| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0289 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Strolling in the garden |
| Name of creator | Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer |
| Date | 1897 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “Strolling in the garden”, appearing as two folio sheets (total 8 pages). Cover depicts the performer caught in the rain looking bedraggled and, inset, a nurse pointing and shouting at a man, “in my official capacity as nuss, I orders you into the garding. I can’t ‘ave you pottering about the ‘ouse. You makes me nervous” and three infants in bed (two appear to be wailing). |
| Notes | Back cover has a list of "Francis, Day and Hunter's newest comic songs". |
| All four pages are separated. |
| Cover is signed by the composer |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Connor, T.W. (Thomas, Widdicombe), 1865-1936, composer and lyricist |
| Jonghmans, E. 1855-1902, arranger |
| Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher |
| T.B. Harms & Co, New York, 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 |