Subjects resolved include: the timetabling of examinations, dates of musical evenings (Open Practices), enlargement of the concert platform, dates of terms and exceptional closures, purchase of equipment, the award of diplomas and certificates, co...
Copy of Michael Kennedy's "The history of the Royal Manchester College of Music", Manchester University Press 1971. Kennedy was commissioned by the Council to write this history in 1965/6, and drew heavily on Council minutes, annua...
Kennedy, George Michael Sinclair (1926-2014),biographer, journalist, music critic
Many distinguished visitors to the College were invited to sign the Visitors' Book (it is not known by whom the book was kept). Most visitors signed their names, but others included messages, drawings and musical sketches to commemorate the ...
Autograph MS with a photocopy. The piece is dedicated to Adolph Hallis and Franz Reizenstein. First performance given by them at Wigmore Hall, 15 Apr 1937. (Published by Anglo-American)
Borwick writes of Richard Muhlfeld’s plans to visit England in January. The letter is dated 19 Dec. Muhlfeld signed the RMCM Visitors’ Book on 18 Jan 1900; it thus appears this letter was written in Dec 1899.
College history written by Stanley Withers, then Registrar, and printed by Policy-Holder Journal Co. Ltd of Manchester. The pamphlet contains a roughly chronological history with a list of members of Council, and teaching staff. It is illustrate...
Withers, Stanley (fl.1890s-1928), Registrar of the Royal Manchester College of Music
The Honorary Fellowship was established on the recommendation of the Board of Professors by the Council, in May 1923. This date celebrated the award of the Royal Charter, and the 30th anniversary of the founding of the College. The Register cont...
Lists number, date of seal order [made by the Council], description of instrument, date of sealing and signatures of Council members. Chiefly conveyances of property and transfer of shares from the Trustees of the College to the RMCM; award of di...