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Moet and Chandon. Written by H.Hurille, composed, and sung with the greatest success by George Leybourne.
Alfred Concanen. Conganen, Lith. Stannard & Son, 7, Poland St.
[Hopwood & Crew, 42, New Bond Street, W. ][n.d., c.1881.]
Music sheet printed covers with a coloured lithograph, 5pp. music, advert on back. Edges worn, cover trimmed at bottom.
"Moet and Chandon for Me", sequel to the famous "Champagne Charlie", also written by Leybourne . This was an early celebrity endorsement: he was paid by Moet to compose the songs and would appear on stage waving a bottle of vintage Moet & Chandon. A rival, Alfred Vance, had the same arrangement with Cliquot [See item 17925]. Alfred Concanen (1835-1886) was one of the leading lithographers of the Victorian period, best remembered for his illustrated sheet music covers.
[Ref: 17920] £65.00
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