A collection of four programmes by Gonville and Caius College, from 1921 to 1955. The programmes are from concerts organised by the Informal Music Society and the Gonville and Caius College Music Society, including programmes given as part of the Festival of Britain.

1921 - 1955

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Not Specific

• Festival of Britain -
• Gonville and Caius College Music Society -
• Informal music club 1920 -

• Cambridge [England]
• Gonville and Caius college, University of Cambridge

• 20th century - early 1900-1930
• 20th century - mid 1931-1970

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Loans of performance sets to individual societies or persons; binding; reprographics; photocopying; microform printing

Founded in 1883, the RCM Library primarily supports the performance, study and research of RCM members. It is also open to the public for reference and research. It contains some 300,000 items, including significant collections of early printed and manuscript material from the 16th to 19th centuries, given to the College upon its foundation, specifically the Libraries of the Sacred Harmonic Society and of the Concerts of Ancient Music. Donations since have included autographs of composers of international renown, amongst them Beethoven, Chopin, Haydn, Mozart and Schubert, as well as manuscripts and archives of major British composers. Although a British bias is apparent, the collection also has significant German and Italian manuscripts and early printed holdings. Later acquisitions of printed music include large quantities of out-of-print material, and sizeable collections of performance sets. Audio-visual holdings and the RCM's own sound archive's are also extensive.