COUNTRY GARDENS

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

COUNTRY GARDENS

Entry/Object ID

L.2008.46

Description

Sheet music comprised of four bound paper sheets; title page with blue and red leaf border with blue and red text inside: "GRAINGER "; in red print enclosed in a blue box: BRITISH / FOLK-MUSIC / SETTINGS; "Nr. 22 / "Country Gardens" / " For Piano Solo. Original Version 60c. / For Piano Solo. Easy Version / Containing no Stretches as wide as an Octave 50c. / For One Piano, Four Hands (Fairly Easy and Slightly Hard) 50c. / For Two Pianos, Four Hands (Easy and Fairly Easy) / (each set containing two copies) Per set $1.00 / For Two Pianos, Eight Hands (Easy and Fairly Easy) 75c / [Price apply to U. S. A.] / G. SCHIRMER, INC., NEW YORK"; second page has text with title, program note, three staff lines of music and copyright information; pages three and four have four staff lines of music each; page five has three staff lines of music; pages six and seven have four staff lines of music each; page eight (back cover) has advertisement for: "PIANO MUSIC by PERCY GRAINGER" with two columns of titles and a lithograph portrait of Grainger in the top right.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Cecil J. Sharp

Attribution

Producer

Artist

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Attribution

Composer

Manufacturer

G. Schirmer, Inc.

Date made

1919

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Racette list # 46

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

11-7/8 in

Width

9 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 9 in. (30.2 x 22.9 cm)

Material

Paper, ink

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Slight discoloration on edges.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 24E

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial