HULLAH, John 1812-1884

If Thou Wilt Ease Thine Heart Dirge from Beddoe's Fool's Tragedy Set to Music for Four Male Voices ... New Edition to John Lodge Ellerton Esq. ... Price 2/6 [Vocal score]

London: Augener & Co. Beethoven House. 86. Newgate St. [1863].

Large octavo. Unbound. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 9, [i] (blank) pp.

Scored for two tenor and two bass voices, with piano accompaniment.

Presentation copy inscribed by the composer "With kind Regards of John Hullah" at upper outer corner of title; signed and dated June 1872 by noted antiquarian music collector Julian Marshall (1836-1903) at upper inner corner of title.

Wrappers partially split at foot; minor soiling to final leaf.

JISC (1 copy only, at Oxford University).

Hullah was an English teacher and composer. "[He] published many music textbooks, essays and papers, edited several pioneer collections of early choral and vocal music, and wrote numerous songs, two of which, O that we two were Maying and The Three Fishers, were to enjoy popularity for a century." Bernarr Rainbow in Grove Music Online.

Item #41059

Price: $75.00  other currencies