| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0678 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Up in a balloon |
| Name of creator | Leybourne, George, 1842-1884, performer |
| Date | No date |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “Up in a balloon” appearing as two folio sheets (6 pages total - back page not present). The performer is depicted on the cover, in lithograph, dressed in white-tie, pointing upwards with eyes cast aloft. Chorus lyrics are depicted: ‘Up in a balloon, up in a balloon, All amongst the little stars, and round about the moon, Up in a balloon, up in a balloon, It’s something awfully jolly to be up in a balloon.’ |
| Notes | Half of outer folio (back page) not present. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Hunt, G. W. (George W.), approximately 1839-1904, composer and lyricist |
| Leybourne, George, 1842-1884, performer |
| Related Organisation | Hopwood & Crew, London, publisher |
| Stannard & Dixon, imp. [assume artist] |
| 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). |
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| Level | Item |