MANUSCRIPT SONG AND GLEE BOOK, 33 titles with musical scores and lyrics on 68 numbered pages.
[Great Britain]: nd [ca. 1820]. Oblong 4to (9 x 9 ½ inches). Contents leaf, listing 33 selections, characterizing each by type (song, glee, round, air, duet, or catch), generally a first verse and chorus written with the music, later verses following below the music, almost all popular tunes of the early 19th century, by Thomas Moore and others. Black ink music and lyrics in a legible hand, with later additions and directions in red ink. Includes “The Silver Moon,” “Twas within a Mile of Edinburgh Town,” “Peter Piper,” “When War Unfurls His Banner Bright,” “Hail to the Chief,” “The Tiger Hunters,” “The Trumpet Sounds a Victory,” “Highland Mary,” and “Shakspear’s Loadstars,” among others. One song includes the directions “Designed to be sung by 2 male and 2 female voices. Viz Edmund, Nicholas, Rachel and Susan,” their parts designated by name on the music in red ink. Contemporary half-sheep and marbled boards (very rubbed and worn, spine eroded, boards detached, some leaves detached. Item #66705
Price: $600.00