| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0489a |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | The Miser. |
| Name of creator | Godfrey, Charles, 1854-1900, performer |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "The Miser.", appearing as 8 pages total. The front cover depicts an illustration of Charles Godfrey wearing a blue coat with a brown fur trim, with a white shirt and black waistcoat. In one hand he is holding a blue leather glove, and he is wearing one on the other hand. To the bottom left is an illustration of an old man sitting at a table holding items on the table and looking at the window behind him, appearing to be distressed. |
| Notes | The sheet music is original but the front cover is a photocopy |
| Information on the front cover (photocopied) and the sheet music (original) is inconsistent regarding the writers and composers of the music |
| The binding between the original sheet music is very loose, and there are small tears at the binding |
| There are some small patches of discolouration |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 245 x 253 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Hall, Albert, writer; Powell, Orlando, composer (according to front cover) |
| Collins, C., writer; Heaton, Theodore, composer; Symons, Ernest J., arranger (according to sheet music) |
| Banks, H. G., lithographer |
| Related Organisation | Charles Sheard & Co., publisher |
| The White-Smith, publisher |
| Related Place | London |
| Boston |
| 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 |