London: Seven songs from the musical 'My Fair Lady' that were dropped will be heard in public for the first time in almost 60 years.
The scores were found in an archive by the University of Sheffield's Dr. Dominic McHugh in 2008 and will be performed during a special concert in Sheffield, the BBC has reported.
Expressing his feelings, Dr. McHugh said that it was the most exciting discovery he had made.
He added that the musical was such a cultural phenomenon, that to find material that belonged to it briefly and was then lost for a good 50 or 60 years was extremely thrilling.
The original stage version starred Julie Andrews as Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle, who was transformed into an upper-class lady by linguistics professor Henry Higgins, played by Rex Harrison.
Composers Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner cut two songs and a ballet from the show after the first night in 1956 and five more numbers were dropped before the show even reached the stage.
