There were lots of small music publishers dotted around the UK usually producing cheap -often inaccurate- editions of popular classics, simplified arrangements, community songbooks etc. I'm rather surprised that Escott had its quarters in London as I've never heard of it before.
Interestingly, now that access is available again to the BL catalogue, I see the M G Truman score mentioned again - I don't remember ever seeing it on the BL catalogue before - it was purely by accident that I came across it on Amazon
Details
Title
Three Songs, words by W. M. Letts. - The Beggar Girl. - Dan O'Shee ... - Sails.
Creator
Truman, M. G.
Publisher
London : Escott & Co
Creation Date
1916
Format
(folio)
folio
Thank you for that, Jeffrey. I had completely forgotten about that series but I remember now that we used to watch it. If my (late) mother had been watching that episode, she would have cried with delight! Tim an Irish Terrier was a very popular choice in elocution exams etc but I had no recording of it - thanks so much!
Not really relevant to the topic of the thread but, in the YouTube video (link given below) of an episode of The Good Old Days, Wilfred Pickles recites a poem by Winifred Letts called Tim, An Irish Terrier.
In the same show, singing comic duets with Hugh Paddick, is Joan Sterndale-Bennett, great grandaughter of composer Sir William Sterndale Bennett.
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