Janus: Records of the Cambridge University Musical Society

University/SOC.XV contains:
<-- See earlier
SOC.XV.8	Certificates of qualification to participate in the Society's chorus and orchestra
SOC.XV.9	Correspondence
SOC.XV.10	Catalogues of musical scores owned by the Society
SOC.XV.11	Circulars, notices and posters relating to public performances and the administration of the Society
SOC.XV.12	Programmes of performances given by the Society and other organisations, occasionally with related records
SOC.XV.13	Concert review books
SOC.XV.14	Scrapbooks
SOC.XV.15	Photographs
SOC.XV.16	Press cuttings, chiefly reviews of CUMS performances
SOC.XV.17	Miscellaneous documents relating to the Society or kept with its records
SOC.XV.18	Records of the Fitzwilliam Musical Society

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Records of the Cambridge University Musical Society

Title	Miscellaneous documents relating to the Society or kept with its records
Reference	SOC.XV.17
Covering Dates	1874–1969 (end date approximate)
Extent and Medium	7 envelopes

University/SOC.XV.17 contains:

SOC.XV.17.1

Records relating to Josef Joachim (1830-1907) and Cambridge. Cover:- expenses for Bach Memorial Concert by JJ on 18 March 1874; award of an honorary degree in Music in March 1877, 1877-8; three letters relating to visit in March 1883, 1882; seating plan and menus for a dinner for him on 14 March 1889; two letters relating to a dinner for him on 11 May 1904, 1904.
12 items.

1874–1904

SOC.XV.17.2

Records relating to the Society's golden jubilee in June 1893. Include printed list of the Special Jubilee Committee; printed circular letters from Sedley Taylor; letters to Sedley Taylor from those intending to attend the dinner and concert, and from others regretting their inability to do so; account book of the Cambridge University Musical Society Jubilee Committee with the London and County Banking Company Ltd; printed ticket, menu, seating plan, Latin verse, conversazione cards, and programme of the Society's 215th concert; photocopies of seating plans, a menu, and a page of signatures of honorary graduands on 13 June 1893.
1 envelope of loose papers.

June 1893

SOC.XV.17.3

List of subscribers to a wreath for Richard Wagner, died 13 February 1883.
4 sheets.

1883

SOC.XV.17.4

Photograph of the Society's wreath for Giuseppe Verdi, died 27 January 1901, signed with a dedication to Sedley Taylor by Arrigo Boito.
1 photographic print (15 x 22.5 cm) mounted on card; photograph.

1901

SOC.XV.17.5

Printed libretto of the Fairy Queen, marked 'for private circulation only'. The opera is based on Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
1 booklet.

1914

SOC.XV.17.6

[? Transcript of a] poem, The Rio Grande, by Sacheverell Sitwell. Nota bene, Constant Lambert's setting of S. Sitwell's 'The Rio Grande' was performed by the C.U.M.S. at a choral and orchestral concert in the Guildhall, Cambridge, on 7 March 1947: see the series of unnumbered programmes, SOC.XV.12.13.5.
2 sheets.

1940–1949

SOC.XV.17.7

Notes of speeches delivered by David Willcocks and David Oistrakh at a reception for DO in the Audit Room, King's College. The occasion was the award of an honorary degree to DO.
Creator: O'Riordan, Colin.
2 sheets.

6 June 1969