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Seán Reid Letters

Letters addressed to John Reid (Reid, Seán, 1907-1978) from various correspondents including musicians John Potts, who taught Reid the uilleann pipes, Tommie Potts (Potts, Tommie, 1912-1988) and Brother Gildas (Ó Sé, Pádraig, ? 1881-1960).

Solo and Orchestral Performance

Letters, rehearsal schedules, performance invitations, concert programmes, reviews, articles, posters and ephemera relating to Bell’s solo and orchestral career. Material dates from Bell’s time performing with the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra and the City of Belfast Orchestra in the 1950s and 1960s. Bell’s successful international solo career performing on a range of musical instruments including the piano, oboe, pedal and Irish harp, cor anglais and cimbalom is also in evidence in this subseries.

The Chieftains

This series documents the activities of The Chieftains between the years 1974 and 2002 when Derek Bell was a member of the group. The subseries contains promotional material produced by the group’s record companies, tour schedules and itineraries, performance set-lists, programmes, ephemera, newspaper clippings, reviews, articles, photographs and memorabilia. Also included are a number of awards including a Grammy Award nominee medal (DBE-239678/4/2/9) and platinum, gold and silver discs awarded to the group for achieving exceptional album sales in a number of different jurisdictions.

The Chieftains, 1962-2021

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