Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library)
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March 1972 Film/documentary music |
Aerosols—What? Why? How? Instructional film |
2 mins | Manuscript | ||
Notes: A 10-minute colour film made by Duet Films; music played by the London Saxophone Quartet Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): Original bound music manuscript |
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May 1969 Film/documentary music |
Before the Party TV play |
Ray Lawler | 19 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Somerset Maugham short story adaptation, first series; received 1970 Drama Series Production Award of the Society of Film and Television Arts Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): Original bound music manuscript |
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February 1973 Film/documentary music |
Capital City Film documentary |
Wilfred Greatorex | 8 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: A 28-minute film in 16mm and 35mm sponsored by the Corporation of the City of London; 35mm version launched at seven major ABC cinemas in London in conjunction with the feature film, The Sting, 17th February 1974, followed by nationwide showing of this double bill Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): |
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January 1974 Episodic TV music |
Doctor Who Death to the Daleks TV serial |
Terry Nation | 20 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Serial in four 25-minute episodes; parts of the music were treated by the Radiophonic Workshop, including the solo voice, used as the basis for massed choral chant; music played by the London Saxophone Quartet Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): |
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November 1964 Film/documentary music |
Display to Sell Instructional film |
Tom Scott Robson | 7 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: A short training film Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): |
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December 1969 Episodic TV music |
Doctor Who Doctor Who and the Silurians TV serial |
Malcolm Hulke | 30 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Serial in seven 25-minute episodes Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): |
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December 1972 Film/documentary music |
Flying Birds Film documentary |
8 mins | Manuscript | ||
Notes: A 12½-minute colour film for theatrical presentation; first shown at the Royal Festival Hall, 17th February 1973; the music, played by the London Saxophone Quartet, comprises a theme and nine variations depicting the many and varied aspects of bird flight; there is no spoken commentary; filmed by Dr David Urry and Kate Urry Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): |
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January 1970 Film/documentary music |
Footprints in the Jungle TV play |
Robin Chapman | 9 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Somerset Maugham short story adaptation, second series Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): Original bound music manuscript |
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February 1969 Film/documentary music |
The Wednesday Play It Wasn’t Me TV play |
James Hanley | 11½ mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: A sinister, but sad, black comedy about the age-old problem of old age Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): Original bound music manuscript |
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February 1966 Film/documentary music |
Play of the Month Julie’s Gone TV play |
Michael Winder | 11 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: A black comedy about three men who robbed a mail train and their au pair, Julie, who disappears; music performed by Janet Craxton (oboe, cor anglais) and Valda Aveling (harpsichord) Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): Original bound music manuscript |
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November 1970 Film/documentary music |
Kites are Flying Film documentary |
Anthony Bomford | 10 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: A 30-minute colour film for theatrical presentation; first shown at the Royal Festival Hall, 13th February 1971 Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): Original bound music manuscript |
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April 1966 Film/documentary music |
Low Water Film documentary |
George Thomson | 5 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: A 28-minute social documentary, shot in black and white; awarded 1st Prize, 12th International Short Film Festival, Tours, 1967 (First Entry category) Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): |
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March 1975 Episodic TV music |
Doctor Who Revenge of the Cybermen TV serial |
Gerry Davis | 26 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Serial in four 25-minute episodes; parts of the music were treated by the Radiophonic Workshop Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): |
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November 1969 Film/documentary music |
Sherlock Holmes Animated cartoon film |
10 mins | Manuscript | ||
Notes: Music for a 6-minute pilot film for a projected series of 13 half-hour animated cartoon films for the American TV networks, with individual musical themes for over a dozen characters; in fact, for various reasons, not even the pilot itself was made Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): Original bound music manuscript |
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January 1969 Film/documentary music |
The Goshawk TV documentary |
T. H. White | 15 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: A 50-minute colour film; awarded the Golden Gate award in the 13th San Francisco International Film Festival (Films as Communication category) Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): Original bound music manuscript |
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September 1972 Film/documentary music |
Web of Life The Living River Film documentary |
Desmond Hawkins | 14 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: A 30-minute colour film in the BBC-tv/BP Film Unit Co-Production series Web of Life; awarded (a) Gold Camera Award for 1st Place, U.S. Industrial Film Festival, 1973; (b) Certificate of Merit from the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1973; and (c) Gold Award for joint 1st Place in Category F, British Sponsored Film Festival, 1973 Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): |
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December 1971 Film/documentary music |
Play for Today The Pigeon-Fancier TV play |
Peter Hankin | 4 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: A somewhat sombre play set in the North of England concerning the retirement of a Nottinghamshire miner and obsessional pigeon-breeder and racer, and his son, a schoolteacher; music performed by Harold Clarke Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): Original bound music manuscript |
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February/March 1977 Opus 18b |
A Little Trio for Wind Instruments arr. for Flute (or Oboe), Clarinet in B flat and Bassoon (or Bass Clarinet) |
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Notes: Published in the composer’s facsimile, 1990 Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 84 |
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January 1979 Opus 81 |
A Sherlock Holmes Suite for Brass Quintet |
11½ mins | Out of print | ||
Notes: Published by Editions J. Maurer Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 110 |
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September 1979 Opus 83 |
A Virginian Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano |
— | Music Sales Ltd Product page |
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Notes: Commissioned by Charles F. Turner of Petersburg, Virginia, USA as a 16th wedding anniversary gift for his wife, Lorraine; published by Maurer Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 121 |
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November 1964 Opus 46 |
A Woman’s World for Choir (SA or SSA) and optional Piano |
Various | 3½ mins | Chester Music and Novello & Co Product page |
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Notes: Originally published by S & B; remaining stock with J. B. Cramer; republished by Novello, 1986; songs are: 1. General View of the Sex Situation; 2. Woman’s View; 3. A Grain of Salt Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 119 |
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May 1983 Opus 89 |
After Hokusai Five Duets for Two Flutes based on prints by Hokusai (1760–1849) |
6 mins | Universal Edition (London) Ltd Product page |
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Notes: Movements are: 1. Cormorant in the Snow; 2. Carp in a Waterfall; 3. Azaleas and Cuckoo; 4. Peonies and Butterfly; 5. Frog on an old Tile Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 44 |
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September 1972 | Bananas in Pyjamas A Book of Nonsense, illustrated by Tom Barling |
Carey Blyton | 5½ mins | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | |
Notes: A collection of seventeen nonsense poems, seven set to music, with illustrations by Tom Barling; songs are: 1. Bananas in Pyjamas; 2. The Luxurious Shoe-horn; 3. Sally the Pig; 4. The Stork; 5. Sing a Song of Science; 6. The Manatee; 7. The Axolotl Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 20 • MS / BLYTON 21 • MS / BLYTON 22 • MS / BLYTON 23 • MS / BLYTON 24 • MS / BLYTON 25 • MS / BLYTON 26 • MS / BLYTON 27 • MS / BLYTON 28 |
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Winter 1997/1998 Opus 28e |
Cinque Port (Music for an Opera) A Suite in Five Movements for Two Pianos |
15 mins | Modus Music
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Notes: Movements are: 1. Prelude: Daybreak over the Harbour; 2. Song 1: Captain Bowsprit’s Blues; 3. Interlude: The Beach—Midwinter; 4. Song 2: The Sea-dog’s Song; 5. Postlude: Dusk over the Harbour Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 50 |
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1957/1958 Opus 28a |
Cinque Port (Music for an Opera) A Suite in Five Movements for Full Orchestra |
15 mins | Chester Music and Novello & Co Product page |
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Notes: Movements are: 1. Prelude: Daybreak over the Harbour; 2. Song 1: Captain Bowsprit’s Blues; 3. Interlude: The Beach—Midwinter; 4. Song 2: The Sea-dog’s Song; 5. Postlude: Dusk over the Harbour Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 45 • MS / BLYTON 49 [First draft] |
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9th June 1993 Opus 103 |
Doctor Who Dalek Suite for Saxophone Quartet |
7½ mins | Out of print | ||
Notes: Published by Valentine Music; movements are: 1. A Desolate Landscape; 2. Chants and Variants; 3. Dalek March and Retreat Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 32 |
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August 1975 Opus 73a |
Dance Variations Theme and Nine Variations for Saxophone Quartet |
12 mins | Music Sales Ltd Product page |
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Notes: Published by Editions J. Maurer; written for the 10th International Aerosol Congress; concert version written for the London Saxophone Quartet; movements are: Theme; Var. 1: Waltz I; Var. 2: Polka; Var. 3: Paso Doble; Var. 4: Foxtrot/Blues; Var. 5: Rhumba; Var. 6: Tango; Var. 7: Rag; Var. 8: Tarantella; Var. 9: Waltz II; Theme (reprise with countermelody) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 51 |
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26th February 2000 Opus 110 |
Dirge for St Patrick’s Night Ballad for Voice and Piano (or Guitar) |
Elsa Corbluth | 4½ mins | Fand Music Press Product page £6.75
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Notes: Commemorates the death in a fire of the poet’s daughter, Eilidh Boadella Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 52 |
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January 1983 Opus 87a |
Dracula! or The Vampire Vanquished A Victorian Melodrama for Schools |
Carey Blyton | 30 mins | Chester Music and Novello & Co Product page |
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Notes: Also available from Boosey & Hawkes Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 53 |
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January 1952 Opus 12a |
Elegy for Viola and Piano |
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Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 54 • MS / BLYTON 55 • MS / BLYTON 56 |
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1949/1950 Opus 1a |
Five Diversions for Piano |
13½ mins | Modus Music
£3.50
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Notes: Originally Four Diversions (withdrawn); subsequently A Little Waltz from Two Waltzes, op. 8 was added; movements are: 1. Vacilación (Habañera); 2. The Lake at Evening; 3. The Girl with the Auburn Hair; 4. Twilit Willows; 5. A Little Waltz Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 14 [Original Four Diversions] |
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April 1990 Opus 1b |
Five Diversions arr. for Wind Quintet |
13½ mins | Edizioni Bèrben | ||
Notes: A rescoring for wind instruments of Four Diversions for Piano, original op. 1 and A Little Waltz from Two Waltzes, op. 8; movements are: 1. Vacilación (Habañera); 2. The Lake at Evening; 3. The Girl with the Auburn Hair; 4. Twilit Willows; 5. A Little Waltz; dedicated to the memory of May Parker, who had taught the teenaged Carey Blyton piano and thus fired his interest in music Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 31 |
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August 1971 Opus 62a |
Fugue in G minor by Girolamo Frescobaldi arr. for Saxophone Quartet |
3 mins | Reynard Music | ||
Notes: Originally published by Kendor Music, Inc., USA; republished by Dorn Publications, Inc., USA; written for the London Saxophone Quartet Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 57 • MS / BLYTON 73 |
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September/October 1960 Opus 30 |
Humoresque for Violin and Piano |
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£4.20
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Notes: Reuses music from op. 22 Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 76 • MS / BLYTON 77 |
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Autumn 1971 Opus 63a |
In Lighter Mood Three Smoking Songs for unaccompanied Choir (AATBB) |
Various | 5 mins | Roberton Publications | |
Notes: Songs are: 1. Havana!; 2. Ode to a Fag (Smoke gets in your lungs); 3. I like it! Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 80 |
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Spring 1972 Opus 64b |
In Memoriam Django Reinhardt Theme and Two Variations for Saxophone Quartet |
7½ mins | Edizioni Bèrben | ||
Notes: Published by Dorn Publications, Inc., USA; written for the London Saxophone Quartet; movements are: 1. Prelude; 2. Elegy; 3. Django Reinhardt’s Stomp Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 61 |
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Spring 1972 Opus 64a |
In Memoriam Django Reinhardt Theme and Two Variations for Guitar |
7½ mins | Edizioni Bèrben | ||
Notes: Written for and edited by Angelo Gilardino; movements are: 1. Prelude; 2. Elegy; 3. Django Reinhardt’s Stomp Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 62 • MS / BLYTON 69 • MS / BLYTON 70 |
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1972 Opus 60b |
In Memoriam Scott Fitzgerald arr. for Guitar |
2½ mins | Edizioni Bèrben | ||
Notes: Written for and edited by Angelo Gilardino Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 71 |
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1971 Opus 60a |
In Memoriam Scott Fitzgerald for Saxophone Quartet |
2½ mins | Edizioni Bèrben | ||
Notes: Written for the London Saxophone Quartet; arrangement of untitled piano piece, c. 1950 Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 58 • MS / BLYTON 72 • MS / BLYTON 74 |
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29th January 1999 Opus 107 |
In the Spice Markets of Zanzibar for Brass Quintet with optional Tambourine |
2¼ mins | Fand Music Press Product page £9.45
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Notes: Written for the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 81 |
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1996 or 1997 Opus 103½ |
Indigo Blues A Colonial Song for Medium Voice and Piano |
Carey Blyton | 1¼ mins | Modus Music
£2.10
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Notes: An unashamed send-up of Glibert & Sullivan; dedicated to “Jan Stericker (‘Mrs Fiveboys’)”, Carey’s next-door neighbour in Woodbridge, whose grandparents had an indigo plantation in Bihar, north-west India; score states that the song was written in “Hardh Pawncore, 1899”, which may not be accurate Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 67 • MS / BLYTON 68 |
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1969 Opus 57 |
Music Workshop Konrad of the Mountains A Cantata for Voices and Orff Instruments |
Peter Porter | — | Out of print | |
Notes: Originally published by BBC Publications; republished by Mills Music; International Music Publications (archive edition) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 40 |
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April 1956; 1957/1958; April/May 1960 Opus 23a |
Lachrymae—In Memoriam John Dowland for High Voice and String Quartet |
Various | 15 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Movements are: 1. Prelude; 2. Song 1: Madrigal; 3. Interlude I; 4. Song 2: The Moon; 5. Interlude II; 6. Song 3: The Open Door; 7. Interlude III; 8. Song 4: The Sick Rose; 9. Interlude IV; 10. Song 5: Sonnet; 11. Postlude Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 82 |
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1970 Opus 58 |
Ladies Only for unaccompanied female choir (SSA) |
3¾ mins | Chester Music and Novello & Co Product page |
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Notes: Songs are: 1. Some wench!; 2. What a display!; 3. Cutting him dead; 4. The mating game; 5. King David and King Soloman; dedicated to the memory of Sheila Mossman, director of the Orpington Junior Singers Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 83 |
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July 1953 (1–3); January 1954 (4–6) Opus 16a |
Lyrics from the Chinese Six Songs for High Voice, Oboe and String Trio |
trans. Helen Waddell | 12 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Withdrawn; movements are: 1. Aubade; 2: Drinking Song; 3: Song at Evening; 4: Flower Song; 5: Sacrificial Song; 6: Nocturne Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 94 • MS / BLYTON 95 |
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Winter 1957/1958 Opus 16b |
Lyrics from the Chinese Seven Songs for High Voice and String Orchestra |
trans. Helen Waddell | 18 mins | Modus Music
£10.00
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Notes: Movements are: 1. Prelude; 2. Song 1: Aubade; 3. Song 2: Drinking Song; 4. Song 3: Song against the Duke Seuen; 5. Song 4: Song at Evening; 6. Interlude; 7. Song 5: Flower Song; 8. Song 6: Sacrificial Song; 9. Song 7: Nocturne; 10. Postlude Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 13 • MS / BLYTON 34 • MS / BLYTON 92 • MS / BLYTON 93 • MS / BLYTON 96 |
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January/February 2000 Opus 109 |
Lyrics from the East Five Miniatures for Tenor and Piano |
Various | 4½ mins | Fand Music Press Product page £7.45
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Notes: Written for Ian and Jennifer Partridge in thanks for their contribution to the CD, Carey Blyton: The Early Songs; songs are: 1. The Blast of Love (Sappho); 2. Paradise (Omar Khayyam); 3. Evening (Anon.); 4. Night (Anon.); 5. Puty-fish (Anon.) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 91 |
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August 1974 Opus 69a |
Mock Joplin for Saxophone Quartet |
2 mins | Out of print | ||
Notes: Published by Kendor Music, Inc., USA; written for the London Saxophone Quartet Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 59 |
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Summer 1952, revised Summer 1979 Opus 14 |
Moresques Three Songs for Soprano, Flute, Harp and Piano |
David Munro | 16 mins | Edizioni Bèrben | |
Notes: Songs are: 1. A Yellow Flower; 2. Simoom; 3. Love-song of the Lady of Granada Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 35 • MS / BLYTON 36 • MS / BLYTON 37 |
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November 1975 Opus 75 |
Oceani Luni: The Oceans of the Moon Theme and Eight Variations for Guitar |
18 mins | Edizioni Bèrben | ||
Notes: Written for, and edited by, Angelo Gilardino; movements are: 1. The Sea of Fertility (Mare fœcunditas); 2. The Sea of Rains (Mare imbrium); 3. The Sea of Cold (Mare frigoris); 4. The Sea of Crises (Mare crisium); 5. Theme: “To the moon”; 6. The Sea of Clouds (Mare nubium); 7. The Sea of Tranquillity (Mare tranquillitatis); 8. The Lake of Dreams (Lacus somniorum); 9. The Ocean of Storms (Oceanus procellarum); the theme ‘To the moon’ is taken from Lachrymae, op. 23 Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 19 |
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Spring 1956 Opus 5b |
Overture: Fantasia on French Folk Songs for Full Orchestra |
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Notes: FTCL ‘thesis’ Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 123 |
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April 1972 Opus 45b |
Pantomime arr. for Saxophone Quartet |
4 mins | Manuscript | ||
Notes: Movements are: 1. Harlequin; 2. Columbine; 3. Pantaloon Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 63 |
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August 1964 Opus 45a |
Pantomime Three Easy Pieces for Cello and Piano |
4 mins | Roberton Publications | ||
Notes: Originally published by S & B; movements are: 1. Harlequin; 2. Columbine; 3. Pantaloon; written for the cellist Vivian Joseph Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 12 |
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1949/1950 Opus 4a |
Pastiches An Entertainment in the Form of Six Poetical and Musical Parodies for Narrator and Piano |
David Munro | 15 mins | Edizioni Bèrben | |
Notes: Movements are: 1. Mouvement Perpétuel (Francis Poulenc/Lewis Carroll); 2. Tango (Darius Milhaud/Edith Sitwell); 3. Berceuse (Gabriel Fauré/William Shakespeare); 4. Mazurka (Dmitri Shostakovich/T. S. Eliot); 5. Negro Song (Antonín Dvořák/Rudyard Kipling); 6. Carioca! (Heitor Villa-Lobos/Gertrude Stein) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 89 |
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September 1974 Opus 70a |
Music Workshop Rainbow Snake A Cantata for Voices and Orff Instruments |
Ted Glover | — | Out of print | |
Notes: Published by BBC Publications Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 41 • MS / BLYTON 43 |
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1967 (No opus number) |
Robin Redbreast An Easter Song in the Folk Idiom for Voice and Piano or Organ |
Carey Blyton | 2¼ mins | Modus Music
£3.00
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Notes: Written as an entry to the 1967 Southern TV A Carol for Easter competition, where it reached the semifinals (the last twelve from a field of over 1,000 entries); originally composed for voice and guitar; broadcast in a Southern TV religious programme at Easter 1967 (to an accompaniment of two guitars and a ‘backing’ by the Mike Sammes Singers); published in 1999 and dedicated at that time to Gary Higginson, a composer and former student who had put on performances of many of Carey’s works at St Helen’s School, Abingdon Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 87 |
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Spring 1972 Opus 65a |
Saxe Blue for Saxophone Quartet |
3 mins | Edizioni Bèrben | ||
Notes: Published by Dorn Publications, Inc., USA; written for the London Saxophone Quartet Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 60 |
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Spring 1972 Opus 65b |
Saxe Blue for Guitar |
3 mins | Edizioni Bèrben | ||
Notes: Written for and edited by Angelo Gilardino Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 11 • MS / BLYTON 99 |
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1949/1950 Opus 3 |
Scherzo for Clarinet and Piano |
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Notes: Published by New Wind Music Co. Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 100 • MS / BLYTON 101 • MS / BLYTON 102 |
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December 1989 Opus 98 |
Scramble! Fanfare for Brass (Trumpets, Horns, Trombones, Tuba and optional Timpani) |
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Notes: Commissioned for the Battle of Britain Arts Festival, 1990 Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 103 |
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February 1951 Opus 7a |
Six Epigrams for Piano |
6¾ mins | Modus Music
£3.75
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Notes: Original title: La Delicatesse; movements are: 1. Idyll; 2. March; 3. Blues; 4. Scherzo; 5. Homage to Czerny; 6. Echoes Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 113 • MS / BLYTON 114 |
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1988 Opus 7b |
Six Epigrams arr. for Alto Saxophone and Piano |
6¾ mins | Edizioni Bèrben | ||
Notes: Published in the composer’s facsimile, 1989; movements are: 1. Idyll; 2. March; 3. Blues; 4. Scherzo; 5. Homage to Czerny; 6. Echoes Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 5 |
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August 1963 Opus 39 |
Six Regional Canadian Folk Songs arr. for Voice and Piano |
17 mins | Roberton Publications | ||
Notes: Originally published by Curwen; dedicated to Robert Ivan Foster (baritone) and recorded by him (with Nina Walker, piano) on Onslo LP OCAB-61-64; songs are: 1. Donkey Riding (The Maritimes); 2. Auction Block (Ontario); 3. C’est l’Aviron (Quebec); 4. An Eskimo Lullaby (Baffinland); 5. Kelligrews Soiree (Newfoundland); 6. Lukey’s Boat (Nova Scotia) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 111 |
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1968 Opus 56b |
Stephen was a Stable-boy Trad. Swedish Carol arr. for Voice(s) and School Instruments |
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Notes: Originally published by Faber & Faber; republished by G. Schirmer, USA Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 6 |
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November 1977 Opus 79 |
Sweeney Todd the Barber, or The Demon Barber of Fleet Street A Victorian Melodrama for Schools |
Carey Blyton | 17 mins | Chester Music and Novello & Co Product page |
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Notes: Also available from Boosey & Hawkes Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 108 • MS / BLYTON 109 |
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Spring 1959 Opus 15b |
Symphony in Yellow arr. for Voice and Harp (or Piano) |
Oscar Wilde | 4 mins | Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd Product page |
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Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 7 • MS / BLYTON 8 • MS / BLYTON 9 |
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8th July 1993 Opus 104 |
The ’Cellist and the Nightingale for Cello and Piano |
— | Fand Music Press Product page £5.45
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Notes: Dedicated to Julian Lloyd Webber; a blending of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Rose and the Nightingale (and Hindu Song from Sadko) with Granados’ The Maiden and the Nightingale from Goyescas; inspired by the cello-playing of Beatrice Harrison, to which nightingales famously responded Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 46 |
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1967 Opus 51 |
The Bream for Guitar |
4½ mins | United Music Publishers Ltd | ||
Notes: Carey Blyton’s first piece for guitar; written at the suggestion of, and dedicated to, Julian Bream (but apparently never performed by him); first performance by Brazilian guitarist Turibo Santos at the 1970 Concours International de Guitare, Paris, first UK performance also given by Turibo Santos in 1970, in the Purcell Room Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 47 • MS / BLYTON 48 |
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August/September 1976 Opus 76 |
The Girl from Nogami Chamber Opera in One Act |
Jack Gray | — | Manuscript | |
Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 78 |
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October 1985 Opus 92a |
The Indian Coffee House Roof Garden Orchestra Tango The Last Tango in Pondicherry, for Piano Duet |
2¼ mins | Modus Music
£2.10
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Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 79 |
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January 1982 Opus 84 |
The Maiden Deceived A British Folk Song Cycle for Voice, Horn, Clarinet and Piano |
11 mins | Modus Music
£12.00
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Notes: Songs are: 1. Early One Morning; 2. Bobby Shafto; 3. O, Waly, Waly; 4. Early One Morning/What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor; 5. There is a Tavern in the Town Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 39 |
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Summer 1971 Opus 61a |
The Mistletoe Bough Trad. English Carol arr. for Choir (SSATBB) and Piano Woodwork |
3½ mins | Roberton Publications | ||
Notes: Wriitten for Charles Proctor and the Alexandra Choir Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 10 • MS / BLYTON 90 |
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April/August 1956 Opus 22 |
The Owl A setting of a poem by M. J. Hopkins for Voice and Chamber Ensemble |
M. J. Hopkins | — | Manuscript | |
Notes: Withdrawn; music reused in Humoresque op. 30 Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 75 |
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Summer/Winter 1956 Opus 25 |
The Poetry of Dress Three Songs for Tenor and Piano |
Robert Herrick & Anon. | 3 mins | Modus Music
£3.60
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Notes: Originally published by Mills Music; songs are: 1. Whenas in Silks my Julia goes (Robert Herrick); 2. A Sweet Disorder in the Dress (Robert Herrick); 3. My Love in her Attire (Anon.); written for Jack Irons (tenor) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 18 • MS / BLYTON 88 [First and second drafts] |
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27th June 1995 (No opus number) |
The Rose and the Nightingale Eastern Song arr. for Voice, Flute (or Alto Flute) and Harp |
Rosa Newmarch (English); M.-D. Calvocoressi (French); A. Koltsov (original Russian) | 2½ mins | Fand Music Press Product page £7.45
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Notes: Dedicated to Sheherezade (Verona Chard, Soprano; Denise Dance, Flute; Fiona Clifton-Welker, Harp) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 17 • MS / BLYTON 97 • MS / BLYTON 98 |
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June/July 1951 Opus 9 |
Three a.m. Five Miniatures for Baritone and Piano |
David Munro | 7½ mins | Modus Music
£4.00
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Notes: Songs are: 1. The Dawn Gapes In; 2. As the Last Guest Leaves; 3. The City Sleeps; 4. By Moonlight; 5. Three a.m.; first two performances given by John Frost (bass-baritone) and Carey Blyton (piano) at Beckenham Grammar School, 18th October 1951, and at the first Beckenham Salon public concert, Old Council Offices, Beckenham, 2nd April 1952 Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 107 • MS / BLYTON 112 |
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July/December 1963 Opus 38a |
Songs for Juniors 3 Three Bird Songs for Voice(s) and Piano |
Carey Blyton & Anon. | 3 mins | Roberton Publications | |
Notes: Originally published by S & B; songs are: 1. The Cormorant (Anon.); 2. The Stork (Carey Blyton); 3. The Elephant (Anon.) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 29 • MS / BLYTON 30 • MS / BLYTON 106 |
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March/April 1963 Opus 35a |
Songs for Juniors 1 Three Food Songs for Voice(s) and Piano |
Various | 3 mins | Roberton Publications | |
Notes: Original title: Three Dining Room Ballads; originally published by S & B; songs are: 1. Early Bacon (A. Stodart-Walker); 2. Sink Song (J. A. Lindon); 3. Bacon and Eggs (A. P. Herbert) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 105 |
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August/September 1963 Opus 40a |
Songs for Juniors 2 Three Insect Songs for Voice(s) and Piano |
Various | 3 mins | Roberton Publications | |
Notes: Originally published by S & B; songs are: 1. Taking the Veil (Harry Graham); 2. Poor Fly (Anon.); 3. Swat a Life! (Don Marquis) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 104 |
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May 1952, revised Winter 1961–2 Opus 13 |
Three Moods for Violin and Piano |
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Notes: Published in the composer’s facsimile, 1990 Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 38 • MS / BLYTON 122 |
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1962/1964 Opus 32a |
Three Musical Mishaps for Piano |
5¼ mins | Modus Music
£3.30
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Notes: Movements are: 1. The Three-stringed Fiddle; 2. The Damaged Bagpipes; 3. The Broken Pianola Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 64 • MS / BLYTON 65 • MS / BLYTON 66 |
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October/November 1951 Opus 11 |
Toi et Moi Five Songs for Baritone and Piano |
Paul Géraldy | 12 mins | Modus Music
£5.00
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Notes: Songs are: 1. Doute; 2. Dualisme; 3. Post-Scriptum; 4. Habitude; 5. Mea Culpa (French words) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 1 • MS / BLYTON 2 • MS / BLYTON 3 • MS / BLYTON 4 • MS / BLYTON 15 |
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Winter 1957/Spring 1958 Opus 24b |
Two Sacred Songs for Choir (SATB) and optional Piano |
Phineas Fletcher & Anon. | 3¾ mins | Out of print | |
Notes: Originally published by Boosey & Hawkes; songs are: 1. A Litany (republished by Oecumuse); 2. A Lullaby (republished by RSCM, then later Oecumuse); dedicated to the composer John Gardner Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 85 |
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Summer 1956 Opus 24a |
Two Sacred Songs for Choir (SSA or SAA) and optional Piano |
Phineas Fletcher & Anon. | 3¾ mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Songs are: 1. A Litany (Phineas Fletcher); 2. A Lullaby (Anon.); MS Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 86 |
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24th October 1997 Opus 105 |
Vale, Diana! In Memoriam Diana, Princess of Wales |
2¼ mins | Fand Music Press Product page £12.50
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Notes: The music is based on the hymn-tune I Vow to Thee, my Country and the traditional ‘tantivy’ hunting call Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 120 |
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4th September 1998 Opus 106 |
War Song of the Saracens for Choir (SATB) and Piano with Tambourine(s), Hand-Clapping, Foot-Drumming and Ululation |
James Elroy Flecker | 3 mins | Fand Music Press Product page £8.45
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Notes: Dedicated to David Fanshawe, Musical Explorer; the full score may be purchased from this site; for the parts, please see Fand’s page Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 16 |
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November 1957 Opus 26d |
What then is Love? Four Modern Madrigals for Choir (SATB) and optional Piano |
Various | 6 mins | Roberton Publications | |
Notes: Originally published by Mills Music; republished by Roberton; songs are: 1. Western wind, when will thou blow? (Anon.); 2. Tell me, where is fancy bred? (William Shakespeare); 3. Stay, O sweet, and do not rise! (John Donne); 4. Love is a sickness full of woes (Samuel Daniel) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 117 |
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Autumn 1956 Opus 26b |
What then is Love? Four Modern Madrigals for Choir (SSA) and optional Piano |
Various | 6 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Songs are: 1. Western wind, when will thou blow? (Anon.); 2. Tell me, where is fancy bred? (William Shakespeare); 3. Stay, O sweet, and do not rise! (John Donne); 4. Love is a sickness full of woes (Samuel Daniel) Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 115 • MS / BLYTON 116 • MS / BLYTON 118 |
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October 2020 (No opus number) |
[Sketches] Unknown material held in Trinity Laban’s Carey Blyton Collection |
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Notes: To be investigated… Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 33 |
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