Description
Published in 2007 in a limited run of 500 copies, this 87 page, highly detailed book is very collectible – only 500 copies of this first edition were printed in paperback by Rougemont Associates. The front cover shows the South East view of Bath Engraved for England displayed by J. Ryland 1769. Chapters: Preface; The Passerinis, The Herschels and the Linleys 1755-1782; Christmas Eve and Messiah 1781-1800; Rauzzini – Dawn of a New Century 1800-1810; Post Rauzzini 1810-1819; Sir George Smart 1822-1825; Bath Choral Society 1828-1850; Bath Classical Concert Society 1855-1862; Bath City Choral Society 1859-1861; Years of Uncertainty 1862-1869; Mr Bianchi Taylor’s Choir 1869-1875; Bath Amateur Choral Society 1870-1876; Bath Choral Union 1876-1899; Interlude; Pieraccini’s Choir and The Bath Orchestral Society 1883-1891; Bath Philharmonic Society 1885-1890; Bath Choral and Orchestral Society 1890-1988; Henry Sims 1893-1932; William Jackman 1932-1963; Clifford Harker 1963-1988; Matthew Bale 1988-present; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; A Personal Memory by A Concert Soloist: Stephen Foulkes; A Personal Memory by A Trumpeter, David Mason; A Personal Memory by A Timpanist, John Giddings; A Personal Memory by the Orchestra Leader, Lorna Osbon; A Personal Memory by a Choral Member, Susan Gillard; A Personal Memory by a Past Secretary, Brenda Forbes; A Personal Memory By A Past Chairman, Arthur Honnor; A Personal Memory by a Choral Member’s Daughter, Diana Dodd; Recent Officers of the Bath Choral Society (Presidents, Chairmen, Conductors, Secretaries, Accompanists); Appendix 1: Messiah Concerts, Bath, 1755-1800; Appendix 2: Choral Concerts, Bath, 1800-1899; Appendix 3: Bath Choral Society Concerts, 1882-2008; Appendix 4: Bath Choral Society Principal Choral Works by Composer, 1882-2008; Appendix 5: Some Principal Bath Choral Soloists, 1756-2008. A suggested bibliography is present inside the back cover of the book
