"Oh! the quiet days, when we are old", . a song, the words by Mrs. Hemans, the music by her brother.
Browne (brother of Mrs Hemans)
Category
Books
Date
1840
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 3033468
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 score (4p.) . 34.2cm.. Bound with harp and piano scores. Provenance: Nineteenth-century inscription: "To Lady Willoughby de Broke from Sir Henry Browne" [possibly the brother of Mrs Hemans] and "no 28". Ms alterations to title, to suggest that both words and music by brother of Hemans. Nineteenth-century manuscript index on front flyleaf. Binding: Nineteenth-century half morocco binding over marbled boards; spine tooled in gold, and lettered "Harp duets" and paper label with "Harp". Binder's ticket: "H. T. Cooke. printer, bookseller, stationer & binder, High Street, Warwick.
Makers and roles
Browne (brother of Mrs Hemans), composer Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans (1793-1835), author