Hampstead Conservatoire

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The Hampstead Conservatoire was a private college for music and the arts at 64, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London. [1]

The building, previously the Eton Avenue Hall, was reconstructed in 1890. [2] It was equipped with a large pipe organ, built ca. 1887-8 by the London firm of Henry Willis & Sons [3] with forty-three stops spread over four manuals and pedals.

The hey-day of the conservatoire was 1896 - 1905, when its Principal was Cecil Sharp. [4] Arnold Bax was one of its pupils between 1898 and 1900. [5] It was also notable for an early and celebrated production of Dido and Aeneas in 1900 by Martin Shaw and Gordon Craig. [6]

The organ was removed and transferred to St Peter's Parish Church, Brighton in 1910. [7] The conservatoire had closed by 1928 when the building was converted into the Embassy Theatre. The building is now part of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama [8]

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References

  1. remotegoat website Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. The Theatres Trust
  3. "The National Pipe Organ Register - the Hampstead Conservatoire of Music".
  4. Heaney, Michael (2004). "Sharp, Cecil James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press.
  5. Foreman, Lewis (2004). "Bax, Sir Arnold Edward Trevor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press.
  6. Innes, Christopher (1998). Edward Gordon Craig: a Vision of Theatre. Taylor & Francis.
  7. "The National Pipe Organ Register - St Peter's, Brighton: The Willis Organ".
  8. British History Online: Hampstead Social and Cultural Activities

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