The Prince of Pilsen A Musical Comedy in Two Acts Lyrics by Frank Pixley. [Piano-vocal score]

  • New York: M. Witmark [PN 3527], 1902
By LUDERS, Gustav 1865-1913
New York: M. Witmark [PN 3527], 1902. Quarto. Original publisher's decorative wrappers black cloth-backed decorative wrappers. [i] (title), [ii] (blank), [iii] (characters), [iv] (contents), 144 pp.

Wrappers slightly worn with minor tears and chips and remnants of small label to lower. Slightly worn; minor tears to first 16 leaves not affecting music. First Edition, possible later issue.

"[Luders and Pixley's] most successful work was The Prince of Pilsen (1903)...; it includes the songs ‘The Tale of the Seashell’, ‘The Message of the Violet’ and ‘The Heidelberg Stein Song’, which retains prominence in the college glee-club repertory." Deane L. Root in Grove Music Online.

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