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Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to Music |
Local
- St Ives Amateur Operatic Society: minutes, attendance register, annual general meetings, photographs, programmes, incl Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Kidz R Us 1930-2002 (AD3171, AD3170)
- Edwin John Williams (1881-1945), musician and composer, and his son, Eddie John Williams (1923-1983), musician and band leader: manuscript compositions and programmes incl rel to the CBBA band contest; SWBBA annual championships; West of England Bandsmen's Festival, Bugle; Helston Town Band solo and quartet contest 19th-20th cent (AD3213)
- Wall Music Festival, Gwinear: minutes, constitution, programmes, syllabi, medals and other papers 1989-2022 (AD3218)
- Cornwall Youth Orchestra: scrapbook containing programmes, tickets, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other information about classical music concerts played in or watched by Julie Sutton 1972-1983 (AD3219)
- Paul Morris, (1938-2023), founder and musical director of the Knowsley Youth Orchestras, Choir and ensembles: papers rel to Knowsley Youth Music Service incl administration, fundraising, photograph albums, framed photographs, VHS recordings, Ken Dodd's tickling sticks (3) and personal effects 1974- (2023/019)
- Bath Bach Choir: scrapbooks, minutes, correspondence, posters, and photographs 1947-2023 (1438)
- St John's Sidcup Amateur Operatic Society: programme 1968 (PA101B)
- City of Birmingham Choir: records 1921-2023 (MS 5125 (2023/058))
- Mandala Productions Ltd, London: 'Women in Reggae' podcast, a conversation incl Carroll Thompson, Diane White (BBMC), and Jacqueline Crooks nd (ACC/2023/15)
- Bristol Beacon (formerly Colston Hall): tickets for events; backstage passes; minutes of Box Office meetings; minutes of planning meetings; mail outs to members (including flyers); annual reports; flyers and events programmes; Box Office operations diary 2004-2017 (46951)
- Cantonelle Choir: records incl minutes and agendas of meetings, corresp, financial reports, certificates of merit awarded by Carlisle and District Music and Drama Festival, newsletters, song lists for performances, constitution, Charity Commission annual submissions, photographs, website content, and members' questionnaire 1993-2019 (DSO 548)
- Derby Opera Company: programmes (1912-1979), photographs (c1920-1939) and news cuttings (1946-1981) 1912-1981 (D7755)
- Ian Holmes (b1935), accordion player and Scottish traditional musician: records nd (1550)
- Classical music performances in Southend-on-Sea recorded by Bruce Alexander (71 tape reels) 1981-1992 (Acc SA950)
- Loughton and District Historical Society: recording of 'A Forest Garland', an evening of prose, poetry and music presented by Waltham Forest Libraries and Arts Department as part of the first Forest Festival 1967 (Acc SA944)
- Hawarden Singers, local choir, Flintshire: photographs, certificates, brochures c1950-2024 (D/DM/1922)
- Côr Merched Cwm Llynfi: minutes of choir committee meetings, minutes of choir AGMs, annual concert programmes and posters, photographs of choir, scrapbook of choir activities 2000s-2010s (D1912)
- Havant Choral Society: records incl minutes, accounts, programmes 1920-1995 (90A23)
- Melvin Nathan Sutton (1938 - 2012), composer: records 1982-2011 (Acc 6528)
- A set of mixed technical and workshop drawings (c70) by various early keyboard makers, restorers and technicians, some of whom worked at the Adlam/Burnett workshops at Finchcocks, representing working drawings for instruments or reference works for building, study and restoration 1930-1980 (ARC/FIN)
- Various local operatic and choral societies, Leicestershire: programmes, newspaper cuttings, photographs and notes 1946-1979 (DE10627)
- Alnwick Pipers Society: records of the Society, previously the Alnwick Branch of the Northumbrian Pipers Society, incl minutes, sheet music, correspondence, photographs, vinyl records, CDs, videocassette, DVD, certificates and finance documents 1949-2021 (NRO 12855)
- Lydgate Whit Friday Band Contest Committee: papers incl minutes, corresp, treasurer's reports and accounts, records rel to prizes, risk assessments and promotional material 1998-2005 (M377)
- Hannah Rosetta Dinah Moulton, also known as Cora Cardigan (1860-1931), musician; and Louis Honig (1849-1906), composer and musician: papers and photographs rel to the Music Hall stars 1850-1920 (AD309)
- Thomas Brierley, (fl1868-1877): handwritten mss, poems and songs 1868-1877 (F/8/4/BRIE/1)
- Margaret Watson, (1907-1953), Contralto singer of Sheffield: scrapbook of programmes, press cuttings, posters and photographs rel to various musical concerts and theatrical performances c1909-1937 (X1046)
- Taunton Deane Male Voice Choir: minutes, concert programmes, membership lists, etc. 1946-2023 (A/FDR)
- Taunton Ladies Chorus: minutes, corresp, rules, newspaper clippings and programmes 1952-2021 (A/FCL)
- Bandmaster Cecil Yates, East Surrey Regiment: papers and photographs, including of the South African (Boer) War with papers of Band Sergeant Robert James Francis 1899-1935 (10525)
- Billingham Synthonia Male Voice Choir: records 1928-2015 (7953)
- Morriston Orpheus Choir collection: records incl minutes, constitution, photographs, programmes and contribution books; records of the Morriston Orpheus Choir Supporters Association (Mocsa); records rel to the Young Welsh Persons of the Year competition incl application forms 20th-21st cent
- Townsounds Project: papers rel to project incl oral histories rel to Huddersfield's musical heritage with a particular emphasis on those musical contributions which have either migrated to Huddersfield from elsewhere 2021-2023 (WYK1991)
National
- Augener & Co., music publishers, London: business papers from Stainer & Bell Ltd, which acquired the company in 1972 1853-1962 (Music Deposit 2023/31)
- Piobaireachd Society: papers, including correspondence and papers of Archibald Graham Kenneth (Archie Kenneth), composer c1940-1989 (Acc.14539)
- Janey Buchan political song collection 1792-2010 (Acc.14563)
- Elizabeth Rose of Kilravock (1747-1815): music manuscript of strathspeys c1766 (Acc.14558)
- Papers rel to the musician and singer Sianed Elin Jones 1980-2022
- Ards Choral Society, Newtownards, Co. Down: papers of the Society incl minute books, scrapbooks, ledgers, Arts Council NI documents, programmes of performances by the Society, and loose photographs 1946-2022 (D4932)
Special
- Sir Lennox Randal Francis (1903-1989), composer: corresp with Winton Dean (1916-2013), musicologist; incl typescript draft librettos by Dean for Berkeley's unfinished opera Faldon Park, Dean's essay 'Lennox Berkeley and his Operas, and digital photographs 1947-1984 (MSC142)
- David Collis (fl1960-2014), costume designer: designs for Mozart's Idomeneo, English Opera Group production 1969 (MSC139)
- David Collis (fl1960-2014), costume designer: set designs for Britten's Peter Grimes c1965-1970 (MSC138)
- John Richardson (fl1967-1974), stage manager of English Opera Group: papers, incl programmes, corresp, stage plans for Billy Budd, BCC TV brochure for Prix Italia 1969 c1940-2006 (MSC51)
- Wandsworth School Boys' Choir Archives; magazine, programmes, schedules, postcards; items formerly belonging to Russell Burgess, Choirmaster, and Mrs Burgess incl photograph, letters, ephemera, leaflet, programmes, certificate, and press reviews 1952-2011 (WBC/4)
- Workers' Music Association: papers rel to the running of the association, songsheets and books, bulletins and individuals' papers 1949-2016 (ACC366)
- Francis Alan Jackson (1917-2022), organist and composer, master of music at York Minster from 1946 to 1982: papers rel to career as a musician incl audio and video recordings of recitals and performances, mss, corresp, diaries, news-cuttings, photographs and programmes c1930-2020 (ACC/2023/4)
University
- Composers Desktop Project: records 1980-2023 (2023/052)
- Daniel Victor Hoyland, (b1945), composer: additional papers 1970-2014 (VHOY [2023/047])
- Daniel Victor Hoyland, (b1945), composer: papers incl annotated scores and audio recordings 1971-2004 (VHOY [2023/038])
- John Robinson (1727-1802), Westmorland MP: manuscript entitled "A Collection of choice Songs English and Scots In Two Parts", compiled by John Robinson 1765 (Coll-2081 (accession number: SC-Acc-2023-0023))
- Brass Bands England, national music organisation: brass band sheet music (18 boxes) 20th cent (BBA)
- Brass Bands England, national music organisation: sheet music (11 boxes) and one rare echo cornet 20th cent (BBA)
- Samuel Wesley (1766-1837), musician: mss notebook 1800-1837 (Eng MS 1593)
- Nottingham Clarion Choir, politically-inspired choir: papers 1988-2023 (CCN)
- The Midknights, music band: memorabilia, photographs and recollections of their career at Nottingham University in the 1960s c1960-1996 (MS 1500/4)
- The National School Band Association (NSBA): minutes, scores, photographs, publications, programmes, newspaper cuttings, audio tapes, video tapes and CDs c1950-2016 (2023/2)
- Ewart Morien Johns (1923-2013), painter, muralist, draughtsman and lecturer: papers incl material rel to his artistic and professional career and to the Exeter University Opera Group, of which he was a founding member, rel to stage productions in the Great Hall and the Northcott Theatre 1960s-1970s (EUL MS 497)
- 17th century ballad "The Countrymans Opinion", single sheet, originally folded c1600-1699 (2023/CMO)
- BBC Music Library: vinyl from BBC music and gramophone library 20th cent (2023.040)
- Institute of Popular Music, University of Liverpool: music collection donations incl vinyl records, audio visual material, music magazines and paper archives of individuals and organisations 20th-21st cent (2023.093)
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