| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0879 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Our Village |
| Name of creator | Aylmer, Frank P., composer |
| Date | 1877-1880 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled “Our Village”, appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The front cover features three vignette scenes, two labelled “Catching the Morning’s Milk” and “A Mute Undertaker”, the others show two small children speaking to a policeman at the Post Office, and Harry Randall in a yellow coat holding a club. The first page attributes the arrangement to Edmund Forman. There is a faint stamp in the bottom right corner that reads “Wilcock Bros. City Music Sto[…] Moor[…], Station Arcade, London […]” |
| Notes | Also includes a list of Francis & Day’s Newest Comic Songs on the back page. |
| All pages are torn and creased. |
| Record created by volunteers during the Hands On History project in 2019 |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Comedy |
| Music Hall |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 265 x 368mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Aylmer, Frank P., composer |
| Pink, Wal[ter], lyricist |
| Randall, Harry, 1857-1932, performer |
| Banks, H. G., illustrator |
| Related Organisation | Francis Bros & Day, 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). |
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| Level | Item |