Programmes of the original Academy of Ancient Music

This is a selection of surviving programmes from the original Academy of Ancient Music in the 1790s. Click on any of the images for a larger version.

	17 February 1791 Music by Handel, Hayes, Glanville, Purcell Martini, Giordini, Salieri, Arnold
	31 March 1791 Music by Handel, Callcott, Giordani, Haydn, Paxton, Arne, Purcell
	19 April 1792 Music by Handel, Boyce, Piccini, Arnold, Rust, Cooke Giordani, Corelli, Arnold, Ramondi, Sarti, Bird [Byrd]
	31 January 1793 Music by Handel, Converso, Boyce, Negri, Geminani, Vinci, Purcell and [J C.] Bach.
	14 March 1793 Music by Handel, Stevens, Morley, Tallis, Sarti, Arnold, Purcell, Corelli, Cimarosa, Guillelmi, Bird [sic]
	31 March 1793 Music by Handel, Callcott, Giordani, Haydn, Paxton, Arne, Purcell

The backs of concert programmes also yield fascinating information:

		Back of programme for 1793 Listing performers for the 1793 season, conducted by Samuel Arnold, with Cramer as leader.
		Instructions for next season “Such Gentleman as are desirous of continuing their subscription for the next Season, are requested to enter their Names in the Book now lying on the Table, and pay their Subscription to the Treasurer. N.B. Such Subscribers who may wish, to propose any Candidates to fill up Vacancies which may happen, are desired to enter their Names and Places of Abode as early as possible, they being to be ballotted for in Rotation, as they appear in the List”

Attendance at the concerts of the original Academy of Ancient Music was limited to those subscribing for the season: as this last notice shows, they were often over-subscribed.