Undated but circa 1895. A selection of sheet music songs from the 1890s, many published by well-known London music publishers such as Boosey & Son, Chappell & Co, Metzler & Co etc. Bound into a single volume. Dark brown soft leather covers, gilt lettering on front panel, framed with gill rules. Folio. Covers are worn, rubbed at corners and spine ends, chipped on spine with cracked chipped and minor loss at spine head. Internally there's a little page toning; and each title page has a date and name written in manuscript, and some have a small, discrete stamp. There is some occasional damage on extreme page edges, with one leaf loosened, and the occasional short tear in page.
A collection of songs, with musical scores, several with lyrics by Frederic Weatherly and music by Hope Temple - one of the most popular songwriters of the late 19th century Songs If I Must Love (words by F E Langbridge, music by Hope Temple); Love Were Enough (words by Frederic E Weatherly, music by Hope Temple); Love's Temple (words by Frederic E Weatherly, music by Hope Temple); Thoughts and Tears (words by Clifton Bingham, music by Hope Temple); It Could Not Be (words by G Clifton Bingham, music by Hope Temple); When We Meet (words by Mary Mark Lemon, music by Hope Temple); Sleep, My Beloved, Serenade (words by F E Weatherly, music by Hope Temple); Rory Darlin' (words by F E Weatherly, music by Hope Temple); Do As They Do In England! (words by R S Hichens, music by Joseph L Roeckel); The Prima Donna (words by Frederic E Weatherly, music by Joseph L Roeckel); In Those Courtly Days of Old, Gavotte Song (words by W Cartwright Newsam, music by Karl Ungar); My Heart's Delight, Serenade (words by G Hubi Newcombe, music by F Paolo Tosti); Neapolitan Song (words by B C Stephenson, music by F Paolo Tosti); You Ask Me Why I Love (words by Effie Sharpe, music by Lawrence Kellie); Three Questions (words by W Beatty Kingston, music by Lawrence Kellie); Ronald Bray (words by Ernest Pertwee, music by Lawrence Kellie); A Creole Love Song (words by Theo Marrziais, music by Lynedoch Moncrieff); For the Sake of the Past (words by Frederic E Weatherly, music by Tito Mattei); Die Luft vom Wienerwald (words by Oscar Hofman, music by H Schenk); A Dream of Spain (words by Frederic E Weatherly, music by Popplewell Royle); Funiculi Funiculi (words and music by L Denza); It is for You to Say (words by Clifton Bingham, music by L Denza); Mona (words by F E Weatherly, music by Stephen Adams); Ave Maria (words by F E Weatherly, music by Pietro Mascagni); If They Love (words by E Harold Begbie, music by H Trotere); Italia (words by Clifton Bingham, music by H Trotere); Oh, Promise Me, Romance (words by Clement Scott, music by Reginald de Koven); Twilight Grey (words and music by R de Koven); Gitana (words by Clifton Bingham, music by F Boscovitz). Many of these songs, although very popular at the time, are now hard to find.
