Record Number: 30720
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue. 8th Nov. 1943
A. Bruce Dilks in the chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read. Frank Knight immediately proved
what an asset he is to the club, by pointing out that minute 3 reported the election
of a committee, but did not make it at all clear what functions this committee was
to fulfil. The matter was adjusted & the minutes signed.
[...]
3. The evening was devoted to a study of English Music. Margaret Dilks explained
that the choice of programme had been influenced partly by the gramophone
records that were available, and the hope that in this choice everyone would find
at least something which pleased and interested them. Those who liked to take it
as a mild protest against the Russian invasion of our concert programs were at
liberty to do so. As the meeting was held on the 60th anniversary of the birthday
of Sir Arnold Bax, the Master of the King’s Musick, it seemed a most appropriate
choice. First, Margaret Dilks outlined the development of music in England from
the 4th Century to the present day. She told of its earliest beginnings, its rise to
pre-eminence in the Tudor period when English composers and executive
musicians led the world, its decline during the 19th Century, and its renaissance in
recent times.
4. [...] Before the Butterworth records were played Kenneth Nicholson told us
something of the Shropshire Lad poems & A. E. Houseman
[signed as a true record by] Muriel M. Stevens
2.12.43. [at the club meeting held at Gower Cottage: see Minute Book, p. 168]'
1900-1945
Date:Until: 8 Nov 1945
Country:n/a
Timeevening
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Quaker or associated with the Friends
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Shropshire Lad
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30720
Source:Manuscript
Author:Margaret Dilks
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:165–168
Additional Information:
Margaret Dilks was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1940 to 1970. It is inferred from this, and from the handwriting, that she was the author of this set of minutes.
Citation:
Margaret Dilks, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943), private collection, 165–168, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30720, accessed: 14 October 2024
Additional Comments:
This is the reading[s] which took place before the meeting which enabled Kenneth Nicholson to give a paper on the subject ‘A. E. Housman, and A Shropshire Lad’
Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php).