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MWT - Max Tyler Music Hall Collection
MUS - Song sheets
1 - Solo performers
Ref No
MWT/MUS/1/0663
Collection
Max Tyler Music Hall Collection
Title
The Belle of the Ball
Name of creator
Hunt, C. W., composer, lyricist
Date
1870-1884
Extent
1 sheet music
Description
Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "The Belle of the Ball”, appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The cover features a lithograph of George Leybourne (also known as Champagne Charlie) dressed in a black tuxedo. A seller’s stamp appears in the top right corner, reading “J. B. Cramer & Co. Music Warehouse, Brighton”. Four stanzas are listed on the inside back cover.
Notes
Also includes a list of Hopwood & Crew’s Latest Comic Songs as sung by The Leading Comic Singers on the back page.
The front and back cover sheets are nearly detached.
Record created by volunteers during the Hands On History project in 2019
Subject
Musical Theatre
Comedy
Music Hall
Songs
PhysicalDescription
255 x 338mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related Person
Hunt, C. W., composer, lyricist
Leybourne, George, 1842-1884, performer
Concanen, Alfred, illustrator
Related Organisation
Hopwood & Crew
Related Place
London
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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