AUSTRALIAN EPHEMERA COLLECTION FINDING AID

AUSTRALIAN EPHEMERA COLLECTION FINDING AID

DAME CLARA BUTT (1872 – 1936)

PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS AND EPHEMERA (PROMPT)

PRINTED AUSTRALIANA

APRIL 2017

This finding aid lists programs and ephemera which document all aspects of Clara Butt’s career in

Australia and overseas.

Clara Butt was an English contralto who was celebrated for her sturdy and broad lower range. She

achieved musical success in Britain quickly after completing her academic studies. She went on to

lead a charmed life, eventually marrying and touring with the prominent baritone Kennerley

Rumford, and was sometimes called Clara Butt-Rumford after her marriage. Her fame was

founded upon her remarkably imposing voice and a surprisingly agile singing technique and in her

appearances on the concert stage as well as at festivals, and she toured Australia regularly. Her

main career was as a recitalist and concert singer.

See also Digitised Australian newspaper coverage of Clara Butt.

Printed materials in the PROMPT collection include programs and printed ephemera such as

brochures, leaflets, tickets, etc. Theatre programs are taken as the prime documentary evidence of

a performance.

The list is based on imperfect holdings, and is updated as gaps in the Library’s holdings are filled.

Unless otherwise stated, all entries are based on published programs in the PROMPT collection.

The Dame Clara Butt PROMPT files may be accessed through the Library’s Special Collections

Reading Room by eCallslip request: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3526909

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contralto

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=Clara+Butt

http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3526909

Dame Clara Butt (1872-1936) 2

Programs in the National Library’ PROMPT collection are arranged by decade:

Performances in the 1910s



Then individually listed, chronologically by performance as follows:

Date (day and month); City

Name of production or performer

Headline performers etc.

An index to staged productions and appearances by staff performers is provided at the end of the

document. This document is also keyword searchable.

The National Library’s collection also includes:

Sheet music

Scrapbooks, personal papers in Manuscripts (NB: these manuscript collections may

include additional programs)

Pictures

Published works

The J & N Tait PROMPT collection

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1902 11 June, Royal Albert Hall, London

Special Sunday Concerts

Grand Coronoation Concert for King Edward’s Hospital Fund

CB with others – note: original filed under PROMPT: Melba, Dame Nellie.

1907 17 September; Melbourne (Victoria)

Australasian Tour

Starring: Clara Butt, Kennerley Rumford, Frank Merrick, Carl Barré

1 program

1907 8 October; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales)

Australasian Tour, Second Concert


1 program

1907 10 October; Town Hall, Sydney ( New South Wales)

Australasian Tour, Third Concert


1 program


Australasian Tour, Sixth Concert


1 program


Australasian Tour, Ninth Concert


1 program

1907 30 October; Exhibition Hall, Brisbane (Queensland)

Australasian Tour, Second & Final Concert

Starring: Clara Butt, Kennerley Rumford, Frank Merrick, Carl é

1 program

1907 20 November; Town Hall, Adelaide (South Australia)

Australasian Tour, Fourth Concert


1 program

1908 14 March; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales)

Australian Farewell Tour



1 Program

1908 28 March; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales)

Farewell Charity Concert


1 program

1908 6 April; Town Hall, Melbourne (Victoria)

Farewell Melbourne Season


1 program

1908 25 April; Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Victoria)

Popular Farewell Concert

Starring: Clara Butt, Kennerley Rumford, Frank Merrick, Carl Barré, the Women’s

Exhibition Choir

1 program

1912 14 May; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (United Kingdom)

Dramatic and Operatic Matinee in Aid of the “Titanic” Disaster Fund

Starring: Herbert Tree, Madame Sarah Bernhardt, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Sir

George Alexander, Clara Butt, Vesta Tilley, Cyril Maude, Allan Aynesworth

1 program

1913 17 May; The Auditorium, Melbourne (Victoria)

Australian Tour 1913 First Concert

Starring: Clara Butt, Kennerley Rumford, William Murdoch, Mowat Carter, Harold

Craxton

1 program


Australian Tour 1913 Second Concert


Craxton

1 program


Australian Tour 1913 Seventh Concert


Craxton

1 program


1913 7 June; Exhibition Building, Adelaide ( South Australia)



Craxton

1 program

1913 2 July; Little Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales)

Matinee Benefit in Aid of the Women’s Hospital

Starring: Madame Clara Butt, Kennerley Rumford, Miss Violet Paget, Hugh C.

Buckler, Tom Dawson, Paul Gorden, Alberto Marini, Alfred Bristowe, Miss Janet

Warden, Miss Eugenie Le Blanc,. Harry Burgess and the American Chorus Girls,

The Falon String Quartette

1 program

1913 19 July; Exhibition Hall, Brisbane (Queensland)



Craxton

1 program

1913 14 August; His Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat (Victoria)

Madame Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley Rumford

Starring: Kennerley Rumford, Clara Butt

1 program

1913 16 August; Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Victoria)

Australian Tour 1913


Craxton

1 program

1913 21 August; Town Hall, Adelaide (South Australia)



Craxton

1 program

1913 15 December; His Majesty’s Theatre, Hobart (Tasmania)



Craxton

1 program


1917 3 July; Chiswick Empire, London (United Kingdom)

Madame Clara Butt’s Matinee in Aid of the Day Servant’s Hostel, Danvers

Street, Chelsea

Starring: Madame Clara Butt, Miss Maude Royden, Ben Webster, Miss May

Whitty, Madame Elsa Stralia, W.H. Squire, Miss Ellen Terry, William Stack, Harold

Craxton

1 program

1918 5 October; Royal Albert Hall, London (United Kingdom)

Madame Clara Butt

Starring: Clara Butt, Miss Marie Hall, Miss Irene Scharrer, Madame Elsa Stralia,

M. Hubert Raidich

1 program

See also Digitised Australian newspaper coverage from the 1920s of Clara Butt (including

reviews).

1921 6 September; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales)

Third Australian Tour 1921

Starring: Dame Clara Butt, Kennerley Rumford, M. Melsa, Miss Grace Torrens

1 program




1 program




1 program




1 program

1921 22 October; Town Hall, Adelaide (South Australia)

Australian Tour 1921 – Second Concert


1 program

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1921 29 October; Town Hall, Melbourne (Victoria)

Australian Tour 1921 – Second Last Concert


1 program

1921 5, 7 & 8 November; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales)



2 programs

1921 26 November; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales)

Australian Tour 1921 – Good Bye Concert

Starring: Dame Clara Butt, Kennerley Rumford, M. Melsa, supported by the NSW

State Orchestra

1 program

1921 29 November; Sydney Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales)

Australian Tour 1921 – Second Good Bye Concert

Starring: Dame Clara Butt, Kennerley Rumford, M. Melsa

1 program

1924 8 November; Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London (United Kingdom)

Florence Austral, Joseph Hislop and Backhaus

Starring: Florence Austral, Joseph Hislop, Percy Kahn

Note: Also lists details of Dame Clara Butt Recital at Albert Hall on following day,

9 November.

1 program

1925 15 April; Exhibition Building, Adelaide (South Australia)

Madame Clara Butt and Kennerley Rumford Australian Tour 1925

Also featuring: Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett, Doreen Stoneman

1 program

1925 22 April, Queen’s Hall, Perth (Western Australia)


Also featuring: Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett, Miss Madge Du Boulay

1 program

1925 Commencing 12 September; Auditorium, Melbourne (Victoria)

Dame Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley Rumford Concerts

Also featuring: Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett

1 flyer/leaflet


1925 22 September; Auditorium, Melbourne (Victoria)



1 program

1925 29 September; Auditorium, Melbourne (Victoria)



1 program


Dame Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley Rumford Australian Tour 1925

Also featuring: Mdlle. Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett, W.F.G. Steele

1 program



Also featuring: Mdlle. Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett, W.F.G. Steele

1 program (Third concert)

1925 10 October;Town Hall Sydney (New South Wales)


Also featuring: Mdlle. Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett, W.F.G. Steele,

Louise Metters

1 program

1925 21 October; Town Hall Sydney (New South Wales)


Also featuring: Mdlle. Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett, W.F.G. Steele, The

Sydney Royal Philharmonic

1 program


Dame Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley Rumford Australian Tour 1925 Also featuring: Mdlle. Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett, Ernest Truman,

Cyril Monk, Gladstone Bell

1 program, 2 leaflets


Dame Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley Rumford Australian Tour 1925 Also featuring: Mdlle. Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett, Ernest Truman,

Cyril Monk, Gladstone Bell

1 program




Also featuring: Mdlle. Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett, Harold Wylde

1 program




1 program

1925 21 November; Exhibition Building, Adelaide (South Australia)



1 program

1925 24 November; Exhibition Building, Adelaide (South Australia)


Also featuring: Mdlle. Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett, Harold Wylde,

Sylvia Whitington, Harold Parsons

1 program (loose cover)

1925 22 December; Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Victoria)

100th and 101st Performances of the Messiah

Melbourne Philharmonic Society 412th and 413th Concerts,

Also featuring: conductor Alberto Zelman, Soprano Dorothy Humphries, Tenor

Norman Bradshaw.

2 programs

1926 2 January; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales)


Also featuring: Mdlle. Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett, Ernest Truman

1 program

1926 9 January; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales)


Also featuring: Mdlle. Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Roy Ellett, Ernest Truman

1 program

1926 3 April, Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales)


Also featuring: Mdlle. Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Frederick Mewton, Victor

McMahon, Roy Ellett, The Welsh Choral Society

1 program


1926 7 April; Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Victoria)

Dame Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley Rumford Concerts. First Farewell

Concert

Also featuring: Mdlle. Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Melbourne Symphony

Orchestra, Miss Ethel Osborn, W.F.G. Steele, Roy Ellett

2 programs

See also Digitised Australian newspaper coverage from the 1930s of Clara Butt (including

reviews).

1931 21, 24, 26 March; Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales)

Dame Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley Rumford

Also featuring: Miss Cicely Murray

1 flyer

1931 March – April; Tour of Australia


5 souvenir books of words

1931 24 March; Sydney Town Hall, Sydney (New South Wales)


Also featuring: Ernest Truman, Dorcas McClean, Miss Cicely Murray

1 program

1933 Australian Season 1933

Dame Clara Butt Concerts

Also featuring: Amati Instrumental Trio, Raymond Lambert, David Sisserman,

Phillip Cohen

5 souvenir books of words

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Index to performances

100th and 101st Performances of the Messiah

1925 Exhibition Building, Melbourne VIC ......15

Alexander, Sir George, appearing

1912 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,

London UK ..........................................................5

Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London UK

1924 Florence Austral, Joseph Hislop and

Backhaus ............................................................11

Amati Instrumental Trio, appearing

1931 Town Hall, Sydney NSW ...........................17

American Chorus Girls appearing

1913 Little Theatre, Sydney NSW ........................7

Auditorium, Melbourne, VIC

1913 Australian Tour 1913 First Concert ...........5

1913 Australian Tour 1913 Second Concert ......6

1913 Australian Tour 1913 Seventh Concert /

Author ..................................................................6

1925 Dame Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley

Rumford Concerts ...........................................11





Aussenac, Marie Antoinette , appearing


Aussenac, Marie Antoinette, appearing

1925 Auditorium, Melbourne VIC ............. 11, 12

1925 Exhibition Building, Adelaide SA............14


1925 Queen’s Hall, Perth WA .............................11

1925 Town Hall, Adelaide SA ............................14


1925 Town Hall, Sydney NSW .................... 12, 13


Aussenac, Marie Antoinette, appearing


Austral, Florence, appearing

1924 Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London

UK........................................................................11

Australasian Tour

1907, Melbourne, VIC .............................................3

Australasian Tour, Fourth Concert

1907 Town Hall, Adelaide SA 1907 .....................4

Australasian Tour, Ninth Concert

1907 Town Hall, Sydney, NSW 1907 ..................4

Australasian Tour, Second and Final Concert

Exhibition Hall, Brisbane QLD 1907 ...................4

Australasian Tour, Second Concert

1907 Town Hall, Sydney NSW .............................3

Australasian Tour, Sixth Concert


Australasian Tour, Third Concert


Australia


Rumford .............................................................16

1933 Dame Clara Butt Concerts .........................17

Australian Farewell Tour

1908 Town Hall, Sydney, NSW 1908 ..................4


1913 Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC .......7

1913 His Majesty’s Theatre, Hobart, TAS ..........8

1913 Town Hall, Adelaide, SA .............................8


1913 Exhibition Building, Adelaide, SA.............6

1913 The Auditorium, Melbourne, VIC .............5


1913 Exhibition Hall, Brisbane, QLD ..................7


Australian Tour 1913 Seventh Concert


Australian Tour 1921 – Good Bye Concert


Australian Tour 1921 – Second Concert


Australian Tour 1921 – Second Good Bye Concert


Australian Tour 1921 – Second Last Concert

1921 Town Hall, Melbourne VIC .......................10



Australian Tour, 1921


Aynesworth, Allan, appearing


London UK ..........................................................5

Barré, Carl, appearing

1907 Exhibition Hall, Brisbane QLD ...................4

1907 Melbourne VIC ...............................................3

1907 Town Hall, Adelaide SA ..............................4

1907 Town Hall, Sydney NSW ........................ 3, 4



Bell, Gladstone, appearing



Bernhardt, Madame Sarah, appearing


London UK ..........................................................5

Bristowe, Alfred, appearing


Buckler, Hugh C., appearing


Burfess, Harry, appearing


Campbell, Mrs. Patrick, appearing


London UK ..........................................................5

Carter, Mowat ,appearing


Carter, Mowat, appearing




1913 The Auditorium, Melbourne, VIC ........ 5, 6


Carter, Mowat, appearing


Chiswisk Empire, London, UK

1917 Madame Clara Butt’s Matinee in Aid of

the Day Servant’s Hostel, Danvers Street,

Chealsea ...............................................................8

Cohen, Phillip, appearing


Craxton, Harold appearing


1917 Chiswisk Empire, London, UK...................8

Craxton, Harold, appearing







1931 Australia .........................................................16
























Concerts

1925 Auditorium, Melbourne VIC ....................12


Concerts

1925 Auditorium, Melbourne VIC ....................11


Concerts


Dame Clara Butt Concerts

1933 Australia .........................................................17

Dawson, Tom, appearing


Dramatic and Operatic Matinee in Aid of the .......5

Du Boulay, Miss Madge, appearing


Ellet, Roy, appearing


Ellett, Roy appearing

1925 Auditorium, Melbourne VIC ............. 11, 12

Ellett, Roy, appearing











Exhibition Building, Adelaide SA


Rumford Australian Tour 1925 ....................14

1925 Madame Clara Butt and Kennerley


Exhibition Building, Adelaide, SA 1913 Australian

Tour 1913 First Concert ..........................................6

Exhibition Building, Melbourne


1908 Popular Farewell Concert ............................5

Exhibition Building, Melbourne VIC



Exhibition Building, Melbourne VIC

1925 100th and 101st Performances of the

Messiah ..............................................................15

Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

1913 Australian Tour 1913.....................................7

Exhibition Hall, Brisbane QLD

1907 Australasian Tour, Second and Final

Concert .................................................................4

Exhibition Hall, Brisbane, QLD

1913 Australian Tour 1913 Second Concert ......7

Falon String Quartette appearing


Farewell Charity Concert


Farewell Melbourne Season

1908 Town Hall, Melbourne VIC .........................5

Florence Austral, Joseph Hislop and Backhaus


UK........................................................................11

Gorden, Paul, appearing


Grand Coronation Concert for King Edward’s

Hospital Fund ...........................................................3

1902, Royal Albert Hall, London .........................3

Hall, Miss Marie, appearing

1918 Royal Albert Hall, London, UK ..................8

His Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat, VIC

1913 Madame Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley

Rumford ...............................................................7

His Majesty’s Theatre, Hobart, TAS

1913 Australian Tour 1913.....................................8

Hislop, Joseph, appearing


UK........................................................................11

Kahn, Percy, appearing


UK........................................................................11

Lambert, Raymond, appearing


Le Blanc, Miss Eugenie, appearing


Little Theatre, Sydney NSW

1913 Matinee Benefit in Aid of the Women’s

Hospital ................................................................7

Madame Clara Butt


Madame Clara Butt and Kennerley Rumford



Madame Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley Rumford

1913 His Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat, VIC .........7

Madame Clara Butt’s Matinee in Aid of the Day

Servant’s Hostel , Danvers Street, Chelsea


Marini, Alberto appearing


Matinee Benefit in Aid of the Women’s Hospital


Maude, Cyril, appearing


London UK ..........................................................5

McClean, Dorcas, appearing


McMahon, Victor, appearing


Melbourne Philharmonic Society, appearing


Melbourne, VIC

1907 Australasian Tour ..........................................3

Melsa, M., appearing




Melsa, M., appearing


Merrick, Frank appearing

1907 Melbourne VIC ...............................................3

Merrick, Frank, appearing

1907 Exhibition Hall, Brisbane QLD ...................4

1907 Town Hall, Adelaide SA ..............................4




Metters, Louise, appearing


Mewton, Frederick, appearing


Monk, Cyril, appearing


Murdoch, William , appearing


Murdoch, William, appearing




1913 The Auditorium, Melbourne, VIC ........ 5, 6



Murdoch, William, appearing


Murray, Ciceley appearing


Murray, Ciceley, appearing


NSW State Orchestra appearing


Osborn, Ethel, appearing


Paget, Miss Violet, appearing


Parsons, Harold, appearing


Popular Farewell Concert

1908 Exhibition Building, Melbourne VIC ........5

Queen’s Hall, Perth WA

1925 Australian Tour 1925...................................11

Raidich, M. Hubert, appearing


Royal Albert Hall, London, UK

1918 Madame Clara Butt .......................................8

Royal Albert Hall, London, UK

1902 Grand Coronation Concert for King

Edward’s Hospital Fund ..................................3

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London UK

1912 Dramatic and Operatic Matinee in Aid of

the ..........................................................................5

Royden, Miss Maude, appearing


Rumford, Kennerley, appearing


Sharrer, Miss Irene, appearing


Sisserman, David, appearing


Squire, W. H., appearing


Stack, William, appearing


Steele, W.F.G., appearing


Steele, W.F.G., appearing


Stoneman, Doreen appearing


Stralia, Madame Elsa, appearing



Sydney Royal Philharmonic appearing


Terry, Miss Ellen, appearing






Tilley, Vesta, appearing


London UK ..........................................................5

Torrens, Miss Grace, appearing



1921 Town Hall, Sydney NSW ...................... 9, 10

Town Hall, Adelaide SA

1921 Australian Tour 1921 – Second Concert .10



Town Hall, Adelaide SA

1907 Australasian Tour, Fourth Concert............4

Town Hall, Adelaide, SA

1913 Australian Tour 1913.....................................8

Town Hall, Melbourne

1908 Farewell Melbourne Season ........................5

Town Hall, Melbourne VIC

1921 Australian Tour 1921 – Second Last

Concert ...............................................................10

Town Hall, Sydney NSW

1921 Australian Tour 1921...................................10

1921 Australian Tour 1921 – Good Bye Concert

..............................................................................10

1921 Australian Tour 1921 – Second Good Bye

Concert ...............................................................10

1921 Third Australian Tour 1921 .........................9



Rumford Australian Tour 1925 ............. 12, 13


Rumford .............................................................16


Rumford .............................................................16


1907 Australasian Tour, Ninth Concert .............4

1907 Australasian Tour, Second Concert ...........3

1908 Australian Farewell Tour .............................4

1908 Farewell Charity Concert .............................4






















Town Hall, Sydney, NSW

1907 Australasian Tour, Sixth Concert ...............3

1907 Australasian Tour, Third Concert ..............3

Tree, Herbert, appearing


London UK ..........................................................5

Truman, Ernest, appearing



Truman, Ernest, appearing


Warden, Miss Janet, appearing


Webster, Ben, appearing


Welsh Choral Society, appearing


Whitington, Sylvia, appearing


Whitty, Miss May, appearing


Women’s Exhibition Choir, appearing


Wylde, Harold, appearing



Zelman, Alberto, appearing


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