Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 TR/3263
Title
Presto Musical Club
Date(s)
- 1919-1949 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
6 Items
Context area
Name of creator
(1919-1949)
Administrative history
The club met every three weeks at the homes of members for an evening musical programme. Club members included Ethelland MacColl, Leona Riggs, Samuel Anglin, and Alec Gordon.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This file contains 3 original hand written books of the minutes for the Presto Musical Club of Belleville, Ontario. Volume One 1919 to 1923; Volume Two 1923 to 1933; and Volume Three 1933 to 1941. Typed minutes for meetings dated 14 November 1949, 12 December 1949; an original program for Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company October 6-10, 1947 at Massey Hall, Toronto and a Grand Opera Libretto with English translation of Verdi's Rigoletto, Edwin Kalmus circa 1930.