SearchGetRecordMcCann Collection: United Kingdom (1927)
Collection Description
Collection Title
McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1927)
Description
A collection of one box/two boxes of programmes from the McCann collection, from 1927. The collection contains programmes from concerts given in the United Kingdom. The programmes were collected by the concert agent Norman McCann (1920-1999).
The collection contains a number of programmes from recitals by Joan Elwes (voice). The contents of the collection are as follows:
London:
Queen’s Hall –7 programmes
Royal Albert Hall – 11 programmes
The collection includes five programmes from"“National Concerts": this series was started on 30/09/1926. The concerts were not "National" in the sense of being British – the specially amassed choir and orchestra were conducted by both British and continental conductors, and the music performed was in the main not British – as much as their broadcasts on national radio, which were designed to enable the whole country to hear the concerts. The collection includes three programmes from the series entitled "Special Sunday Concerts".
Other London venues:
12 Grosvenor Place; Kingsway Hall; London Coliseum; Conway Hall; Victoria and Albert Museum; St. John-at-Hackney, Iron Room; Grotrian Hall; Central Hall, Bromley; Wigmore Hall (4); 4 Cadogan Place; Dulwich Baths; Church of St. Michael, Cornhill (2); Morely College; St. Margaret's Church, Westminster (3); King's Hall, Southall; Mayfair Hotel, Berkeley Street; Court House, Marylebone Lane; St. Martin-in-the-Fields (5); Exeter House, Roehampton; Northern Polytechnic; York House, Twickenham (2); Southwark Cathedral.
Edinburgh:
Usher Hall – 6 programmes
The collection includes five programmes from the series "Paterson's Orchestral Concerts".
Other provincial venues:
County High School, Oldbury; Dome, Brighton (2); Pier Pavilion, Llandudno (2); De Montford Hall, Leicester; Church House, Banbury; Hove Town Hall; Town Hall, Leeds; Queen’s Hall, Wigan; Metropole Hotel, Folkestone; Exeter Cathedral; Easebourne Refectory; Champness Memorial Hall and Town Hall, Rochdale; Haslemere Hall; Free Trade Hall, Manchester; Town Hall, Maidenhead; Babbacombe Downs, Bandstand; Theatre Royal, Bradford (3); Eastbrook Hall, Bradford.
In addition, the collection includes two programmes from concerts organised by the Liverpool Philharmonic Society. Though the venues are not specified, these are likely to have taken place in Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.
There is a programme from the Highbury Quadrant Literary Society, where the venue has not been specified. There is also a programme from a concert that took place in Kincardine, where the venue is not stated. There are ten other programmes where the concert venue is not specified, the venue is specified but the geographic location of the venue is unknown, or the programme is used for a multi-venue tour. One of these programmes has a pencil annotation "Brighton Dome".
The collection contains a number of programmes from recitals by Joan Elwes (voice). The contents of the collection are as follows:
London:
Queen’s Hall –7 programmes
Royal Albert Hall – 11 programmes
The collection includes five programmes from"“National Concerts": this series was started on 30/09/1926. The concerts were not "National" in the sense of being British – the specially amassed choir and orchestra were conducted by both British and continental conductors, and the music performed was in the main not British – as much as their broadcasts on national radio, which were designed to enable the whole country to hear the concerts. The collection includes three programmes from the series entitled "Special Sunday Concerts".
Other London venues:
12 Grosvenor Place; Kingsway Hall; London Coliseum; Conway Hall; Victoria and Albert Museum; St. John-at-Hackney, Iron Room; Grotrian Hall; Central Hall, Bromley; Wigmore Hall (4); 4 Cadogan Place; Dulwich Baths; Church of St. Michael, Cornhill (2); Morely College; St. Margaret's Church, Westminster (3); King's Hall, Southall; Mayfair Hotel, Berkeley Street; Court House, Marylebone Lane; St. Martin-in-the-Fields (5); Exeter House, Roehampton; Northern Polytechnic; York House, Twickenham (2); Southwark Cathedral.
Edinburgh:
Usher Hall – 6 programmes
The collection includes five programmes from the series "Paterson's Orchestral Concerts".
Other provincial venues:
County High School, Oldbury; Dome, Brighton (2); Pier Pavilion, Llandudno (2); De Montford Hall, Leicester; Church House, Banbury; Hove Town Hall; Town Hall, Leeds; Queen’s Hall, Wigan; Metropole Hotel, Folkestone; Exeter Cathedral; Easebourne Refectory; Champness Memorial Hall and Town Hall, Rochdale; Haslemere Hall; Free Trade Hall, Manchester; Town Hall, Maidenhead; Babbacombe Downs, Bandstand; Theatre Royal, Bradford (3); Eastbrook Hall, Bradford.
In addition, the collection includes two programmes from concerts organised by the Liverpool Philharmonic Society. Though the venues are not specified, these are likely to have taken place in Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.
There is a programme from the Highbury Quadrant Literary Society, where the venue has not been specified. There is also a programme from a concert that took place in Kincardine, where the venue is not stated. There are ten other programmes where the concert venue is not specified, the venue is specified but the geographic location of the venue is unknown, or the programme is used for a multi-venue tour. One of these programmes has a pencil annotation "Brighton Dome".
Format
Date range of collection
1927 - 1927
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
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Associated Places
- 12 Grosvenor Place
- Bandstand, Babbacombe Downs
- Central Hall, Bromley
- Champness Memorial Hall, Rochdale
- Church House, Banbury
- Conway Hall
- Conway Hall
- Court House, The, Marylebone Lane (private house?)
- De Montford Hall, Leicester
- Dome, Brighton
- Dulwich Baths
- Easebourne Refectory
- Eastbrook Hall, Bradford
- Exeter Cathedral
- Exeter House, Roehampton
- Free Trade Hall
- Grotrian Hall (was Steinway Hall until 1924)
- Haslemere Hall
- King's Hall, Southall
- Kingsway Hall
- London Coliseum
- May Fair Hotel
- Metropole Hotel, Folkestone
- Morley College
- Northern Polytechnic
- Oldbury County High School
- Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
- Pier Pavilion, Llandudno
- Queen's Hall, Wigan
- Royal Albert Hall
- Southwark Cathedral
- St. John-at-Hackney: Iron Room
- St. Margaret's Church, Westminster
- St. Martin-in-the-Fields
- St. Michael's Church, Cornhill
- Theatre Royal, Bradford
- Town Hall, Hove
- Town Hall, Leeds
- Town Hall, Maidenhead
- Town Hall, Rochdale
- Usher Hall, Edinburgh
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Wigmore Hall
- York House, Twickenham
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Location Details
Royal Academy of Music Museum
Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT Open Map
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Closed
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