The Storm of Tiberius
R. Jones and Co.
Category
Books
Date
1872
Materials
Paper and leather.
Measurements
270 x 180 x 20 mm
Place of origin
Bethesda
Collection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1422163
Summary
Book. A copy of an oratorio, "The Storm of Tiberius", in vocal score, dated September 1872, by Rev. E. Stephen with revised accompaniment by S. S. Wesley. The book has a tooled red leather and gilt cover with gilt edged pages and a decorated spine. It was "Presented to the Rt. Hon Lord Penrhyn ... by the Bethesda Choral Union ... [in] appreciation of his Lordship's readiness to encourage the cultivation of music among his Lordship's quarrymen".
Makers and roles
R. Jones and Co., printer and publisher Samuel Sebastian Wesley (London 1810 - 1876), composer