| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0491a |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Grand-dad's Birthday or What a Time! - What a Time That Was! |
| Name of creator | Godfrey, Charles, 1854-1900, performer |
| Date | 1894 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "Grand-dad's Birthday or What a Time! - What a Time That Was!", appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The frotn cover depicts Charles Godfrey wearing a black suit with a white shirt standing in the hall of a house, pointing into the ballroom where people are talking. The house is lavishly decorated, with heavy curtains, plants, and portraits on the wall. |
| Notes | The document is bound with red fabric at the left hand side, which is slightly peeling away at the bottom left |
| There are marks of discolouration throughout |
| The back page includes a list of Francis, Day & Hunter's Newest Comic Songs priced at two shillings each |
| There are some small tears throughout |
| There is an annotation in pencil at the bottom right of the back page, which reads "20" |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 356 x 258 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Harrington, John P., writer |
| Le Brunn, George, composer |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, publisher |
| T. B. Harms & Co., 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. |
| Level | Item |