Shelfmark
Ibb5.5.37(27)
Author
Title
Twenty-four choral songs. No. 13, Why should the cuckoo's tuneful note / composed by the late Robert Lucas de Pearsall, Esq. ; with ad lib. accompaniment for the pianoforte added by John Hullah ; [words by R. L. de Pearsall, Esq.].
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Why should the cuckoo's tuneful note
Varying form of title
Caption title: Why should the cuckoo's tuneful note : a madrigal for five voices
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Novello & Co. 69, Dean Street, Soho, & 35, Poultry, [ca. 1900]
Physical description
1 score (p. 52-59) ; 34 cm.
Language
English words.
Language
Staff notation.
Note
List title page in red and black.
Note
For mixed chorus (SSATB) with piano accompaniment ad libitum.
Note
Date of publication inferred from external library catalogues.
Note
At foot of each page: "Choral songs by R. L. de Pearsall, Esq.--No. 13".
Binding
19th century half dark blue cloth over marbled paper boards; gilt title within a decorative gilt frame on a printed label pasted on the front board, reading: "Windsor & Eton Amateur Madrigal Society"; gilt number "3" on spine; faded red sprinkled edges; blank endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Bound with other vocal works; pages also numbered in ms. in black ink (p. 1-240); ms. index of songs on the front flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
Pages also numbered in ms. in black ink: 217-226.
Subject
Madrigals.
Subject
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 5 parts), Unaccompanied.
Genre/Form
Scores.
Genre/Form
Madrigals (Music)
Added entry--name
Hullah, John, 1812 - 1884 arranger.
Added entry--name
Windsor & Eton Amateur Madrigal Society former owner.
Added entry--name
Novello & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B54777