| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0492 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Life, Love, and Death (Descriptive Song) |
| Name of creator | Godfrey, Charles, 1854-1900, performer |
| Date | 1899 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "Life, Love, and Death (Descriptive Song)", appearing as three bifold folio sheets and one loose sheet (14 pages total). The front cover depicts a central portrait of an older couple embracing and kissing; the man is wearing a black suit and white shirt, and the woman is wearing a black dress with a pink covering. To the top left is an illustration of an upside-down horse shoe, with two horse jockeys racing within. In front of the horse shoe is a picture of a woman in a low cut black dress and black hat, with long dark hair. Surrounding this picture are binoculars, a scrolf of paper, playing cards, dice, and a dice cup. The the bottom middle is an illustration of a pale white man tied to a burning stake, with mostly naked brown men singing and dancing around his burning body. |
| Notes | The front cover includes imagery that is racist and includes stereotypes used to negatively describe people of colour |
| The binding between sheets is very loosely and most seperated |
| There is a signature in purple ink on the front cover, which is illegible |
| There are tears throughout |
| The back page includes a list of Leslie Stuart's Popular Songs, priced at two shillings each |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 361 x 257 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Hall, Albert, writer |
| Powell, Orlando, composer |
| Banks, H. G., lithographer |
| 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 |