Showing 15 results

Administrative records of the original York Musical Society, which operated between 1767 and c.1855. Each volume includes three main elements: minutes of meetings, largely concerning proposals and admittance of members; accounts showing balance sheets, principally relating to the payment of fines by members but also showing stock accounts; and registers of attendance at meetings, including the names of visitors brought by members.

Volumes of sheet music and songs performed or collected by the York Musical Society, including music composed by T. Tertius Noble. Also includes a poem composed about a practices of the society choir.

Includes files of original, and copies of, articles and press cuttings relating to the work of the YMS and to reviews of their performances.

Leaflets, flyers, and posters promoting performances by the York Muscial Society and other membership events.

Includes various editions of the YMS newsletter, 2011-2016.

Information and attendance cards, tickets, and booklets issued to members.

Includes notes and information sheets about the history of the York Musical Society and people involved with the society, along with copies of original documents and other research articles. Many of the copies are taken from documents elsewhere in the archive.

Meeting minutes for the reformed York Musical Society, from c. 1876. Includes minutes for meetings of the Committee, along with some minutes for Annual General Meetings, extraordinary meetings, and Trustees' meetings. Some of the volumes and files also include associated papers including meetings papers and reports, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, financial statements, and programmes.

Until 1989 the minutes were kept solely in handwritten form in volumes; between 1989 and 1997 handwritten volumes continued to be kept alongside typescript minutes; from 1997 the minutes were kept only in typescript format. Those included in this series are printed out versions of electronic documents.

Includes account books covering 1922-23 to 1976-77, a building society pass book, and financial accounts and reports, 2008-2021.

Printed reports.

Minutes and associated papers, including officers' report and financial information.

Secretary's and Vice-President's papers and correspondence concerning society business.

Includes:
Lists of singers, patrons and chorus members, c. 1930s - 1971 and 2012-2013
Rehearsal registers, 1998-99 to 2018-19
Concert calendars and rehearsal schedules, 2016-17 to 2019-20

Published concert programmes for concerts held by York Musical Society, including concerts staged at York Minster.

Contains administrative papers and promotional material, including publications and news cuttings, relating to the festival. The conductor of the York Musical Society, T. Tertius Noble, acted as the secretary for the festival.