This database of 4000 records was prepared by Simon McVeigh of Department of Music, Goldsmiths, University of London. It draw on concert adverts in daily newspapers of the period for various forms of musical performance: subscription concerts, benefits, oratorio performances, meetings of musical societies, readings and music, concerts at the principal gardens (Ranelagh, Vauxhall, Marybone). The geographical boundary is that of present-day Greater London.
The original data is available in CSV and XLS format at http://research.gold.ac.uk/10342/
This online searchable form was created as part of the InConcert project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of the Transforming Musicology programme.
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The exterior of the Rotunda at Ranelagh Gardens, the "Chinese House", and part of the grounds; engraving by Thomas Bowles, 1754. (source Wikipedia)
See Places Ranelagh Gardens (Ranelagh House).
"Oh, What a Charming Thing's a Battle!", from Charles Dibdin and Isaac Bickerstaff's The Recruiting Serjeant (1770), which premièred at Ranelagh Gardens. Sung by Leon Lishner. (source Wikipedia)
See Concerts: RANELAGH 70.