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Author:   Donald Burrows ,  Donald Burrows ,  Michael Benson ,  Richard Moore-Colyer (Contributor)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   Bedfordshire Historical Record Society
Volume:   v. 94
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780851550817

ISBN 10:   0851550819
Pages:   307
Publication Date:   17 December 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Choral Music in Bedford, c.1800-66 In the Beginning, Formation and Founding Fathers, 1867 Eminent Victorians, 1868-1900 'Ere Armageddon came' and after, 1900-23 Decline and Fall, 1923-33 Entr'acte, 1933-41 Reformation, 1941-43 Great Expectations, 1943-47 Bach Comes to Town, 1947-59 'You've never had it so good', 1959-91 Afterword: Bedford Choral Society 1991-2015 Appendix 1: Concerts and Works Performed 1867-2010, Bedford Choral Society Appendix 2: Choral Works Performed 1920-33, Bedford Free Church Choral Union Appendix 3: Orchestral Works Performed 1924-29, Bedford Musical Society Appendix 4: Orchestral Works Performed 1946-57, Bedford Musical Society Bibliography

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Donald Burrows is Professor of Music at the Open University and a leading scholar of the music of George Frideric Handel. Donald Burrows is Professor of Music at the Open University and a leading scholar of the music of George Frideric Handel. Michael Benson was educated at St Michael’s College, Tenbury Wells and later attended Hereford Cathedral School and Theological College. He has been a member of Bedford Choral Society since 1977 and was General Secretary from 2002 to 2008. Now retired, he spent most of his working life at the City & Guilds of London Institute, and was involved with the administration of technical examinations.

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