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1. K.6.e.1

Reference (shelfmark):
K.6.e.1
Title:
The Wandering Minstrels Archive: Album I.
Scope & Content:
Folio album containing photographs, concert programmes and other memorabilia from the Wandering Minstrels' concerts staged between 1860 and 1867. Contents:- f. i. Reproduction of a 17th-century illustration of a viol player, taken from Christopher Simpson’s The division-violist (1659). f. 1. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860-1867
Extent:

1 volume

2. K.6.e.1-7

Reference (shelfmark):
K.6.e.1-7
Title:
The Wandering Minstrels Archive.
Scope & Content:
Archive of the Wandering Minstrels, an amateur orchestra which gave charity concerts across England and private 'smoking concerts' in London between 1860 and 1898. The orchestra members were drawn largely from the ranks of the aristocracy and military, and the orchestra was conducted by, success...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860-1899
Extent:
7 items

3. K.6.e.2

Reference (shelfmark):
K.6.e.2
Title:
The Wandering Minstrels Archive: Album II.
Scope & Content:
Folio album containing photographs, concert programmes and other memorabilia from the Wandering Minstrels' concerts staged between 1868 and 1881. Contents:- f. 1. Dedicatory page bearing the words ‘Presented to the Wandering Minstrels by H.B. Heath.’ f. 1v. Page inscribed with the following n...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1868-1881
Extent:

1 volume

4. K.6.e.3

Reference (shelfmark):
K.6.e.3
Title:
The Wandering Minstrels Archive: Album III.
Scope & Content:
Folio album containing photographs, concert programmes and other memorabilia from the Wandering Minstrels’ concerts staged between 1882 and 1898. Contents:- [inside flyleaf]: A cutting, from Truth, noting that the Wandering Minstrels are not disbanding. f. 1. Decorative title-page, reading: ‘...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1882-1899
Extent:

1 volume

5. K.6.e.5

Reference (shelfmark):
K.6.e.5
Title:
The Wandering Minstrels Archive: ‘List of Wandering Minstrels, past and present, and concerts held in aid of various charities, with the net amounts realized.’
Scope & Content:
Ledger containing details of the membership of the society, including members’ names, instruments and dates they joined and retired or died. Also contains details of the sums raised at each of their charity concerts. Two copies of a publicity leaflet advertising music by Lionel Hymes are enclosed.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860-1897
Extent:

1 volume

6. K.6.e.6

Reference (shelfmark):
K.6.e.6
Title:
The Wandering Minstrels Archive: ‘Catalogue of the WM (Wandering Minstrels) Library’.
Scope & Content:
Ruled cash book used as a catalogue of performing materials held by the Wandering Minstrels. A note on the verso of the flyleaf reads, ‘There are complete string parts to all pieces except where specified’. Following this is a key to the abbreviations used in the catalogue. A pencil note on the...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860-c1893
Extent:

1 volume

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