Ashley, Alfred Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Cricket on the hearth
Published / Created:
[1846?]
Call Number:
Gimbel/Dickens +H754 1
Image Count:
3
Description:
"The top half of the first page of this music is occupied by Alfred Ashley’s elaborate etching, ’The cricket’s invitation,’ inspired, as was the music, by Cricket on the hearth" --Podeschi.
The musical score with lyrics of a drinking song "The jolly Bacchanalians" with a copy of William Hogarth's "A midnight modern conversation" which shows a large party of men smoking, drinking, and singing around a table with a large bowl in the center...
Alternative Title:
Jolly Bacchanalians
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for the proprietors & sold by J. Newbery at the Bible & Sun in St. Paul's Church Yard
Carpenter, J. E. (Joseph Edwards), 1813-1885, Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Dombey and Son, and Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Characters--Musical settings
Five songs with scores extracted from various publications including The British Muse (September, 1750) and Universal Magazine (Vol.VI, [1752]), all sung by various artists at Vauxhall Gardens in London England and two referencing Spring Gardens
Section titled "S. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari," score, autograph manuscript, and drafts for this and other sections, short score, autograph manuscript, some dated 1947 August-September
