| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0356 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | India's Reply. |
| Name of creator | Dryden, Leo, 1863-1939, performer |
| Date | 1895 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "India's Reply.", appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The front cover depicts Leo Ryden wearing a stereotypical Indian solider uniform, with his hands on his sword at his hip. At the top of the front cover is an illustration of an Indian building on the left and an illustration of an English building on the right; in the middle of these two illustrations is an illustration of Queen Victoria, encircled in a green leaf wreath and with a royal crown above her. |
| Notes | The binding of the first folio is very loose and has almost completely seperated, but is being held together with white tape |
| There are lots of tears and rips throughout the document, some of which have been repaired with tape |
| There is an annotation in pencil at the top right of the front cover, reading "?. T. Rudd" |
| There is lots of tape throughout the document, especially on the second and seventh pages |
| The back page includes a list of Francis, Day & Hunter's Newest Comic Songs, priced at two shillings each |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 357 x 259 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Harrington, J. P., writer |
| Le Brunn, George, composer |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, publisher |
| T. B. Harms, publisher |
| Related Place | London |
| New York |
| 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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