SearchGetRecordMcCann Collection: United Kingdom (1946)
Collection Description
Collection Title
McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1946)
Description
A collection of one box/two boxes of programmes from the McCann collection, from 19**. The collection contains programmes from concerts given in the United Kingdom. The programmes were collected by the concert agent Norman McCann (1920-1999).
The contents of the collection are as follows:
Royal Albert Hall – 61 programmes; 4 prospectuses
The collection includes three prospectuses (two annotated; one without annotations) and 12 programmes from Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
There is one prospectus and six programmes from a Delius festival – entitled “Frederick Delius: a Festival of his works …”. This was held at the Royal Albert Hall and Central Hall, Westminster, in October to December, 1946.
Other London venues:
Royal Opera House (5); Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue; Chelsea Town Hall (2); India House; Westminster Abbey; Lewisham Town Hall; Chiswick Empire; R.A. Theatre, Woolwich; Concert Hall, Broadcasting House; Southwark Cathedral; Wigmore Hall (2); Central Hall, Tooting; Islington Central Hall, Drayton Park (6); Oratory, South Kensington; King’s Theatre, Hammersmith; People’s Palace (3); Golders Green Hippodrome; Kingsway Hall (3); Finsbury Park, Open Air Theatre (2); Violoncello Club (34, Nottingham Place, W1); Kingston Empire; Archway Central Hall (2); Stoll Theatre (2); National Gallery (11); Civic Hall, Croydon (6); Davis Theatre, Croydon (6); Salle Erand, Great Marlborough Street; Cambridge Theatre (4); William III Orangery, Hampton Court Palace; Town Hall, Walthamstow; Central Hall, Westminster (4); Conway Hall, Holborn.
Provincial venues:
Usher Hall, Edinburgh (13); Central Hall, Newport; Music Hall, Aberdeen; Village Hall, Orpington (7); Empire Theatre, Cardiff; Guildhall, Cambridge; Brangwyn Hall, Swansea; Assembly Hall, Belfast; Town Hall, Leeds; St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow; Winter Garden, Devonshire Park, Eastbourne (2); Town Hall, Huddersfield; Canteen, Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company [Gloucester]; Municipal Hall, Epsom (3); St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich; Concert Hall, Huntley; Volunteer Hall, Galashiels; De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill; King’s Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester (2); Co-operative Hall, Peterborough; Town Hall, Wednesbury; City Hall, Sheffield (5); Workmen’s Hall Cinema, Tredegar; Albert Hall, Stirling; Empire Theatre, Burnley; Adam Smith Hall, Kirkcaldy; Pavilion, Bournemouth (5); Albert Hall, Manchester; Methodist Church [Mansfield]; Witney Social Centre; Riviera Cinema, Teignmouth; Regal Cinema, Redruth; Buxton Pavilion Gardens; Odeon Theatre, Luton; Pavilion, Bath; Rialto Cinema, York (4); Ulster Hall, Belfast; Central Hall, Bristol; Eastbrook Hall, Bradford (2); De Montford Hall, Leicester; New Drill Hall, Wellingborough; Western Theatre, Methil; Co-operative Hall, King Street, Oldham; Tabernacle Chapel, Llanelly; Corn Exchange, Bedford; Victoria Hall, Hanley; Barber Institute of Fine Arts; Gothenburg Hall, Kelty; Chappel of Ease of Saint George, Deal; Queens Hall, Hayes; Town Hall, Watford (2); Albert Hall, Nottingham (5); Town Hall, Birmingham (8).
There are two programmes from tours by soloists, where the programme covers multiple venues. There is a programme from a BBC Light Programme. There are four programmes from programmes where a venue is specified, but the venue name is generic and no town or city is identified. There are six programmes from unspecified venues.
The contents of the collection are as follows:
Royal Albert Hall – 61 programmes; 4 prospectuses
The collection includes three prospectuses (two annotated; one without annotations) and 12 programmes from Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
There is one prospectus and six programmes from a Delius festival – entitled “Frederick Delius: a Festival of his works …”. This was held at the Royal Albert Hall and Central Hall, Westminster, in October to December, 1946.
Other London venues:
Royal Opera House (5); Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue; Chelsea Town Hall (2); India House; Westminster Abbey; Lewisham Town Hall; Chiswick Empire; R.A. Theatre, Woolwich; Concert Hall, Broadcasting House; Southwark Cathedral; Wigmore Hall (2); Central Hall, Tooting; Islington Central Hall, Drayton Park (6); Oratory, South Kensington; King’s Theatre, Hammersmith; People’s Palace (3); Golders Green Hippodrome; Kingsway Hall (3); Finsbury Park, Open Air Theatre (2); Violoncello Club (34, Nottingham Place, W1); Kingston Empire; Archway Central Hall (2); Stoll Theatre (2); National Gallery (11); Civic Hall, Croydon (6); Davis Theatre, Croydon (6); Salle Erand, Great Marlborough Street; Cambridge Theatre (4); William III Orangery, Hampton Court Palace; Town Hall, Walthamstow; Central Hall, Westminster (4); Conway Hall, Holborn.
Provincial venues:
Usher Hall, Edinburgh (13); Central Hall, Newport; Music Hall, Aberdeen; Village Hall, Orpington (7); Empire Theatre, Cardiff; Guildhall, Cambridge; Brangwyn Hall, Swansea; Assembly Hall, Belfast; Town Hall, Leeds; St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow; Winter Garden, Devonshire Park, Eastbourne (2); Town Hall, Huddersfield; Canteen, Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company [Gloucester]; Municipal Hall, Epsom (3); St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich; Concert Hall, Huntley; Volunteer Hall, Galashiels; De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill; King’s Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester (2); Co-operative Hall, Peterborough; Town Hall, Wednesbury; City Hall, Sheffield (5); Workmen’s Hall Cinema, Tredegar; Albert Hall, Stirling; Empire Theatre, Burnley; Adam Smith Hall, Kirkcaldy; Pavilion, Bournemouth (5); Albert Hall, Manchester; Methodist Church [Mansfield]; Witney Social Centre; Riviera Cinema, Teignmouth; Regal Cinema, Redruth; Buxton Pavilion Gardens; Odeon Theatre, Luton; Pavilion, Bath; Rialto Cinema, York (4); Ulster Hall, Belfast; Central Hall, Bristol; Eastbrook Hall, Bradford (2); De Montford Hall, Leicester; New Drill Hall, Wellingborough; Western Theatre, Methil; Co-operative Hall, King Street, Oldham; Tabernacle Chapel, Llanelly; Corn Exchange, Bedford; Victoria Hall, Hanley; Barber Institute of Fine Arts; Gothenburg Hall, Kelty; Chappel of Ease of Saint George, Deal; Queens Hall, Hayes; Town Hall, Watford (2); Albert Hall, Nottingham (5); Town Hall, Birmingham (8).
There are two programmes from tours by soloists, where the programme covers multiple venues. There is a programme from a BBC Light Programme. There are four programmes from programmes where a venue is specified, but the venue name is generic and no town or city is identified. There are six programmes from unspecified venues.
Format
Date range of collection
1946 - 1946
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
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Associated Places
- Adam Smith hall, Kirkcaldy
- Albert Hall, Manchester
- Albert Hall, Nottingham
- Albert hall, Stirling
- Central Hall, Archway
- Assembly Hall, Belfast
- Barber Institute of Fine Arts
- Brangwyn hall, Swansea
- Broadcasting House, London: Concert Hall
- Brompton Oratory
- Cambridge Theatre
- Central Hall, Bristol
- Central Hall, Islington
- Central Hall, Newport
- Central Hall, Tooting
- Central Hall, Westminster
- Chappel of Ease of Saint George, Deal
- Chiswick Empire
- City Hall, Sheffield
- Civic Hall, Croydon
- Concert Hall, Huntley
- Conway Hall
- Conway Hall
- Co-operative Hall, King Street, Oldham
- Co-operative Hall, Peterborough
- Corn Exchange, Bedford
- Davis Theatre, Croydon
- De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea
- De Montford Hall, Leicester
- Devonshire park, Eastbourne: Winter garden
- Eastbrook Hall, Bradford
- Empire theatre, Burnley
- Empire Theatre, Cardiff
- Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company: Canteen
- Golders Green Hippodrome
- Gothenburg Hall, Kelty
- Guildhall, Cambridge
- Hampton Court Palace: William III Orangery
- Kings Hall, Belle Vue Gardens
- King's theatre, Hammersmith
- Kingston Empire
- Kingsway Hall
- Lewisham Town Hall
- Methodist Church, Mansfield
- Municipal Hall, Epsom
- Music Hall, Aberdeen
- National Gallery
- New Drill Hall, Wellingborough
- Odeon Theatre, Luton
- Open Air Theatre, Finsbury Park
- Pavilion gardens, Buxton
- Pavilion, Bath
- Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth
- People's Palace, Mile End Road
- Queen's Hall, Hayes
- Regal Cinema, Redruth
- Rialto, York
- Riviera Cinema, Teignmouth
- Royal Albert Hall
- Royal Artillery Theatre, Woolwich
- Royal Opera House
- Salle Erand, Great Marlborough Street
- Saville Theatre
- Southwark Cathedral
- St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow
- St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich
- Stoll Theatre (was London Opera House)
- Tabernacle Chapel, Llanelly
- Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety)
- Town Hall, Chelsea
- Town Hall, Huddersfield
- Town Hall, Leeds
- Town Hall, Walthamstow
- Town Hall, Watford
- Town Hall, Wednesbury
- Usher Hall, Edinburgh
- Victoria Hall, Hanley
- Village Hall, Orpington
- Volunteer Hall, Galashiels
- Western Theatre, Methil
- Westminster Abbey
- Wigmore Hall
- Witney social centre
- Workmen's hall cinema, Tredegar
- India House, London
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Royal Academy of Music Museum
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Closed
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