| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0293 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Why did you go to war? |
| Name of creator | Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer
Pelham, Paul, performer |
| Date | 1800 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “Why did you go to war?”, appearing as two folio sheets (total 8 pages). Depicted, in lithograph are Tom Costello in white tie and Paul Pelham in military dress as well as lyrics from the chorus, “For years we had suffered insult, For years we had felt disgrace, Our sons were treated worse than slaves, By the brutal Dutch and conspiring knaves, And to keep own across the waves,-That’s why we went to war.” |
| Notes | Back cover has a list of "Leslie Stuart's popular songs" and "Pianoforte arrangements". |
| Outer folio is torn along full length of the spine |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Social commentary |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Pether, Henry, E. 1867-1932, composer |
| Pelham, Paul, lyricist and performer |
| 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 |