Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0550
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleThe empty frame
Name of creatorHill, Reuben, performer
DateNo date
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice titled, “The empty frame” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The performer is depicted on the cover, in a lithograph, in riding garb. On the wall in the background are two historic portraits and one large frame containing the title. The chorus is depicted: ‘He was an only son, one of a noble race, Tempted by ambition, on a proud name brought disgrace; For love he sold his honour, and earned a traitors name, ‘Twas he whose picture, once hung in that empty frame.’
NotesAll four pages are separated along the full length of the spine.
The back cover has lists of other songs from the publisher for banjo and mandolin.
SubjectMusical Theatre
Music Hall
tragic
Songs
PhysicalDescription250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonScott, Bennett, 1875-1930, lyricist
Cotes, C. G., composer
Hill, Reuben, performer
Related OrganisationR. Maynard, London, publisher
Related PlaceLondon
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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