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DDP - David Drummond Pantomime Collection
MUS - Music
1 - Published sheet music
Ref No
DDP/MUS/1/020
Collection
David Drummond Pantomime Collection
Title
Humpty Dumpty: characteristic dance (dedicated to Miss Louise Willis)
Name of creator
Willis, Louise.
Date
©1804
Extent
1 sheet music
Description
Sheet music for piano and voice titled “Humpty Dumpty: characteristic dance” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The front cover is illustrated with a signed, black and white photograph of the performer and colour rendition of the titular character holding a bouquet.
Notes
Photograph of the performer on the cover is signed: Faithfully yours, Louise Willis.
Back cover has a full-page advertisement for a music book, The School Girl by Henry Hamilton & Paul Potter with music by Leslie Stuart.
Subject
Pantomime
Theatre
Music
PhysicalDescription
250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related Person
Neville, Gilbert, composer.
Willis, Louise, performer.
Related Organisation
Francis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher
T. B. Harms & Co., USA, publisher
H. G. Banks, lithography
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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