Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0257
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleKimberley.
Name of creatorCombes, Arthur, performer
Date1894
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice, titled "Kimberley", appearing as 9 photocopied sheets (18 pages total). The front cover depicts Alfred Combes wearing a North American cowboy outfit. The image on the top left depicts him being struck on the head by a ragged-looking man, subtitled "The Murder."; below this is an image of the ragged-looking man on the floor being shunned by two people, subtitled "Back To Your Waggons All Of You! Back For Your Lives. The Man Is Dying Of Fever. - Nothing Can Save Him. - It Means Death To Anyone Who Touches Him.". The image on the bottom right is of the ragged-man collapsed on the floor as the wagons continue without him, subtitled "(Left To Die.) Retribution"
NotesThis is a photocopy of the original document
On the bottom of the first page is a pencil annotation, appearing to be an archive catalogue note
SubjectMusical Theatre
Music Hall
Comedy
Songs
PhysicalDescription361 x 257 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonDarnley, Herbert, writer and composer
Pether, Henry E., arranger
Related OrganisationFrancis, Day & Hunter, publisher
T. B. Harms & Co., 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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