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Russian Horn Music

Sheet Music
ca. 19th century (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Royal Harmonic Institution (printers and publishers)
Stannard (lithographers)
Russian Horn Band (performers)
Thomas Welsh (composers)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Music sheet cover for 'The Russian Horn Music', arranged by Thomas Welsh, performed by the Russian Horn Band, published by Royal Harmonic Institution, ca. 19th century.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Sheet Music
TitleRussian Horn Music (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Paper
Ink
Lithography
Brief description
Music sheet cover for 'The Russian Horn Music', arranged by Thomas Welsh, performed by the Russian Horn Band, published by Royal Harmonic Institution, ca. 19th century.
Physical description
Cover of the sheet music for 'The Russian Horn Music'. In the centre, there is an image of the Russian Horn band with their instruments. Credits of the song are printed below the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33cm
  • Width: 23.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'THE RUSSIAN HORN MUSIC/NOW PERFORMING WITH EXTRAORDINARY SUCCCESS/AT THE NEW ARGYLL ROOMS EVERY DAY/BY THE/RUSSIAN HORN BAND/ARRANGED AS SINGLE SONGS/WITH ENGLISH WORDS/WITH AN ACCOMPANIMENT FOR THE PIANO FORTE/BY/THOMAS WELSH/ N 2 PRICE 3/6 / LONDON; PUBLISHED AT THE ROYAL HARMONICINSTITUTION NEW ARGYLL 246 REGENT ST / ' (Text on front of cover.)
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Subject depicted
Summary
Music sheet cover for 'The Russian Horn Music', arranged by Thomas Welsh, performed by the Russian Horn Band, published by Royal Harmonic Institution, ca. 19th century.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.354-2012

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Record createdApril 18, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1246215/russian-horn-music-sheet-music-thomas-welsh/
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