Programme
Programme
Object name: Programme
Associated with London 13 Club ((1893 -1912))
Date: 1895
Dimensions:
220 x 145 mm
Medium: Card, pigment
Object number: C05605
Description'Thirteen Club' Annual Banquet programme. The card is Japanese (the front is signed). The front picture depicts a Japanese man with two children and a monkey. The text reads: " London Thirteen Club. Annual Banquet, The King's Hall, Holborn Restaurant, March 13, 1895. Frank Williams, Esq. (President of the Club), in the chair".
The centrefold has Japanese instruments, a tree, a lantern, table and a fan. The text reads: "Programme of 13 Items of Music Under the direction of Mr. Arthur Weston. Artistes. The Harmonists vocal Quartette. Misses Annie Matthews and Florence Venning. Messrs. William Fell and Sutton Shepley. Messrs. George May, Arthur Weston, Fredk. W. Stevens. At the Pianoforte -- Mr. James Turle Lee. Grace. 1. National Anthem ... "God save the Queen" ... Dr. John Bull. 2. Japanese National Anthem ... "Kimi-ga Yo" ... Will here be played by Mr. Pougher's orchestra. 3. Song ... "Oh! How I Love Thee" (Opera of Cigarette) ... Haydn Parry. 4. Quartett ... "The Lady of the Lea" ... Smart. The Harmonists. 5. Song ... "Sally in our Alley" ... Carey. Mr. George May. 6. Humorous Song (Original) ... "The Superstitious Man" ... Blanch. 7. Plantation Song ... "De Old Folks at Home" ... American. Miss Florence Venning. 8. Humorous Song ... "The Lost Promenade" ... Stephens. Mr. Fred. W. Stephens. 9. Song ... "Through Sunny Spain" ... Mattei. Miss Annie Matthews. 10. Song ... "So Fare Thee Well" ... Cellier. Mr. William Fell. 11. Song ... "In Days of Old" (Haddon Hall) ... Sullivan. Mr. Sutton Shepley. 12. Humorous Song ... ... ... Mr. Sutton Shepley. 13. Quartett ... "Sweet and Low" ... Barnby. The Harmonists. Programme of 13 Items of Music by "Bijou" Orchestra. Conductor: Mr. J. Pougher. 1. ... "Fu-So-Ka" ... 2. Valse ... "Acclamations" ... Waldteufel. 3. Selection "The Gondoliers" ... Sullivan. 4. ... "Manzai" ... 5. ... "Yosokai" ... 6. Valse ... "La Serenata" ... Jaxone. 7. Mazurka Japonaise ... "Mousme" ... Ganne. 8. ... "Cho-Cho-Tombo" ... 9. ... "Miya Sama" ... 10. Dance "Darkies' Frolic" ... Bray. 11. ... "Reminiscences of England" ... F. Godfrey. 12. ... "Sayonara" ... 13. "Honen Uta""
There are two monkeys with branches and fruit on the back. The text reads: " List of Toasts. The Queen and Royal Family. The Mikado of Japan. Nippon Kotei Heika No Gokenko To Banzai Wo Shikushi Masu. (We wish health and happiness to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. ) The London Thirteen Club: May it flourish, root and branch, for ever! The Visitors. The Founder of the Club. The President of the Club.. The Ladies. The Press."
The centrefold has Japanese instruments, a tree, a lantern, table and a fan. The text reads: "Programme of 13 Items of Music Under the direction of Mr. Arthur Weston. Artistes. The Harmonists vocal Quartette. Misses Annie Matthews and Florence Venning. Messrs. William Fell and Sutton Shepley. Messrs. George May, Arthur Weston, Fredk. W. Stevens. At the Pianoforte -- Mr. James Turle Lee. Grace. 1. National Anthem ... "God save the Queen" ... Dr. John Bull. 2. Japanese National Anthem ... "Kimi-ga Yo" ... Will here be played by Mr. Pougher's orchestra. 3. Song ... "Oh! How I Love Thee" (Opera of Cigarette) ... Haydn Parry. 4. Quartett ... "The Lady of the Lea" ... Smart. The Harmonists. 5. Song ... "Sally in our Alley" ... Carey. Mr. George May. 6. Humorous Song (Original) ... "The Superstitious Man" ... Blanch. 7. Plantation Song ... "De Old Folks at Home" ... American. Miss Florence Venning. 8. Humorous Song ... "The Lost Promenade" ... Stephens. Mr. Fred. W. Stephens. 9. Song ... "Through Sunny Spain" ... Mattei. Miss Annie Matthews. 10. Song ... "So Fare Thee Well" ... Cellier. Mr. William Fell. 11. Song ... "In Days of Old" (Haddon Hall) ... Sullivan. Mr. Sutton Shepley. 12. Humorous Song ... ... ... Mr. Sutton Shepley. 13. Quartett ... "Sweet and Low" ... Barnby. The Harmonists. Programme of 13 Items of Music by "Bijou" Orchestra. Conductor: Mr. J. Pougher. 1. ... "Fu-So-Ka" ... 2. Valse ... "Acclamations" ... Waldteufel. 3. Selection "The Gondoliers" ... Sullivan. 4. ... "Manzai" ... 5. ... "Yosokai" ... 6. Valse ... "La Serenata" ... Jaxone. 7. Mazurka Japonaise ... "Mousme" ... Ganne. 8. ... "Cho-Cho-Tombo" ... 9. ... "Miya Sama" ... 10. Dance "Darkies' Frolic" ... Bray. 11. ... "Reminiscences of England" ... F. Godfrey. 12. ... "Sayonara" ... 13. "Honen Uta""
There are two monkeys with branches and fruit on the back. The text reads: " List of Toasts. The Queen and Royal Family. The Mikado of Japan. Nippon Kotei Heika No Gokenko To Banzai Wo Shikushi Masu. (We wish health and happiness to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. ) The London Thirteen Club: May it flourish, root and branch, for ever! The Visitors. The Founder of the Club. The President of the Club.. The Ladies. The Press."