Vintage hardcover book containing a "Programme & General Arrangements of the Norfolk and Norwich Twenty-Eighth Triennial Musical Festival in St. Andrew's Hall," held between October 25-28, 1905, 7.25 x 9.75, signed on an opening page in fountain pen by 16 notable musicians who took part that year, including (some inscribed): Edward Elgar, Alberto Randegger, Fritz Kreisler, John Coates, Ben Davies, Mildred Jones, Andrew Black (the original owner of the book), Muriel Foster, Arthur Henry Mann, Luigi Mancinelli, David Ffrangcon-Davies, Miriam Timothy, Robert Radford, Frederic Hymen Cowen, Gwendolyn Mason, and Agnes Nicholls. In very good to fine condition, with heavily rubbed covers and spine; interior pages are clean,with some light toning to the signed page. Edgar conducted a performance of his oratorio 'The Apostles' on the second day of the festival.
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