Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter One Choral Music in Bedford, c.1800–66
- Chapter Two Formation and Founding Fathers, 1867
- Chapter Three Eminent Victorians, 1868–1900
- Chapter Four ‘Ere Armageddon came’ and after, 1900–23
- Chapter Five Decline and Fall, 1923–33
- Chapter Six Entr’acte, 1933–41
- Chapter Seven Reformation, 1941–43
- Chapter Eight Great Expectations, 1943–47
- Chapter Nine Bach Comes to Town, 1947–59
- Chapter Ten ‘You’ve never had it so good’, 1959–91
- Afterword: Bedford Choral Society 1991–2015
- Appendix 1 Concerts and Works Performed 1867–2010, Bedford musical/Choral Society
- Appendix 2 Choral Works Performed 1920–33, Bedford Free Church Choral Union/Choral Society
- Appendix 3 Orchestral Works Performed 1924–29, Bedford Musical Society
- Appendix 4 Orchestral Works Performed 1946–57, Bedford Musical Society
- Bibliography
- Index of Musical Works
- Index of Personal Names
- Subject Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 June 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter One Choral Music in Bedford, c.1800–66
- Chapter Two Formation and Founding Fathers, 1867
- Chapter Three Eminent Victorians, 1868–1900
- Chapter Four ‘Ere Armageddon came’ and after, 1900–23
- Chapter Five Decline and Fall, 1923–33
- Chapter Six Entr’acte, 1933–41
- Chapter Seven Reformation, 1941–43
- Chapter Eight Great Expectations, 1943–47
- Chapter Nine Bach Comes to Town, 1947–59
- Chapter Ten ‘You’ve never had it so good’, 1959–91
- Afterword: Bedford Choral Society 1991–2015
- Appendix 1 Concerts and Works Performed 1867–2010, Bedford musical/Choral Society
- Appendix 2 Choral Works Performed 1920–33, Bedford Free Church Choral Union/Choral Society
- Appendix 3 Orchestral Works Performed 1924–29, Bedford Musical Society
- Appendix 4 Orchestral Works Performed 1946–57, Bedford Musical Society
- Bibliography
- Index of Musical Works
- Index of Personal Names
- Subject Index
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- Bedford's Musical SocietyA History of Bedford Choral Society, pp. i - ivPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2015