This unique collection of supplemental music for melodramas features songs from the folio of Alfred Edward Cooper, found by chance and purchased by the London Theatre Museum. An introduction by David Mayer sets the scene for the fifty nine original melos. Matthew Scott has faithfully reproduced the music, adding his own transposition into a minor key for several pieces. With notes on the use and meaning of the melos, this book offers wonderful insights into theatrical heritage a working book for today that comes straight from the pages of history.