Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0260
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleThe working man's Sunday at home
Name of creatorCostello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer
DateNo date
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice, titled “The working man’s Sunday at home”, appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The cover has a central portrait, in lithograph, of the performer in morning suit. Surrounding images depict a man a on his knees, sleeves rolled up, scrubbing a floor with the caption, ‘Father’s recreation’; A man in top-hat with an umbrella with the caption, ‘The poor relation who “woles” the Sunday’s joint’; A family scene with a man in bed, a woman bathing a baby and an infant crawling on the floor and pulling the tail of a cat, looking startled at the entrance of a woman in outdoor dress carrying papers marked ‘tracts’, with a cation ‘Let us sing hymns’; a milk vendor pushing a trolley and crying out his wares, ‘The milk fiend who yodels’.
NotesAlso includes a list of "New comic songs" on back cover
Both folios are separated along the length of the spines.
SubjectMusical Theatre
Music Hall
Social commentary
Songs
PhysicalDescription250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonEgerton, Frank, composer and lyricist
Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer
Stannard, W. T. lithographer
Banks, H. G., lithographer
Related OrganisationB.Mocatta & Co., London, publisher
Related PlaceLondon
CategorySheet music
Access conditionsThis 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).
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