"The Musical Tourist. No. 3, Sweden. Arranged for the Piano Forte by Chas. W Glover."

A genuine Victorian music sheet with an illustrated cover, published in London by A. Moss, 6 Little Argylle Street, Regent Street.

A very scarce music sheet - I could not find any in any form online. Worldcat lists one from the series "The Musical Tourist", at the British Library (No. 1, Germany) which they date 1845.

A very attractive cover, a view of the Fillefield (which seems to be in Norway now, at least the glacier is). The lithograph is by J Brandard, signed discretely bottom right. It was printed by M&N Hanhart. The image is surrounded with a gold design. 

The music has a florid title design on the front page, with a dedication to "Miss Madeline M Worsley." The movements are titled "Kom du Lilla Flicka"; "Frithioff's Lycka"; and "Lyka Hjorde Mej." Charles Glover (1806 - 1863) was a professional violinist at Drury Lane and Covent Garden before he became Musical Director at the Queen's Theatre in 1832.

Size and number of pages: the sheet measures approx. 35cms x 25cms. Complete with 8 pages, but no back cover.

Condition: Disbound from an album, and cropped. A little worn around the edges, but generally in a good condition. Small tear at the top, crease bottom right. Possibly missing back cover, but I think the music is complete on 8 pages.  Please study the photographs.

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