A Bovine Barcarolle (Montague, Harold)

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PDF scanned by Peter Charlton
Ross Duncan Boyle (2020/11/22)

PDF scanned by Peter Charlton
Ross Duncan Boyle (2020/11/22)

Publisher. Info. London: Reynolds & Co., n.d. (ca. 1908). Plate R & Co. 1379.
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Misc. Notes With many thanks to Peter Charlton and the British Music Hall Society.
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Work Title A Bovine Barcarolle
Alternative. Title The Night When The Old Cow Died
Composer Montague, Harold
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IHM 6
Key D minor
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1908
First Publication. 1908
Librettist Leslie Wood (fl. 1910s)
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 3 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voice, piano
Extra Information A nice pathetic song about the things that people did when a cow died. They comically did the exact opposite of what they'd usually do, from a patriotic Keir Hardie, to a Daily Mail concerned about printing falsehoods!