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1887
Music Is Performed Down Phone Lines
A four day music festival, as part of a run of triennial events.
Music performed at the festival was conveyed down phone lines to the patients at the local Institute for the Blind. The experiment would be repeated again, on a larger scale, in 1899.
At St Andrew’s Hall, Blackfriars was used for the first time as a dressing room for the performers, which gave over more room for seating in the main hall.
Special Public Rehearsal Poster, 1887. Image Courtesy of Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
Principle Vocalists. Image Courtesy of Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
Festival Performers, 1887. Image Courtesy of Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
Festival Performers and Chorus, 1887. Image Courtesy of Norfolk & Norwich Festival.