Description

Admin History:

On 1 Jun 1881 a group of 17 men met at the George Hotel, Hull, for the purposes of establishing a society for 'the private and Public Performance of Orchestral Music at Hull be called the Hull Philharmonic Society' [C DSPH/1/1/1]. Membership was to be by subscription and subscribers were to be entitled to free tickets to orchestral concerts arranged by the Society and performed by its Orchestra. The Society was to operate on a seasonal basis, this season running from Autumn to Summer and thus spanning two consecutive years. The Society was to be led by a President, aided by Vice-Presidents, an Honorary Secretary, an Honorary Treasurer, and a Conductor. An Executive Committee was established to manage the affairs of the Society and regular meetings of this committee were held to agree the musical programme for the season and to make arrangements for concerts.

See C DSPH for further details on the Society.

Description:

The programmes in this collection are made up of those missing in the series of programmes contained in Records of the Hull Philharmonic Society at C DSPH, as too are the series of publicity posters. Syllabuses, prospectuses are not found in the Records of the Hull Philharmonic Society (C DSPH), and therefore are represented in this collection only.

Items were previously catalogued at L.785.1