SearchGetRecordF. Gilbert Webb collection: London Musical Festival (1900)
Collection Description
Collection Title
F. Gilbert Webb collection: London Musical Festival (1900)
Unique Identifier
Mus. 318 d.22
Description
Programmes for the six concerts given at the Queen's Hall London by the Lamoureux Orchestra and the Queen's Hall Orchestra between 30 April and 5 May 1900 as the London Musical Festival, held as a bound volume.
These concerts were conducted by Henry Wood (nos. 1, 4 and 5) and Camille Chevillard (nos. 2, 3 and 6) and each included a work being given for the first time.
The programmes all provide lists of the orchestral ensembles and including Historical and Analytical Notes (with musical examples) by Edgar F. Jacques.
30 April: Clara Butt and Lillian Blauvelt (vocal), including the first performance of Percy Pitt, Symphonic Prelude, Le Sang des Crépuscules.
1 May: Madame Albani (vocal), including the first English performance of Léon Moreau, Symphonic Poem, Sur la mer lointaine.
2 May: Ysaye (violin), including Ch. Silver, Rhapsodie Sicilienne (first English performance).
3 May: Ysaye (violin), including S. Coleridge-Taylor, Overture 'Hiawatha' (first London performance).
4 May: Madame Blanche Marchesi (vocal), including the first London performance of Granville Bantock, Orchestral Poem, Thalaba, the Destroyer.
5 May: Miss Lillian Blauvelt (vocal), including the first English performance of Chevillard, Symphonic Poem, Le Chène et le Roseau.
These concerts were conducted by Henry Wood (nos. 1, 4 and 5) and Camille Chevillard (nos. 2, 3 and 6) and each included a work being given for the first time.
The programmes all provide lists of the orchestral ensembles and including Historical and Analytical Notes (with musical examples) by Edgar F. Jacques.
30 April: Clara Butt and Lillian Blauvelt (vocal), including the first performance of Percy Pitt, Symphonic Prelude, Le Sang des Crépuscules.
1 May: Madame Albani (vocal), including the first English performance of Léon Moreau, Symphonic Poem, Sur la mer lointaine.
2 May: Ysaye (violin), including Ch. Silver, Rhapsodie Sicilienne (first English performance).
3 May: Ysaye (violin), including S. Coleridge-Taylor, Overture 'Hiawatha' (first London performance).
4 May: Madame Blanche Marchesi (vocal), including the first London performance of Granville Bantock, Orchestral Poem, Thalaba, the Destroyer.
5 May: Miss Lillian Blauvelt (vocal), including the first English performance of Chevillard, Symphonic Poem, Le Chène et le Roseau.
Format
Date range of collection
1900 - 1900
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Ysaÿe, Eugène -
- Wood, Henry -
- Webb, F. Gilbert -
- Silver, Charles -
- Queen's Hall Orchestra 1895 - 1915
- Pitt, Percy -
- Moreau, Léon -
- Marchesi, Blanche -
- London Musical Festival -
- Lamoureux Paris Orchestra -
- Jacques, Edgar F. -
- Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel - see Taylor, Samuel Coleridge -
- Chevillard, Camille -
- Butt, Clara -
- Blauvelt, Lillian -
- Bantock, Granville -
- Albani, Madame -
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Location Details
Bodleian Library, Music Library
Broad Street,Music Library Oxford OX1 3BG Open Map
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01865 277063
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01865 277182
Visiting Information
Membership fee for users outside the UK academic community; charges for photocopying and inter-library loans
Collections Overview
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.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
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Accrual Status
closed
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