Archive item of the month: December 2023

Christmas Quiz

Handel and red herrings

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (London 15 August 1875 – London 1 September 1912)

Antoinette Sterling (Sterlingville, NY, 23 January 1850 – London, 9 January 1904)

Joseph Thomas Cooper (25 May 1819 – 17 November 1879)

John Jacob Solomon (2 August 1856 – 1 February 1953, Member 00317)

John Tiplady Carrodus (Braithwaite, 20 January 1836 – London, 13 July 1895, RSM Member A542)

Richard Clark (Datchet, 5 April 1780 – London, 5 October 1856), author of An Account of the National Anthem entitled God Save the King!

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Archive item of the month: December 2023

Christmas Quiz

Archive item of the month: November 2023

Handel and red herrings

Archive item of the month: October 2023

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (London 15 August 1875 – London 1 September 1912)

Archive item of the month: September 2023

Antoinette Sterling (Sterlingville, NY, 23 January 1850 – London, 9 January 1904)

Archive item of the month: August 2023

Joseph Thomas Cooper (25 May 1819 – 17 November 1879)

Archive item of the month: July 2023

John Jacob Solomon (2 August 1856 – 1 February 1953, Member 00317)

Archive item of the month: June 2023

John Tiplady Carrodus (Braithwaite, 20 January 1836 – London, 13 July 1895, RSM Member A542)

Archive item of the month: May 2023

Richard Clark (Datchet, 5 April 1780 – London, 5 October 1856), author of An Account of the National Anthem entitled God Save the King!

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