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Records of Bedford Choral Society
Catalogue reference: X 817
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This record is about the Records of Bedford Choral Society dating from 1867-1992.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- X 817
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of Bedford Choral Society
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1867-1992
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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X 817/1 Minute books (none extant 1904-1941) 1867-1987
X 817/2 Secretary's correspondence and papers. 1967-1990 30 YEARS EMBARGO
X 817/3 Progammes 1880-1990
X 817/4 Annotated musical scores kept by P.H. Diemer, 1887-1907 founder and conductor
X 817/5 Musical scores commissioned by the Society 1986-1991
X 817/6 Photographs 1992
X 817/7 Historical notes Compiled: c1948-1962
X 817/8 Joint annual programmes; Bedford Choral Society and Bedfordshire Orchestral Society 1989-1992
X 817/9 Bedford Choral Society programme (a different group to the then Musical Society) 1929
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Bedford Choral Society</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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acc.7303
acc.7374
deposited for the Society by Mike Benson. 1 September 1993.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Bedford Amateur Musical Society ("Amateur" was removed from the title in 1880 and "Musical" was changed to "Choral" in 1988) was formed on 16 January 1867. The Society survives to this day, but was wound up in 1932 and restarted in 1941.
A history of the Society by Mike Benson appears in the Bedfordshire Magazine, Winter 1991, Vol. 23, no. 179 pp. 100-104.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/973dbba9-a2ba-4119-9fcd-42fa4209c587/
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Records of Bedford Choral Society