Towsey, Arthur Cyril, 1878-

Date: 1920

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1920

Description: Includes: ca 1920 or 1926: Bernard F Page. Organ recital, Good Friday evening. Programme / flier (Repertoire is the same as 1918, but perpetual calendar suggests 1920 or 1926) Mr Maughan Barnett, city organist. Organ recital, with vocalist Mrs Cyril Towsey. Auckland City Council Town Hall, 27 March 1920. Programme / flier Gertrude Johnson, the brilliant operatic prima donna. Supported by Mr Horace Hunt, solo pianist, Mr Chas Russell, flautist, and Mr Eric Waters, accompanist. Wellington Town Hall, 26-28 July 1920. Programme New South Wales State Orchestra. Tour of New Zealand 1920. Souvenir programme. (2 copies each of fawn cover, and grey-blue cover) New South Wales State Orchestra, in conjunction with the Auckland Choral Society and the Royal Auckland Choir. Conductor Henri Verbrugghen. Handel's "Messiah". (Soloists Madame Goossens-Viceroy, Miss Mina Caldow, Mr G Austin Blackie, Mr John Prouse). Town Hall Auckland, 13 January 1920. Programme New South Wales State Orchestra. Orchestral concert (Solo Mons. Albert Goossens). Opera House Wanganui, 17 January 1920. Programme / flier New South Wales State Orchestra. 12th Orchestral concert (Solo Mons. Albert Goossens. Municipal Theatre Napier, 21 January 1920. Programme / flier New South Wales State Orchestra. Orchestral concert (Solo Mons. Albert Goossens, Mr James Messeas, Mr A Arlom, Mr J W Brinkman, Mr Florent Hoogstoel). Town Hall Wellington, 24 January 1920. Programme / flier New South Wales State Orchestra. Orchestral concert (Solo Madame Goossens-Viceroy, Miss Jenny Cullen). Wellington Town Hall, 26 January 1920. Programme / flier (2 copies) Wellington Professional Orchestra. Sixth concert 1920 season. His Majesty's Theatre, 29 August 1920. Programme Wellington Professional Orchestra. Special concert 1920 season. His Majesty's Theatre, 12 September 1920. Programme Quantity: 11 programmes. Physical Description: Letterpress and offset print, varying sizes up to quarto. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Mr Pat Lawlor and Mr Keith Stewart.

Date: [ca 1870s - 1920s]

From: Simpson, Adrienne Marie, 1943-2010: Papers and recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-11724-09

Description: Collected photographs and other images of Frances Alda and her grandmother Madame Fanny Simonsen and her Aunt Frances Saville. Some images of other people are included. Material was removed from a clearfile by archivist. Many of the images are copies and many have accompanying notes. Includes some colour prints of a young girl modelling a fan and a vintage dress and jacket. Four negatives that were loose within the folder were transferred to the photographic section of the library. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1900

From: [Collection of ephemera and programmes of octavo size, for musical events, the collection of organist, choirmaster, conductor Robert Parker (1847-1937), 1870s-1939]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Parker-1900

Description: Includes: Mr R Parker's Glee and Madrigal Society. Practice. Dresden Room, 5 February 1900. Typed invitation card signed by E C Cachemaille, 30 January 1900. Wellington Liedertafel. Fourth concert (Smoke). (Soloists F V Waters, Capt W de R Barclay, John Prouse, Douglas Jackson) [On the occasion of Robert Parker's departure to England]. St Paul's Room, Sydney Street, 27 March 1900. Programme Mediterranean Sea. Programme of Stewards' concert given on the promenade deck of the RMS 'Omrah' in aid of the "Daily Telegraph" Patriotic Fund. 15 May 1900. Programme / flier Mediterranean Sea. Programme of concert given in the second saloon of the RMS 'Omrah'. (Performers Mrs Eyles, Mr Rowe, Mr & Mrs Larard, Mr W Gaukrodger, Rev R S Joyce, Mr R Parker, Miss Quick, Miss Martin). 18 May 1900. Programme / flier (2 copies) Glee and Madrigal Society, St Paul's Choir and the Wellington Liedertafel. Musical welcome to Mr Robert Parker on his return from England. (Soloists Madame Eveleen Carleton, John Prouse, Kington Fyffe). 15 October 1900. Programme (2 copies of plain programme, one copy with swan on cover) Wellington Orchestral Society. First concert of the eleventh season (Soloists Janetta Frazier, Maughan Barnett, Cyril Towsey). Opera House, 13 November 1900. Programme Mr Robert Parker's twenty second annual concert, assisted by the Glee and Madrigal Society, Wellington Liedertafel and an orchestra of strings. Sydney Street Schoolroom, 6 December 1900. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Liedertafel. First concert (Ladies' night). With Herr Lehmann, Miss B Vartha, F W Rowley. Sydney Street Schoolroom, 13 December 1900. Programme (2 copies) Handel's "Messiah" by the Glee and Madrigal Society. (leader of orchestra McDuff Boyd, organist W Prouse, piano F W Rowley). Sydney Street Hall, 21 December 1900. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, fliers, sizes varying

Date: 1902

From: [Collection of ephemera and programmes of octavo size, for musical events, the collection of organist, choirmaster, conductor Robert Parker (1847-1937), 1870s-1939]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Parker-1902

Description: Includes: Wellington Liedertafel. Public concert, with soloists Mr Jas Searle, Mr M C Rowe, Miss Janet Ross, Mr T A Revell, Mr R B Williams, T O McManaway. Sydney Street Schoolroom, 7 March 1902. Programme The Misses Parsons' Concert. Soloists Miss Phoebe Parsons, Miss Nellie Parsons, Miss Ethel Parsons. With Messrs J H and W Parsons, the Glee and Madrigal Society, Mrs J E Russell. Sydney Street Schoolroom, 24 March 1902. Programme First monthly concert by pupils of Mr Robert Parker. With Misses E Kirk, V Stuart, Plimmer, Pringle, Rothschild, Martin, Tweed, Sexton, Treadwell, Harte, and Master Eric Walters. Dresden Rooms Wellington, 17 April 1902. Programme Wellington Orchestral Society. First concert with soloist Miss Phoebe Parsons. Opera House, 18 June 1902. Programme (2 copies) Mr R Parker's Glee and Madrigal Society. Invitation concert with Joan Parker, Miss Ethel Parsons, Miss Stuart, Miss Tolhurst, Messrs J Hill, L Cohen, James Searle, W Parsons and Mrs B Wilson. Wellington, 18 August 1902. Programme (2 copies) Concert Season 1902 by pupils of Mr Robert Parker. Assisted by Mr Douglas Jackson, with Misses Rothschild, L Drew, Campbell Thomson, Beachamp, Allport, Penny, Ethelwyn Kirk, Stuart, Sexton, Harth, Treadwell, and Powel, and Master Eric Waters). Dresden Rooms Wellington, 21 August 1902. Programme (2 copies, 1 green, 1 cream) Wellington Orchestral Society. Second concert with Miss Eveleen Carlton, Miss Dora Judson, Messrs C J Hill and H Moschini. Choral Hall, 16 September 1902. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Liedertafel. Second concert (Ladies' night). Accompanists: Miss Joan Parker and Mr N O Meadows, with Mr J F Carr, Miss Julia Moran, Mrs B Wilson, Mr James Searle, Arthur Ballance. Sydney Street Schoolroom, 3 October 1902. Programme Mr Robert Parker's annual concert assisted by Miss Phoebe Parsons, Miss Janet Ross, Mr Leslie Edwards and the Wellington Orchestral Society. 4 December 1902 (2 copies, 1 pink, 1 green) Mr Robert Parker's Glee and Madrigal Society Concert. With Miss Grace Kennedy, Mr G A Kennedy, Mr R Parker, Mr W Parsons, Mr J Searle, Mr R Burden, Mrs B Wilson. Sydney Street Room, 16 December 1902. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, fliers, sizes varying

Date: 1901

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1901

Description: Includes: Mr Maughan Barnett and Herr Max Hoppe. Series of three concerts. First concert. Accompanist Cyril Towsey. Sydney Street Schoolroom, 23 September 1901. Programme Mr Maughan Barnett and Herr Max Hoppe. Series of three concerts. Second concert. Accompanist Cyril Towsey. Sydney Street Schoolroom, 3 October 1901. Programme Gertie Campion benefit (With Madoleine Webbe, Gertrude Spooner, Abel Rowe, Ivy Alison, Mr O E Farrow, Abel Rowe, Mrs Abel Rowe, Hamilton Hodges, Gertie Campion, Laura and Charles Rollo, Madame Cecilia Staunton, John Fuller, Lawrence Abrahams, Fred Byron, Wilfred Manning, Kitty Campion, orchestra under Sam Jackson). His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, 17 January [1901]. Programme Jean Gerardy, the renowned Belgian violoncellist, under the direction of Mr A H Canby [with Laurence Phillip]. Opera House, 7 August 1901. Programme Mr Clifford Walker's recital, under the patronage of the Christchurch Savage Club (With Mr A J W Bunz, Mr W Percy Denton, Mr H M Reeves, Mr O T J Alpers). Choral Hall, Christchurch, 26 July 1901. Programme Quantity: 5 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated.

Date: 1927

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1927

Description: Includes programmes featuring: Frances Alda. Australian and New Zealand tour 1927. First recital. Programme Flier indicating that Mr Cyril Towsey would take the place of Mr Max Rabinowitsch as pianist and accompanist of Frances Alda, in second and third (final) concert of Wellington season. City of Auckland Municipal concerts. Carol concert by the Municipal Band and the Harmony Eight, vocalists Gladys Hosking, Maida Davison, Fred Bowes, Hal C McLennan, J Purchase. Town Hall 24 December 1927. Programme Hubert Carter, New Zealand's leading tenor. Extracts from press notices 1927 [Promotional booklet] Ernest Dawson. His Master's Voice, the world's best gramophone! Fifth recital. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 5 May 1927. Programme of a gramophone concert. Ernest Dawson. His Master's Voice, the world's best gramophone! Sixth recital. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 6 July 1927. Programme of a gramophone concert. Concert Chamber Town Hall Wellington. Invitation recital by students of Mr Leon de Mauny and Madame Evelyn de Mauny. 1 December 1927. Programme (2 copies). (Performers included Desmond Lavin, Mr H Tonks, Eva Cowan, Leo Antonoff, Robert Waters, Gertrude Smith, Zillah Castle, Harold Kirby, Frank Matejka, Grace Robertson, Charles W Clift, Richard Maunder, Mona Mann, Fred and Marjorie Ballinger, Harry Unwin, Misses N Wilkinson and G Robertson, Mr G Palamountain). Ignaz Friedman. New Zealand tour 1927. First programme (2 copies) Ignaz Friedman. New Zealand tour 1927. Second programme Ignaz Friedman. New Zealand tour 1927. Third programme Grand concert by the artists of Wellington in aid of the Mayoral Relief Fund for Unemployment (With Harold Godier, Orphans' Club Orchestra, Tom Wood, Gladys Smythe, Nora Greene, Desmond Lavin, S Duncan, Doug Stark, Len Barnes, Gordon Short, Lyric Quartet, Amy Woodward, Harison Cook, Claude Tucker, Mrs Wilfrid Andrews, Arthur C Clark, Norman Aitken, Evelyn de Mauny, A Stanley Warwick). Town Hall Wellington, 12 July 1927. Programme (foxed) Jascha Heifetz. Heifetz concerts. First concert. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Jascha Heifetz. Heifetz concerts. Second concert. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Preliminary announcement. Return of world-famous violinist Heifetz, wizard of the violin. After an interval of six years ... not yet 25 years of age ... [Blue flier with portrait photograph] (2 copies) Jascha Heifetz. Three violin recitals. Town Hall Auckland, 3, 6 10 August 1927. At the piano Samuel Chotzinoff. Programme Jascha Heifetz. Three violin recitals. Town Hall Wellington, 18, 22 and 25 August 1927. At the piano Samuel Chotzinoff. Promotional pamphlet only Joseph Hislop. Celebrated tenor coming. Direction J & N Tait. Promotional flier (Pink. 2 copies) Joseph Hislop. Australian and New Zealand tour 1927-28. Solo pianist Alberto Sciarretti. First recital. Programme (2 copies) Joseph Hislop. Australian and New Zealand tour 1927-28. Solo pianist Alberto Sciarretti. Second recital. Programme (2 copies) and yellow/brown flier (2 copies) Joseph Hislop. Australian and New Zealand tour 1927-28. Solo pianist Alberto Sciarretti. Third recital. Programme (2 copies) and yellow flier (2 copies) Joseph Hislop. Australian and New Zealand tour 1927-28. Solo pianist Alberto Sciarretti. Fourth recital. Programme (2 copies) E J Gravestock has the honour to present Miss Phyllis Lett, the great English contralto. Supporting artists Miss Margot Macgibbon, Mr Norman Bennett, Mr Maurice Besly. New Zealand tour 1927. Programme and book of words no. 2 (2 copies) E J Gravestock has the honour to present Miss Phyllis Lett, the great English contralto. Supporting artists Miss Margot Macgibbon, Mr Norman Bennett, Mr Maurice Besly. New Zealand tour 1927. Programme and book of words no. 4 E J Gravestock has the honour to present Miss Phyllis Lett, the great English contralto. Supporting artists Miss Margot Macgibbon, Mr Norman Bennett, Mr Maurice Besly. New Zealand tour 1927. Programme and book of words no. 5 Orpheus Musical Society. Fifth concert. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 6 April 1927. Programme. Paderewski. Promotional pamphlet with portrait. Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. First recital. Wellington. Programme (2 copies) Paderewski. Town Hall Wellington, 11 June 1927. Ticket for orchestral stalls (Pink) Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. Second recital. Wellington. Programme ( 1 brown text - 2 copies; 1 blue text) Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. Third recital. Wellington. Programme (2 copies) Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. First recital. Auckland. Programme Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. Second recital. Auckland. Programme Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. Third recital. Auckland. Programme Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. First recital. Christchurch. Programme (2 copies) Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. Second recital, Christchurch. Programme Bernard Page. Organ recitals. Town Hall Wellington, 13 March, 30 October and 6 November 1927. Programmes. Port Nicholson Silver Band. Third grand recital. T Goodall, conductor [pro tem]. Grand Opera House, Sunday May 29th 1927. Programme. Port Nicholson Silver Band. Ninth grand recital. J J Drew, conductor. Grand Opera House, Sunday October 2nd 1927. Programme. Society of Musicians Orchestra. Eighth orchestral concert. Beethoven programme. Solo violin Mrs Eric meir, vocalists Mrs J F Woodward, Mr Roy Hill, Mrs Wilfrid Andrews, Mr Harison Cook. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber, 16 July 1927. Programme (2 copies) Timaru Orchestral Society. Second subscription concert. Theatre Royal, 3 October 1927. Programme (featuring Mabel Esquilant and other singers) Wellington Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association Male Voice Choir. 1st concert. Concert Chamber, Town Hall, 7 May 1927. Programme Wellington Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association Male Voice Choir. 2nd concert. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 20 August 1927. Programme. Wellington Orchestral Society. Ninth orchestral concert. Vocalist Signor Lucien Cesaroni; leader and solo violin Mrs Eric Meier. Wellington Town Hall, 11 October 1927. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Orchestral Society. Tenth orchestral concert. Vocalists the Lyric Quartette; leader and solo violin Mrs Eric Meier. Wellington Town Hall,29 November 1927. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. First concert. 22 May 1927. Programme Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. (Soloist Mrs Wilfred Andrews). Second concert, 3 July 1927. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. Beethoven Centenary concert. Third concert, 14 August 1927. (Soloists Desmond Lavin, Frances Morrison, Beryl Hope. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. Fourth concert (Soloists Roy Hill, Leon de Mauny). 25 September 1927. Programme Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. Fifth concert (Soloist Mrs Clinton Hunt). 23 October 1927. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Savage Club Orchestra for the Primary School Children of Wellington City and Suburbs. Orchestral recital. Town Hall, 16 August 1927. Programme Efrem Zimbalist concerts. New Zealand tour 1927. Direction: Concert Tours Ltd. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Quantity: 50 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated.

Date: 1906

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1906

Description: Includes: Andrew Black, England's finest baritone - first appearance in New Zealand. Supported by Miss Ethel Sinclair (violin), Mr Adolphe Borschke (pianist), Horace Gleeson (accompanist). Choral Hall Christchurch, 5 May 1906. Programme (with photo on cover) Andrew Black concerts. Accompanist Horace Gleeson. [Town Hall Wellington, 9 May 1906]. Programme / flier. Farewell concert tendered to Mr Cyril Towsey, by professional and leading amateur musicians of Wellington (with Robert Parker, Handley Wells, Nellie Simpson, C J Hill, Mr Macdonald, Mina Caldow, Max Hoppe, Edith Taylor, Phoebe Parsons, Mrs F P Wilson, Arthur Ballance, Miss Lloyd Hassell, Lilian Irvine, Wellington Liedertafel, Leslie Hill). Town Hall Wellington, 8 August 1906. Programme. New Zealand International Exhibition. First orchestral concert by the NZ International Exhibition orchestra, conductor Alfred Hill, leader Geo Weston [and] Organ recital by Dr J C Bradshaw. Both 2 November 1906. Programme. Mdlle Antonia Dolores song recital, assisted by Mr Franz Wells. Choral Hall Auckland, 12 November 1906. Programme Mdlle Antonia Dolores song recital, assisted by Mr John Prouse, baritone, and Mr Franz Wells, pianist. Town Hall Wellington, 24 November 1906. Programme. Mdlle Antonia Dolores song recital, assisted by Mr John Prouse, baritone, and Mr Franz Wells, pianist. Town Hall Wellington, 28 November 1906. Programme Mdlle Antonia Dolores song recital, assisted by Mr John Prouse, baritone, Mr Franz Wells, pianist, and Mr W J Prouse at the organ. Town Hall Wellington, 1 December 1906. Programme. Mdlle Antonia Dolores song recital, assisted by Mr Franz Wells, pianist. His Majesty's Theatre Christchurch, 17 December 1906. Programme. Quantity: 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and offset print, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: 1905

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1905

Description: Includes: Dr J C Bradshaw. organ recital. Christchurch Cathedral, 6 July 1905. Programme / flier Mr Edward Branscombe's Westminster Glee & Concert Party. British Empire tour 1904-1905. Programme no 3 and book of words (With photographic portraits of Madame Marie Hooton and Mr Edward Branscombe). Mr Edward Branscombe's Westminster Glee & Concert Party. British Empire tour 1904-1905. Programme no 13 and book of words (With photographic portraits of Madame Marie Hooton and the Westminster Glee & Concert Party) Mr Edward Branscombe's Westminster Glee & Concert Party. St Matthews Auckland, 28 November 1905. Programme Canterbury College Hall. Entertainment under the patronage of His Excellency the Governor, in aid of the finds for the NZ University Intercollegiate Tournament (With Mr N Low, Mr W Wilson, Miss Woodhouse, College Glee Society, Mr R E Hall, Mr E F Stead, Miss Fox, Mr J R Cunninhgam, Mr H F Toogood, Mr St C Farra). 15 April 1905. Programme / flier with advertisement for academic gowns from Ballantynes on the verso. Fisk Jubilee Singers (Miss Belle F Gibbons, Miss Beatrice Mercer, Miss E Cleva McLain, Miss Alice Baptiste, Mr Clarence Tysdale, Mr H C Newton, Mr R H Collins, Prof C A White). Town Hall [Wellington?], 18 January [1905]. Programme. Australasian tour of Hugo Heermann the famous violinist. Promotional pamphlet with photograph. Hugo Heermann recitals under the direction of Mr John H Tait (With Mr W A Laver). St Andrews Hall Auckland, 14 September 1905. Programme Hugo Heermann recitals, under the direction of Mr John H Tait. (With Mr W A Laver, Mr Emil Heermann; and advertising future visit of Madame Maggie Stirling, contralto). Unspecified date and place. Programme Maori and Pakeha Carnival, Vivian Street Citadel, 5-12 September 1905. (Salvation Army production, with a company of Maori children, a Men's Band, Boys' Brigade, Young Maori Party, Sunbeam Choristers. With photographic portraits of: Lord Plunket, General William Booth, S Capt McLeod, S Capt Shacelton (matron of nursing hime), S Capt Toomer, Mrs McLeod, Brigadier Albison, Mrs Albison, S Capt Young (Matron of Paulina Home in Cuba Street), Adj Roy (matron of Girls' home in Elfice Street), Captain Hodge. Programme Mr Watkin Mills' Great English Quintette. Round the world under sole direction of Mr W Spencer-Jones. With Mr Watkin Mills basso; Miss Edith Kirkwood soprano; Miss Gertrude Lonsdal [sic] contralto; Mr Harold Wilde tenor; M Edouard Parlovitz pianist. Mr Watkin Mills' Great English Quintette tour of the world. Programme no 2. Theatre Royal Wellington, 16 October 1905. (2 copies) The Watkin Mills English Quartette Company, Auckland Choral Society and Auckland Liedertafel. Soprano Edith Kirkwood, tenor Harold Wilde, contralto Gertrude Lonsdale, bass Mr Watkin Mills. Choral Hall, 26 October 1905. Programme Watkin Mills Great English Quintette Party, under the auspices of the Napier Harmonic Society. Gaiety Theatre, 18 October 1905. Grand oratorio, "The Creation" by Haydn. Programme "Music for the musical". Song and piano recital by Miss Amy Murphy of Dunedin and Mr Cyril Towsey of Wellington. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 7 March 1905. Programme / promotional pamphlet. Nelson Harmonic Society. Grand concert. Handel's "Acis & Galatea". Nelson School of Music, 4 July 1905. Programme South Wellington State School Committee's concert to be held on Thursday Sept 28th [1905 or 1911] (With Mr Turrall's Orchestra, Tit-bit trio, Miss W Fix, Miss Molly Cook, Mr Barton Ginger, Mr Tonkin, Miss Bertha Cross, Mr F G Twiss, Miss Phyllis Adams, Hawaiian Melody M, Miss Henrson, Mr Howard (conjuror), Mr Hart, Mr E G Peek, Miss Edna Smith, Miss Joan Marshall, Mr Goodall, Blight Bros, accompanist Mr Harry E Wilson. Programme Quantity: 16 programmes. Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated. Provenance: One programme donated by Mrs Margaret Hancock, Tokoroa, from the collection of her husband, in 2009.

Date: [ca 1987-1998]

From: Simpson, Adrienne Marie, 1943-2010: Papers and recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-11724-15A

Description: Research material on Frances Alda, including correspondence, handwritten notes, and historical articles and newsclippings from 1920s-1990s. Quantity: 1 folder(s).