The Musical Life of the Crystal Palace

Contents

• List of illustrations
• Preface
• Part I . The Beginnings:
• 1. The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park
• 2. The Crystal Palace at Sydenham
• Part II . The Choral Life:
• 3. The Handel festivals 1857-1926
• 4. Other large scale choral performances
• Part III . August Manns and the Saturday Concerts, 1855-1900:
• 5. The concerts, orchestra and conductor
• 6. Programmes, performers, repertory, programme notes
• 7. The Crystal Palace and its audience
• Part IV . Other Orchestral, Vocal and Instrumental Concerts:
• 8. After Manns: the Crystal Palace amateur orchestra and choir
• 9. Popular concerts
• 10. Solo instrumental music
• Part V . The Broader Educational Dimension:
• 11. Exhibitions
• the School of Art, Science and Literature, the Theatre
• 12. The great popular festivals
• Appendices
• Appendix 1. The Handel festivals selection day programmes and repertory, 1857-1923
• Appendix 2. Personnel of the Saturday orchestra
• Appendix 3a. Works by non-British composers given first British performances in the Saturday concerts of the Crystal Palace
• Appendix 3b. Works by British composers given first performances in the Saturday concerts of the Crystal Palace
• Appendix 4. Staged works with music performed in the theatre
• Appendix 5. The Brass Band championships
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.