[Music programmes 1905].

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.