Volume of compositions by the Prince Consort

c.1838-45

23.7 x 33.3 x 3.9 cm (book measurement (conservation)) | RCIN 1077785

Manuscript music score. 248 p. of music. Bound in blue velvet with clasps and metal decorations.

While studying in Bonn, Prince Albert took lessons in composition. This is a collection of his compositions to texts by his brother Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) and other German poets. They are arranged as folk songs which was very much the fashion of the day.

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

Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1818-93) (author)

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Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
23.7 x 33.3 x 3.9 cm (book measurement (conservation))

24.0 x 4.0 cm (book measurement (inventory))
Volume of compositions by the Prince Consort. []
Probably placed in the Royal Library by HRH Prince Albert, Prince Consort, before 1861
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- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
  Music
  Musical forms
  Scores. Parts (music)
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Prince Albert's Personal Papers

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