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DDP - David Drummond Pantomime Collection
MUS - Music
1 - Published sheet music
Ref No
DDP/MUS/1/022
Collection
David Drummond Pantomime Collection
Title
Three waltzes from King Humming-top (the splendid Drury Lane pantomime): The humming-top, The nutcracker and The chameleon
Name of creator
Hayward. G.
Date
No date
Extent
1 sheet music
Description
Sheet music for piano and voice titled “Three waltzes from King Humming-top” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). A scene from the pantomime is depicted, in lithograph, on the cover. On a grand theatre stage with ornate pillars and lush curtains, surrounded by many female dancers, a masked harlequin dances with two women while a Pierrot and an old man with a stick stand by. Female dancers at the back of the stage appear to be floating in the air.
Notes
Davidson's Musical Treasury - front cover
"Dedicated to E. T. Smith Esq. - front cover
Inner folio torn along full length of the fold.
Subject
Pantomime
Theatre
Music
PhysicalDescription
250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related Person
Hayward. G., composer and arranger.
Related Organisation
Peter Hill, London, publisher
W.Cornish, printer
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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