| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0162 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | I'm Getting A Big Boy Now |
| Name of creator | Campbell, Herbert, 1844-1904, performer |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "I'm Getting A Big Boy Now", appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The front cover depicts Herbert Campbell dressed in black and white shoes, brown checked trousers, a black waistcoat, a white shirt, and a black jacket. He is also wearing a golden pocketwatch, a pink bowtie, a red flower on his jacket, a black top hat, and is holding a walking cane. He is wearing gloves on one hand and is holding a glove with his other hand. |
| Notes | Also includes a list of Successes of the Season on the back page, with 8 examples of songs, including "Masonic Valse", "Mirabella Valse", "Polacca de Concert", "The Hollyhock Schottische", "Le Zingare Gavotte", "La Mantilla", "The Playful Kittens", and "Gavotte, in B Flat". |
| On the front page it states that this song is from Mr Robert Reece's Burlesque Drama "Forty Thieves". |
| The binding is very loose between all pages |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 345 x 245 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Nicholls, Harry, 1852-1926, writer |
| Stripling, Amere, composer |
| Spalding, W. M., illustrator |
| Monkhouse, Harry, singer |
| Reece, Robert, 1838-1891, playwright |
| Related Organisation | Francis Bros & Day, publisher |
| Related Place | London |
| Category | Sheet music |
| Access conditions | This material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk). |
| Copyright | Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study. |
| Level | Item |