Royal Command Concert

      Novello, London 1935 - This programme was for a Royal Command concert at the Royal Albert Hall to mark Empire Day,May 24th,1935.There was music dating from the 13th Century to music composed by composers alive at the time of the concert,& music coming from all parts of the United Kingdom was included.There were new fanfares composed by Major Adkins,Sir Granville Bantock & Arnold Bax ; Dame Ethel Smyth had specially scored Purcell's "Fairest Isle.",& Gordon Jacob had specially scored Parry's "England".Conductors included Malcolm Sargent,Henry Wood,Sir Hugh Roberton,Sir Landon Ronald, Adrian Boult & Vaughan Williams.Soloists included Isobel Baillie,Elsie Suddaby,Stuart Robertson,Tudor Davies,Mary Jarred.The binding is of full white lambskin,gilt ruled & gilt lettered on the upper cover,& with the four national emblems of Tudor Rose,Thistle,Shamrock & Daffodil, in gilt on a dark green ground,one to each corner.All inner edges display elaborate gilt dentelles,& there are moire silk doublures & matching free endpapers.The blue silk page marker,with gilt tasselled fringe,is still present,faded at the top & bottom.The programme is printed & bound by Novello : no limitation is stated,but so luxurious a programme would probably not have been produced in a substantial quantity.There are some trifling marks to the leather,& one very small dark stain on the spine,& there is fraying to the fore-edge silk of each free endpaper. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]