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Haunt ye the Mountain the Forest & Fen

Music
ca. 1841 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
M. & N. Hanhart (printers)
D'Almaine & Co. (publishers)
Alfred Dubois (librettist)
Rodwell, George Herbert Buonaparte (composer)
Place of origin
London (printed and published)

Music sheet for the romance Haunt ye the mountain the forest & fen, performed by Mrs H.P. Grattan at the Theatre Royal Adelphi in 1841, poetry by Alfred Dubois, music by G. Herbert Rodwell. From the musical drama Die Hexen am Rhein, published in London by D'Almaine & Co.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Music
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Sheet Music
  • Music
  • Score
  • Print
  • Sheet Music
  • Music
  • Scores
  • Prints
  • Sheet Music
  • Music
  • Scores
  • Prints
  • Sheet Music
  • Music
  • Scores
  • Prints
Titles
  • Haunt ye the Mountain the Forest & Fen (assigned by artist)
  • Die Hexen am Rhein (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Printing ink on paper
Paper
Ink
Printing
Lithograph
Brief description
Music sheet for the romance Haunt ye the Mountain the Forest & Fen, poetry by Alfred Dubois, music by G. Herbert Rodwell, from the drama Die Hexen am Rhein, published in London by D'Almaine & Co., ca. 1841.
Physical description
Music sheet for the romance Haunt ye the mountain the forest & fen, poetry by Alfred Dubois, music by G. Herbert Rodwell, from the drama Die Hexen am Rhein, published in London by D'Almaine & Co. Front cover illustrated with black and white full-length portrait of female performer, possibly Mrs. H.P. Grattan, wearing knee-length skirt, bodice top and a flower headdress.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35cm
  • Width: 25.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Haunt ye the mountains the forest & fen / romance / sung by Mrs H.P. Grattan / Theatre Royal Adelphi / in Die Hexen am Rhein / composed by G. Herbert Rodwell / M&N Hanhart, lith printers, 64 Charlotte St Rathbone Hill / London D'Almaine & co. Soho Square' (Printe on front cover.)
  • 'Adelphi 4 Oct 1841' (Handwritten in pencil on front cover, top right')
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Subject depicted
Grattan
Literary references
  • Haunt ye the mountain the forest & fen
  • Die Hexen am Rhein
Summary
Music sheet for the romance Haunt ye the mountain the forest & fen, performed by Mrs H.P. Grattan at the Theatre Royal Adelphi in 1841, poetry by Alfred Dubois, music by G. Herbert Rodwell. From the musical drama Die Hexen am Rhein, published in London by D'Almaine & Co.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.143: 1 to 4 -2012

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Record createdFebruary 17, 2012
Record URL
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