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Argyll Rooms, the Glossary

The Argyll Rooms (sometimes spelled Argyle) was an entertainment venue on Little Argyll Street, Regent Street, London, England, opened in 1806.^[1]

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1806 establishments in England
Music venues completed in 1806
Regency London
Royal Philharmonic Society

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)

On two occasions, Felix Mendelssohn composed music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream (in German Ein Sommernachtstraum).

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Andrew Cherry

Andrew Cherry (11 January 1762 – 12 February 1812) was an Irish dramatist, songwriter, actor and theatre manager.

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Argyll Street

Argyll Street is a street in the Soho district of Central London.

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Baron Raymond

Lord Raymond, Baron of Abbots Langley in the County of Hertford, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.

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Baton (conducting)

A baton is a stick that is used by conductors primarily to enlarge and enhance the manual and bodily movements associated with directing an ensemble of musicians.

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British History Online

British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources on medieval and modern history of Great Britain and Ireland.

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British première of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

The British première of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, also known as his "Choral Symphony", took place in London at the Argyll Rooms on 21 March 1825. Argyll Rooms and British première of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 are Royal Philharmonic Society.

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Burletta

In theater and music history, a burletta (Italian, meaning "little joke", sometimes burla or burlettina) is a brief comic opera.

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Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic of the early Romantic period.

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Caryatid

A caryatid (Καρυᾶτις|) is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.

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Dickins & Jones

Dickins & Jones was a high-quality department store in London, England, which traded between 1835 and 2007, although tracing its origins to 1790.

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English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers is an 1809 satirical poem written by Lord Byron, and published by James Cawthorn in London.

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Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.

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Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period.

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George IV

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. Argyll Rooms and George IV are Regency London.

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George Thomas Smart

Sir George Thomas Smart (10 May 1776 – 23 February 1867) was an English musician.

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Hanover Square Rooms

The Hanover Square Rooms or the Queen's Concert Rooms were assembly rooms established, principally for musical performances, on the corner of Hanover Square, London, England, by Sir John Gallini in partnership with Johann Christian Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel in 1774.

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Haymarket, London

Haymarket is a street in the St James's area of the City of Westminster, London.

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Henry Francis Greville

Lt-Col.

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His Majesty's Theatre, London

His Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre situated in the Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London.

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Hylton Jolliffe

Hylton Jolliffe (28 February 1773 – 13 January 1843) was an English politician.

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Ignaz Moscheles

Isaac Ignaz Moscheles (23 May 179410 March 1870) was a Bohemian piano virtuoso and composer.

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John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll

Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich, (10 October 1680 – 4 October 1743), styled Lord Lorne from 1680 to 1703, was a Scottish nobleman and senior commander in the British Army.

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John Ericsson

John Ericsson (born Johan Ericsson; July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish-American engineer and inventor.

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John Nash (architect)

John Nash (18 January 1752 – 13 May 1835) was one of the foremost British architects of the Georgian and Regency eras, during which he was responsible for the design, in the neoclassical and picturesque styles, of many important areas of London.

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London Trocadero

The London Trocadero was an entertainment complex on Coventry Street, with a rear entrance in Shaftesbury Avenue, London.

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Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer.

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Louis Spohr

Louis Spohr (5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig was a German composer, violinist and conductor.

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Macbeth

Macbeth (full title The Tragedie of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Ode to Joy

"Ode to Joy" (German) is an ode written in the summer of 1785 by German poet, playwright, and historian Friedrich Schiller.

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Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Petersfield was an English Parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Petersfield in Hampshire.

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Queen Street, London

Queen Street is a street in the City of London which runs between Upper Thames Street at its southern end to Cheapside in the north.

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Regent Street

Regent Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London. Argyll Rooms and Regent Street are Regency London.

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Regent's Harmonic Institution

Regent's Harmonic Institution (RHI), also known as Royal Harmonic Institution, Welsh and Hawes at the Royal Harmonic Institution, and Welsh and Hawes, was a 19th-century English firm of music publishers as a well as a purveyor of music instruments.

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Royal Philharmonic Society

The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) is a British music society, formed in 1813.

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Sarah Siddons

Sarah Siddons (née Kemble; 5 July 1755 – 8 June 1831) was a Welsh actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century.

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Symphony No. 1 (Mendelssohn)

Symphony No.

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Theodore Lane

Theodore Lane (c. 1800–1828) was an English painter and engraver.

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Thomas Welsh (composer)

Thomas Welsh (c. 1780 - 24 or 31 January 1848) was an English composer and operatic bass.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century.

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William Hawes (composer)

William Hawes (178518 February 1846) was an English musician and composer.

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William Jolliffe (1745–1802)

William Jolliffe (16 April 1745 – 20 February 1802) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1802.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.

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Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_Rooms

Also known as Argyle Rooms.

Argyll Rooms, the Glossary

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See also

1806 establishments in England

Music venues completed in 1806

Regency London

Royal Philharmonic Society

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