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Rochdale Contest (1800s)

Sat 16 Jul 1870



Format: Set Test and Own Choice
Test Piece: Nabucodonosor - Overture [unknown arranger]
Adjudicators: John Ellwood , Mr. Greenwood
Venue: Hollingworth Lake, Rochdale

Position Band Conductor Music
1 Darwen Temperance A. R. Moncke
2 Healey Hall E. Hartley
3 Deighton Unknown
4 Briercliffe Unknown Hallelujah Chorus [unknown arranger]
5 Linthwaite Unknown
Newchurch Unknown
Ramsbottom Rifles Unknown

Source:
The Preston Guardian etc (Preston, England), Saturday, July 23, 1870; Issue 3081.

IBEW lists Briercliffe as the winners, but this seems to be an error.

Briercliffe played "Hallelujah Chorus", "Kyrie", and "Gloria."
Five prizes, amounting to £74
12 bands competed.





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