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Sheet Music
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| Publisher. Info.
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London: Hopwood and Crew, 1896.
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General Information
| Work Title
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The Jewel of Asia
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Philp, James
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IJP 1
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1
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| First Performance.
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1896-04-25 in London: Daly's Theatre
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| First Publication.
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1896
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| Librettist
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Harry Greenbank (1865-1899)
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| Language
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English
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voice and orchestra
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| Related Works
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This song was included as the sixth number of Act II of Sydney Jones' operetta The Geisha
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| External Links
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Wikipedia article on The Geisha
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At least one source (S. Spaeth, History of Popular Music in America) has "James Philip" for the composer. (So does Tawa's "A Sound of Strangers" (1982), perhaps others.)
