Prince Albert's Personal Papers
Papers relating to Prince Albert’s personal life and enthusiasms
PRINCE ALBERT, PRINCE CONSORT (1819-61)
Compositions
1847-53Manuscript with watercolour frontispiece | 23.8 x 34.0 x 4 cm (book measurement (conservation)) | RCIN 1077784
Bound in green velvet, with 'VA' monogram in gold metal on the front board
One of a pair of volumes of Prince Albert’s songs, composed between 1847 and 1853, consisting of settings of verses by his brother Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the German lyric poet Ludwig Uhland (1787–1862). Music composition had formed an important part of Prince Albert's early musical education, and he developed a talent for composing small scale pieces, such as those featured in this volume. The frontispiece depicts St Cecilia, patron saint of music, in a watercolour by Lady Waterford, sister of Lady Canning, Queen Victoria’s Lady of the Bedchamber.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010.
One of a pair of volumes of Prince Albert’s songs, composed between 1847 and 1853, consisting of settings of verses by his brother Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the German lyric poet Ludwig Uhland (1787–1862). Music composition had formed an important part of Prince Albert's early musical education, and he developed a talent for composing small scale pieces, such as those featured in this volume. The frontispiece depicts St Cecilia, patron saint of music, in a watercolour by Lady Waterford, sister of Lady Canning, Queen Victoria’s Lady of the Bedchamber.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010.
Creator(s)
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) (composer)
Louisa Anne Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford (1818-91) (artist)
Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862) (author)
Subject(s)
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)23.8 x 34.0 x 4 cm (book measurement (conservation))
24.0 x 4.0 cm (book measurement (inventory))
"Lebewohl": Wanderlied. With: Christmas hymn [and] Die Winter Reise / compositions by Prince Albert. []
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Music
- Musical forms
- Scores. Parts (music)
- Musical forms
- Music
Object type(s)
- printed & manuscript material
- books
- book: binding
- book: binding with velvet
- book: binding with green velvet
- book: fine binding
- book: binding with velvet
- book: with clasps
- book: with furniture
- book: all edges gilt
- book: doublures
- book: silk doublures
- book: binding
- music scores
- manuscript music scores
- books
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
