Frederick Nicolls Crouch, English Musician And Composer, Autographs Music Manuscript For His Famous Kathleen Mavourneen

FREDERICK NICOLLS CROUCH (1808-1896). Crouch was an English musician and composer best known for 1835s Kathleen MavourneenAMQS. 9 pg. 10 x 14. May 7. 1892. Baltimore, Md. An autograph manuscript signed F. Nicolls Crouch. This is a handwritten piano and vocal score with full text underlay of Kathleen Mavourneen, the most famous composition of Frederick Nicollas Crouch. Mavourneen is a term of endearment derived from the Irish Gaelic mo mhuirnn, meaning my beloved. The song first gained popularity in England before its popularity soared in America thanks to Irish soprano Catherine Hayes sold-out 1856 tour. Crouch was an English musician and composer who settled in Baltimore in 1849. Written in ink on ruled music staff paper, the manuscript is signed and dated at the end. At the beginning, Crouch wrote: Newly Arranged Copyright and Transcription! Kathleen Mavourneen!...Mrs. Crawford, Music & Biography The first name of Mrs. Crawford is still not known today. The manuscript is in good to very good condition.