Compositions

1847-53

Manuscript 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.

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Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) (composer)

Louisa Anne Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford (1818-91) (artist)

Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862) (author)

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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
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- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
  Music
  Musical forms
  Scores. Parts (music)
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