The records of the Free Society of Artists were deposited with the Society after it ended its own art exhibitions in 1764.\nRecords include minutes of a committee and printed catalogues of exhibitions
The Society of Artists of Great Britain went on to found the Royal Academy. The group formed after the 1760 exhibition, when there was a dispute over how the proceeds from the sale of the exhibition catalogue should be spent.
This competition was a partnership between the RSA, Boosey & Hawkes and Classic FM. It arose out of Classic FM's Masterclass series for secondary schools. It was an exercise in linking the creativity of composers with the needs of young players to remedy the fact that few developments in musical style had filtered down to what was available for young orchestras and choirs to perform. The competition was launched nationwide on Classic FM and in other music media in the autumn of 1993 with entries to be in by March 1994. This was a 'one-off' venture.\n\nFiles in this series are the entries for the competition. While most files contain an entry for, composition description, cassette recording of the composition and accompanying correspondence.
These files were weeded by the Arts section at which point all entries, other than those shortlisted, were destroyed. The Archivist weeded duplicate copies of compositions.\nAlmost every file is composed of an entry form, music score, cassette recording of the composition and accompanying correspondence. Each entry form has been given a number as a means of identification.
Contains an entry form, correspondence, music score 'Three Movements for Piano and Wind Orchestra', description and cassette recording.
Contains an entry form, correspondence, music score 'A Carribean Dawn and Celebration', description and cassette recording.
Contains an entry form, correspondence, music score 'Fanfare and Chaconne for orchestra' and a cassette recording.
Contains an entry form, music score 'Stardance' and a description.
Contains an entry form, correspondence, music score 'The River' and description.
Contains an entry form, music score 'Symphony Number One', and a description.
Contains an entry form, correspondence, music score 'Moonshine and Mystery', description and flyers.
Contains an entry form, correspondence, music score 'Three poems by William Blake' and a description.
Contains an entry form, music score: Arctic Hunting Song, description and two cassette recordings, the first with Arctic Hunting Song, For the Fallen and Requiem Aeternum, the second with only Requiem Aeternum.
Contains correspondence, music score 'The Hallucinogentic Toreador', description and cassette recording of the score and also of 'Follow the Light'.
Contains an entry form, correspondence, music score 'Territory of the Whales', description and cassette recording.