Place    From 1872  To 2005

Trinity College of Music

Categories: Music / songs

Founded as the Church Choral Society by the Reverend Henry George Bonavia Hunt. with the intention of improving the teaching of church music. In 1873 it became the College of Church Music, and then Trinity College London in 1876.

It was originally located in central London, and in 1881 moved to Mandeville Place, W1, the buildings now used by the School of Philosophy and Economic Science. Moved to its present Greenwich home in 2001. In 2005 it merged with the Laban Dance Centre and was renamed the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance and Music.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Trinity College of Music

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Trinity College of Music - WWI memorial

We puzzled for some time about the uncomfortable layout, with two names cramm...

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Thomas Attwood

Thomas Attwood

Composer and organist at St Paul's Cathedral and the Chapel Royal. Sponsored by the Prince of Wales (later King George IV) to study in Naples and in Vienna with Mozart. Died at home where the plaqu...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Al Purchase

Al Purchase

Busker. Our picture shows him at London Zoo, 1953.

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Edvard Grieg

Edvard Grieg

Composer. Born Edvard Hagerup Grieg in Bergen, Norway, of Scottish descent (the surname was originally Greig). He spent some years in Copenhagen and was encouraged by several young composers there....

Person, Music / songs, Denmark, Norway

1 memorial
Whiskey-A-Go-Go Club

Whiskey-A-Go-Go Club

Former nightclub. It opened in the 1970s (or 1959 - see below), in the premises once occupied by the Flamingo Club. The name was adapted from the 'Whiskey a Go Go' club in Hollywood.  We know nothi...

Place, Music / songs

1 memorial
Barry Gibb

Barry Gibb

One of the three Bee Gees.

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial