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Sarah Walker uncovers the forgotten story of the Wandering Minstrels, an orchestra of aristocrats who gave the first ever concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1871. Images courtesy of the British Library.

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The first concert ever given at the Royal Albert Hall

Page from the Wandering Minstrels' album (NB the concert programme is slightly incorrect)

  • The first concert ever given at the Royal Albert Hall
  • A Wandering Minstrels Smoking Concert
  • Grand Promenade Concert by the Wandering Minstrels at the Corn Exchange, Melton Mowbray
  • Lord Wilton, Seymour Egerton and family
  • 'Aggressive Amateurism' - Sunday Times article, 6 October 1867
  • Lord Gerald Fitzgerald - principal cello of the Wandering Minstrels
  • Henry Le Patourel - principal flute of the Wandering Minstrels
  • Seymour Egerton's Endymion Overture - title page
  • Seymour Egerton's Endymion Overture - p. 8 of the manuscript score
  • Wandering Minstrels RIP

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