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MWT - Max Tyler Music Hall Collection
MUS - Song sheets
1 - Solo performers
Ref No
MWT/MUS/1/0526
Collection
Max Tyler Music Hall Collection
Title
Break the news to mother
Name of creator
Baylies, Agnes, performer
Date
No date
Extent
1 sheet music
Description
Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “Break the news to mother” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The cover has several pen and ink illustrations. The main illustration is of a battle scene with a soldier in the foreground carrying a flag. Inset depictions include a battle scene depicting a soldier leaning over a fallen comrade and an officer delivering bad news to a woman seated. There is an inset head and shoulders photograph of the performer and a photo trade mark stamp of Chas K. Harris.
Notes
Inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover have various advertisements for songsheets and sections of music published by Chas K. Harris.
Several small tears on outside edge of pages.
Subject
Musical Theatre
Music Hall
War
Songs
PhysicalDescription
250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related Person
Harris, Chas., K., composer and lyricist
Clauder, Jos. (Joseph), 1853-1913, arranger
Related Organisation
Chas. K. Harris, Milwaukee, Wis., publisher
Related Place
Milwaukee
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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