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MWT - Max Tyler Music Hall Collection
MUS - Song sheets
1 - Solo performers
Ref No
MWT/MUS/1/0658
Collection
Max Tyler Music Hall Collection
Title
Why Did She Leave Her Jeremiah?
Name of creator
Hunt, C. W., composer, lyricist
Date
1870-1884
Extent
1 sheet music
Description
Sheet music for piano and voice, titled “Why Did She Leave Her Jeremiah?”, appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The third page includes an additional title: “Why Did She Leave Her Jeremiah? Or, Isn’t It Funny What Money Will Do”. The cover features a lithograph of George Leybourne (also known as Champagne Charlie) in a black top hat and buttoned coat. The bottom of the sheet has been cut.
Notes
Also includes a list of fourteen of Hopwood & Crew’s New Comic Songs, advertised in miniature on the back page.
The front and back cover sheets are nearly detached.
Record created by volunteers during the Hands On History project in 2019
Subject
Musical Theatre
Comedy
Music Hall
Songs
PhysicalDescription
256 x 354mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related Person
Hunt, C. W., composer, lyricist
Leybourne, George, 1842-1884, performer
Concanen, Alfred, illustrator
Related Organisation
Hopwood & Crew
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.
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