Code | DS/UK/1251 |
Name | National Conservative Musical Union; 1927-1960s; British political music union |
Dates | 1927-1960s |
Relationships | Mrs Baldwin (spouse of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin) - president, founder Dame Alida Luisa Brittain - honorary musical director (1927) |
Biography | The objectives of the National Conservative Musical Union were to 'encourage the playing of British music and to make the works of British composers better known', to arouse musical interest in the constituencies, and to hold musical competitons among constituencies. |