Robert Bonner scrapbook

Item — Box: Multi-Collection Box

Identifier: 034-03

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This scrapbook predominantly contains concert leaflets, flyers, programs, and newspaper reviews, collected from 1874 to 1897. It focuses on musical events in and around Rhode Island, usually having to do with Robert Bonner. It includes handwritten notes to explain clippings. The scrapbook also contains advertisements for classes Bonner offered, including price lists. Various other entries in the scrapbook include poems clipped from newspapers and obituaries of Bonner and of his peers.

Dates

1874 - 1898

Creator

Bonner, Robert, 1845-1898 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

PPL does not claim copyright to this collection. Users of this item are responsible for determining copyright restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

Robert Bonner (1845-1898) was a Providence organist who served as secretary for the American College of Musicians. Originally from England, he studied music in Germany under Moscheles, Hauptmann, Reinecke, and Papperitz. He moved to Rhode Island in 1868 and became a well-known musician and music teacher. He was highly accomplished, and often served as an accompanying pianist at various concerts. He was a prominent member of a number of musical societies, including the Providence Symphony Society, the Cecilia Association, the Music Teachers National Association, and the Arion Club.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is entirely contained within a single bound scrapbook. Newspaper clippings are pasted within. Clippings are somewhat chronological and are arranged with like subjects.