Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0026
AltRefNoMWT/MUS/1/0026
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleThe giddy little polka
Name of creatorArthur, Wallis 1866-1956
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and lyrics titled 'The giddy little polka'.(4 pages total) On the cover, in the centre there is a picture of Wallis Arthur wearing a black and white suit and he has his arms crossed. On the outside of this picture on the right hand side there is a small illustration of a man wearing a black and white suit with a caption underneath saying 'A disciple of Wallis Arthur's carefully spotting the pretty girls and the way each darling dances result, A programme full of pretty frocks, ability and beauty.' . On the left of the picture, there are another three illustrations of different men in suits and different women in a white dresses dancing, on the first illustration there is a larger woman dancing with the man and the caption reads 'the twenty stoner' , on the second illustration there is an older woman and the caption reads ' the ever-juvenile' , and on the third illustration there is a young girl and the caption reads 'The jolly nice girl.'
NotesThere is Wallis Arthur name stamped on the cover
New English and American songs and ballads listed on the back
Record created by volunteers.
SubjectMusical theatre
Music Hall
Public entertainment
Cabaret songs
Dance music
Women
Dancing
PhysicalDescription357 x 260mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonArthur, Wallis, 1866-1956, Performer
Arthur, Wallis, 1866-1956, lyricist
Pether, Henry E, 1867-1932, Composer
Related OrganisationFrancis, Day & Hunter, publisher
T.B Harms, Publisher
Related PlaceLondon
New York
CategorySheet music
Access conditionsThis 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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