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Concerts and Lectures relating to Samuel Coleridge Taylor 1893-1927

Leaflets, booklets, posters and programmes for concerts featuring Samuel Coleridge Taylor's work including performances by members of the Pethrick family who were family friends of Samuel Coleridge Taylor and musicians. Also includes material relating to lectures on Samuel Coleridge Taylor and his work.

County Borough of Croydon

Fairfield Halls Collection

  • AR1128
  • Collection
  • 1962 - 2023

The Fairfield Halls Collection consists of:

  1. programmes and diaries for events in both the main and auxiliary spaces (these comprise the majority of the collection). There is also a finding aid created from the published events diaries which list the majority of public facing events that were held at the Fairfield Halls. This can be searched by staff to resolve queries.
  2. marketing materials such as posters and flyers
  3. photographs documenting the construction of the building and key events
  4. administrative records
  5. material relating to the Fairfield Halls Corps of Stewards

County Borough of Croydon

Material related to the Samuel Coleridge Taylor Network

Papers collected by members of the Samuel Coleridge Taylor Network relating to his life and works as well as the 2012 festival held in Croydon as a celebration of him. The material in this section was donated by the society in 2017.

County Borough of Croydon

Papers related to Samuel Coleridge Taylor and his close family.

Programme and letters relating to Samuel Coleridge Taylor's family including a programme from a concert featuring his children and letters between his children and letters between the children Gwendoline (later Avril Coleridge Taylor) and Hiawatha, and the Pethricks who were close family friends and a leading family of musicians.

County Borough of Croydon

Papers relating to Avril Coleridge Taylor

Avril Coleridge Taylor was Samuel Coleridge Taylor's daughter, originally names Gwendoline. She became a composer in her own right. Material includes press cuttings on her life and work as well as adverts for musicians and performances of her music, programme for a concert on 05/11/1922 at Aeolian Hall and leaflets for performances.

County Borough of Croydon

Papers relating to Joseph Charles Holbrooke

Material relating to the composer, conductor and pianist Joseph Charles Holbrooke including leaflets and programmes featuring Holbrooke and his work as well as a music sheet for his 'Chorus of the Sea'.

County Borough of Croydon

Papers relating to Willian Yeates Harlestone

Two programmes for concert performances of works by William Harlestone, a fellow student and later, friend of Samuel Coleridge Taylor. He was a composer, conductor and pianist.

County Borough of Croydon

Press Cuttings on Samuel Coleridge Taylor

Press cuttings featuring Samuel Coleridge Taylor including reports on his school days, concerts he conducted and that featured his music, four photographs of Samuel Coleridge Taylor and a letter to the editor written by Samuel Coleridge Taylor relating to a music teacher he was fond of. Mostly photocopies.

County Borough of Croydon

Press Cuttings on Samuel Coleridge Taylor

Press cuttings and other reports of music relating to the work of Samuel Coleridge Taylor. Includes press from around the world. Mostly reports of concerts featuring his music and on his daughter Avril Coleridge Taylor's conducting. Later reports relate to his legacy and life.

County Borough of Croydon

Samuel Coleridge Taylor Network Festival Papers

Programmes and leaflets relating to the events that took place as part of the festival for Samuel Coleridge Taylor in 2012. The material includes press notices and a letter from the Prime Minister David Cameron supporting the festival. More information relating to the 2012 festival can be found under AR1149/1/6 and AR1149/1/7.

County Borough of Croydon

Samuel Coleridge Taylor Network Papers

Papers collected by members of the Samuel Coleridge Taylor Network including book extracts on his life and works, programme for a talk on 'The Impact of Black Musicians in London 1900-1920' in 2013, and promotional material relating to events celebrating the life and work of Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Avril Coleridge Taylor.

County Borough of Croydon

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