On the occasion of the Monarch’s gracious continued patronage of RSM, we look at the Royal Charter granted by George III in 1790.

We look at the posthumous publication of the full score of Dossert’s Mass in B minor.

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Presented to The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain by Frederick G. Lyon in 1874.

On the centenary of the death of Sir Walter Parratt, Master of the Queen’s Music from 1893 until his death, we display a selection of concert programmes from performances which were conducted by Parratt.

Handel was the first composer to have a public statue raised to his fame (Vauxhall Gardens) and the first composer to have a collected edition of his works produced (by Samuel Arnold in the period 1784-1794). In addition he was also the first to have a full-length biography published.

Annotated manuscripts, written in Coleridge-Taylor’s own hand.

Portrait of the American contralto Antoinette Sterling.

One of only three known copies of The Cambridge Chimes.

A trumpeter whose long association with RSM has continued for generations.

A child prodigy who played until the day before he died.

Contentious theories on the origins of the anthem.

The composer of a March specially for RSM, one of several.

The tradition of the annual luncheon for RSM Members.

An autograph book with a dual meaning.

Music and the monarchy.

A musical family of five brothers and one sister.

Singer, organist, conductor and composer Arthur Sullivan's association with RSM goes all the way back to his time as a child chorister.

A look at the growth of music festival across the country in the 18th century

The oldest surviving score of Handel's Water Music.