saturday Popular Concerts, 33rd season. Programme and Analytical remarks.
1892, October 29th, 3pm. Saturday Popular Concerts, 35th Season. Programme and analytical remarks.
1892, November 5th, 3pm. Saturday Popular Concerts, 35th season. Programme and Analytical remarks.
1899, December 6th, 6.30pm. Great Charity Concert in aid of the London Master Baker’s Pension and Almshouse Society. Programme and Book of words.
4. Other Venues
Covent Garden Hotel
1894, November 10th, 7.30pm. West End Football Club Annual Smoking Concert.
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London
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Bodleian Library, Music Library
Broad Street,Music Library Oxford OX1 3BG Open Map
DOMUS
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http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk
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The collection has very strong holdings of British music and related material acquired in part by legal deposit. Many collected editions and scholarly series. Very strong periodical coverage, including major 19thC European journals. Largest collection of American song material in UK.
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