A T 1906 (A Collection of Songs with Music from the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries)

Undated but circa 1906. A selection of sheet music songs from the 1890s, many published by well-known London music publishers such as Boosey & Son, Chappell & Co, J B Cramer etc.  Bound into a single volume.  Deep red cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on front panel.  Folio.  Covers are a little  worn, rubbed at corners, joints and spine ends, front panel slightly bowed.  Internally there’s a little page toning, and some spotting, especially on title pages and the occasional sign of fingers and handling; and almost every title page has a date and name written in manuscript, front hinge cracked and slightly shaken, else generally neat and clean.  Bookbinder’s ticket (from John Bellow’s Steam Press, Gloucester) on the front paste down.

A collection of songs, with musical scores, including Remember Me (words by Edward Teschemacher, music by Hermann Lohr); Violets (words by Julian Fane, music by Ellen Wright); Two Songs by Edward Lassen; Within Your Heart (words by G Hubi Newcombe, music by H Trotere); Good-bye (words by G T Whyte Melville, music by  F Paolo Tosti); If I Built A World For You (words by Herbert Fordwych, music by Liza Lehmann); The Swiss Girl’s Lament (words by Alexander Crerar, music arranged by A L); When Thou Art Nigh (words by Thomas Moore, music by Edward Nicholls); God Keep Thee Pure (words by Frank Clements, music by Edward Nicholls); Love’s Coronation (words by Winifred Sutcliffe, music by Florence Aylward); Sing Me to Sleep (words by Clifton Bingham, music by Edwin Greene); Sleep & Forget (words by Clifton Bingham, music by Constance V White); The Swallows (words by Clifton Bingham, music by Frederic H Cowen); 

 Many of these songs, although very popular at the time, are now hard to find.