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Catalogue


Archives holding material by Carey Blyton

British Film Institute (BFI)

Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library)


British Film Institute (BFI)

Date Title Words Duration Publisher More…
March 1972
 
Film/documentary music
Aerosols—What? Why? How?
Instructional film
2 mins Manuscript info i
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
May 1969
 
Film/documentary music
Before the Party
TV play
Ray Lawler 19 mins Manuscript info i
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
February 1973
 
Film/documentary music
Capital City
Film documentary
Wilfred Greatorex 8 mins Manuscript info i
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):
  • 16mm film stock
  • Original bound music manuscript
  • January 1974
     
    Episodic TV music
    Doctor Who
    Death to the Daleks
    TV serial
    Terry Nation 20 mins Manuscript info i
    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):
  • Original loose and bound music manuscripts
  • BBC rehearsal scripts for episodes I–IV
  • November 1964
     
    Film/documentary music
    Display to Sell
    Instructional film
    Tom Scott Robson 7 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: A short training film
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
  • 16mm film stock
  • Original bound music manuscript
  • December 1969
     
    Episodic TV music
    Doctor Who
    Doctor Who and the Silurians
    TV serial
    Malcolm Hulke 30 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: Serial in seven 25-minute episodes
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
  • Original loose and bound music manuscripts
  • Various BBC rehearsal scripts
  • December 1972
     
    Film/documentary music
    Flying Birds
    Film documentary
    8 mins Manuscript info i
    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):
  • 16mm film stock
  • Original bound music manuscript
  • January 1970
     
    Film/documentary music
    Footprints in the Jungle
    TV play
    Robin Chapman 9 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: Somerset Maugham short story adaptation, second series
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
    Original bound music manuscript
    February 1969
     
    Film/documentary music
    The Wednesday Play
    It Wasn’t Me
    TV play
    James Hanley 11½ mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: A sinister, but sad, black comedy about the age-old problem of old age
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
    Original bound music manuscript
    February 1966
     
    Film/documentary music
    Play of the Month
    Julie’s Gone
    TV play
    Michael Winder 11 mins Manuscript info i
    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
    November 1970
     
    Film/documentary music
    Kites are Flying
    Film documentary
    Anthony Bomford 10 mins Manuscript info i
    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
    April 1966
     
    Film/documentary music
    Low Water
    Film documentary
    George Thomson 5 mins Manuscript info i
    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):
  • 16mm film stock
  • Original bound music manuscript
  • March 1975
     
    Episodic TV music
    Doctor Who
    Revenge of the Cybermen
    TV serial
    Gerry Davis 26 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: Serial in four 25-minute episodes; parts of the music were treated by the Radiophonic Workshop
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
  • Original bound music manuscript
  • BBC rehearsal scripts for episodes I–IV
  • Various assorted miscellaneous notes and correspondence
  • November 1969
     
    Film/documentary music
    Sherlock Holmes
    Animated cartoon film
    10 mins Manuscript info i
    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
    January 1969
     
    Film/documentary music
    The Goshawk
    TV documentary
    T. H. White 15 mins Manuscript info i
    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
    September 1972
     
    Film/documentary music
    Web of Life
    The Living River
    Film documentary
    Desmond Hawkins 14 mins Manuscript info i
    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):
  • 16mm film stock
  • Original bound music manuscript
  • December 1971
     
    Film/documentary music
    Play for Today
    The Pigeon-Fancier
    TV play
    Peter Hankin 4 mins Manuscript info i
    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

    Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library)

    Date & Opus Title Words Duration Publisher More…
    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)
    Edizioni Bèrben info i
    Notes: Published in the composer’s facsimile, 1990
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 84
    January 1979
    Opus 81
    A Sherlock Holmes Suite
    for Brass Quintet
    11½ mins Out of print info i
    Notes: Published by Editions J. Maurer
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 110
    September 1979
    Opus 83
    A Virginian Rhapsody
    for Clarinet and Piano
    Music Sales Ltd
    Product page
    info i
    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
    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
    Cover
    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
    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
    info i
    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
    September 1972 SchoolBananas in Pyjamas
    A Book of Nonsense, illustrated by Tom Barling
    Carey Blyton 5½ mins Australian Broadcasting Corporation Cover
    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
    Winter 1997/1998
    Opus 28e
    Cinque Port (Music for an Opera)
    A Suite in Five Movements for Two Pianos
    15 mins Modus Music
    £12.00
    Cover
    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
    1957/1958
    Opus 28a
    SchoolCinque Port (Music for an Opera)
    A Suite in Five Movements for Full Orchestra
    15 mins Chester Music and Novello & Co
    Product page
    info i
    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]
    9th June 1993
    Opus 103
    Doctor Who
    Dalek Suite
    for Saxophone Quartet
    7½ mins Out of print Cover
    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
    August 1975
    Opus 73a
    Dance Variations
    Theme and Nine Variations for Saxophone Quartet
    12 mins Music Sales Ltd
    Product page
    info i
    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
    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
    Cover
    Notes: Commemorates the death in a fire of the poet’s daughter, Eilidh Boadella
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 52
    January 1983
    Opus 87a
    SchoolDracula! or The Vampire Vanquished
    A Victorian Melodrama for Schools
    Carey Blyton 30 mins Chester Music and Novello & Co
    Product page
    Cover
    Notes: Also available from Boosey & Hawkes
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 53
    January 1952
    Opus 12a
    Elegy
    for Viola and Piano
    Modus Music
    £4.50
    Cover
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 54 • MS / BLYTON 55 • MS / BLYTON 56
    1949/1950
    Opus 1a
    Five Diversions
    for Piano
    13½ mins Modus Music
    £3.50
    Cover
    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]
    April 1990
    Opus 1b
    Five Diversions
    arr. for Wind Quintet
    13½ mins Edizioni Bèrben info i
    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
    August 1971
    Opus 62a
    Fugue in G minor by Girolamo Frescobaldi
    arr. for Saxophone Quartet
    3 mins Reynard Music info i
    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
    September/October 1960
    Opus 30
    Humoresque
    for Violin and Piano
    Modus Music
    £4.20
    Cover
    Notes: Reuses music from op. 22
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 76 • MS / BLYTON 77
    Autumn 1971
    Opus 63a
    In Lighter Mood
    Three Smoking Songs for unaccompanied Choir (AATBB)
    Various 5 mins Roberton Publications info i
    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
    Spring 1972
    Opus 64b
    In Memoriam Django Reinhardt
    Theme and Two Variations for Saxophone Quartet
    7½ mins Edizioni Bèrben info i
    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
    Spring 1972
    Opus 64a
    In Memoriam Django Reinhardt
    Theme and Two Variations for Guitar
    7½ mins Edizioni Bèrben info i
    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
    1972
    Opus 60b
    In Memoriam Scott Fitzgerald
    arr. for Guitar
    2½ mins Edizioni Bèrben info i
    Notes: Written for and edited by Angelo Gilardino
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 71
    1971
    Opus 60a
    In Memoriam Scott Fitzgerald
    for Saxophone Quartet
    2½ mins Edizioni Bèrben info i
    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
    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
    Cover
    Notes: Written for the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 81
    1996 or 1997
    Opus 103½
    Indigo Blues
    A Colonial Song for Medium Voice and Piano
    Carey Blyton 1¼ mins Modus Music
    £2.10
    Cover
    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
    1969
    Opus 57
    SchoolMusic Workshop
    Konrad of the Mountains
    A Cantata for Voices and Orff Instruments
    Peter Porter Out of print Cover
    Notes: Originally published by BBC Publications; republished by Mills Music; International Music Publications (archive edition)
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 40
    April 1956; 1957/1958; April/May 1960
    Opus 23a
    Lachrymae—In Memoriam John Dowland
    for High Voice and String Quartet
    Various 15 mins Manuscript info i
    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
    1970
    Opus 58
    Ladies Only
    for unaccompanied female choir (SSA)
    3¾ mins Chester Music and Novello & Co
    Product page
    Cover
    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
    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 info i
    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
    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
    Cover
    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
    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
    Cover
    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
    August 1974
    Opus 69a
    Mock Joplin
    for Saxophone Quartet
    2 mins Out of print info i
    Notes: Published by Kendor Music, Inc., USA; written for the London Saxophone Quartet
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 59
    Summer 1952, revised Summer 1979
    Opus 14
    Moresques
    Three Songs for Soprano, Flute, Harp and Piano
    David Munro 16 mins Edizioni Bèrben info i
    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
    November 1975
    Opus 75
    Oceani Luni: The Oceans of the Moon
    Theme and Eight Variations for Guitar
    18 mins Edizioni Bèrben info i
    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
    Spring 1956
    Opus 5b
    Overture: Fantasia on French Folk Songs
    for Full Orchestra
    Manuscript info i
    Notes: FTCL ‘thesis’
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 123
    April 1972
    Opus 45b
    Pantomime
    arr. for Saxophone Quartet
    4 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: Movements are: 1. Harlequin; 2. Columbine; 3. Pantaloon
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 63
    August 1964
    Opus 45a
    Pantomime
    Three Easy Pieces for Cello and Piano
    4 mins Roberton Publications info i
    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
    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 info i
    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
    September 1974
    Opus 70a
    SchoolMusic Workshop
    Rainbow Snake
    A Cantata for Voices and Orff Instruments
    Ted Glover Out of print info i
    Notes: Published by BBC Publications
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 41 • MS / BLYTON 43
    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
    Cover
    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
    Spring 1972
    Opus 65a
    Saxe Blue
    for Saxophone Quartet
    3 mins Edizioni Bèrben info i
    Notes: Published by Dorn Publications, Inc., USA; written for the London Saxophone Quartet
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 60
    Spring 1972
    Opus 65b
    Saxe Blue
    for Guitar
    3 mins Edizioni Bèrben info i
    Notes: Written for and edited by Angelo Gilardino
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 11 • MS / BLYTON 99
    1949/1950
    Opus 3
    Scherzo
    for Clarinet and Piano
    Out of print info i
    Notes: Published by New Wind Music Co.
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 100 • MS / BLYTON 101 • MS / BLYTON 102
    December 1989
    Opus 98
    Scramble!
    Fanfare for Brass (Trumpets, Horns, Trombones, Tuba and optional Timpani)
    Manuscript info i
    Notes: Commissioned for the Battle of Britain Arts Festival, 1990
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 103
    February 1951
    Opus 7a
    Six Epigrams
    for Piano
    6¾ mins Modus Music
    £3.75
    Cover
    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
    1988
    Opus 7b
    Six Epigrams
    arr. for Alto Saxophone and Piano
    6¾ mins Edizioni Bèrben info i
    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
    August 1963
    Opus 39
    Six Regional Canadian Folk Songs
    arr. for Voice and Piano
    17 mins Roberton Publications info i
    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
    1968
    Opus 56b
    SchoolStephen was a Stable-boy
    Trad. Swedish Carol arr. for Voice(s) and School Instruments
    Out of print info i
    Notes: Originally published by Faber & Faber; republished by G. Schirmer, USA
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 6
    November 1977
    Opus 79
    SchoolSweeney 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
    Cover
    Notes: Also available from Boosey & Hawkes
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 108 • MS / BLYTON 109
    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
    info i
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 7 • MS / BLYTON 8 • MS / BLYTON 9
    8th July 1993
    Opus 104
    The ’Cellist and the Nightingale
    for Cello and Piano
    Fand Music Press
    Product page
    £5.45
    Cover
    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
    1967
    Opus 51
    The Bream
    for Guitar
    4½ mins United Music Publishers Ltd info i
    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
    August/September 1976
    Opus 76
    The Girl from Nogami
    Chamber Opera in One Act
    Jack Gray Manuscript info i
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    MS / BLYTON 78
    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
    Cover
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    MS / BLYTON 79
    January 1982
    Opus 84
    The Maiden Deceived
    A British Folk Song Cycle for Voice, Horn, Clarinet and Piano
    11 mins Modus Music
    £12.00
    Cover
    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
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    MS / BLYTON 39
    Summer 1971
    Opus 61a
    The Mistletoe Bough
    Trad. English Carol arr. for Choir (SSATBB) and Piano Woodwork
    3½ mins Roberton Publications info i
    Notes: Wriitten for Charles Proctor and the Alexandra Choir
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 10 • MS / BLYTON 90
    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 info i
    Notes: Withdrawn; music reused in Humoresque op. 30
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 75
    Summer/Winter 1956
    Opus 25
    The Poetry of Dress
    Three Songs for Tenor and Piano
    Robert Herrick & Anon. 3 mins Modus Music
    £3.60
    Cover
    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]
    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
    Cover
    Notes: Dedicated to Sheherezade (Verona Chard, Soprano; Denise Dance, Flute; Fiona Clifton-Welker, Harp)
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    MS / BLYTON 17 • MS / BLYTON 97 • MS / BLYTON 98
    June/July 1951
    Opus 9
    Three a.m.
    Five Miniatures for Baritone and Piano
    David Munro 7½ mins Modus Music
    £4.00
    Cover
    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
    July/December 1963
    Opus 38a
    SchoolSongs for Juniors 3
    Three Bird Songs
    for Voice(s) and Piano
    Carey Blyton & Anon. 3 mins Roberton Publications info i
    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
    March/April 1963
    Opus 35a
    SchoolSongs for Juniors 1
    Three Food Songs
    for Voice(s) and Piano
    Various 3 mins Roberton Publications info i
    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
    August/September 1963
    Opus 40a
    SchoolSongs for Juniors 2
    Three Insect Songs
    for Voice(s) and Piano
    Various 3 mins Roberton Publications info i
    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
    May 1952, revised Winter 1961–2
    Opus 13
    Three Moods
    for Violin and Piano
    Edizioni Bèrben info i
    Notes: Published in the composer’s facsimile, 1990
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 38 • MS / BLYTON 122
    1962/1964
    Opus 32a
    Three Musical Mishaps
    for Piano
    5¼ mins Modus Music
    £3.30
    Cover
    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
    October/November 1951
    Opus 11
    Toi et Moi
    Five Songs for Baritone and Piano
    Paul Géraldy 12 mins Modus Music
    £5.00
    Cover
    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
    Winter 1957/Spring 1958
    Opus 24b
    Two Sacred Songs
    for Choir (SATB) and optional Piano
    Phineas Fletcher & Anon. 3¾ mins Out of print info i
    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
    Summer 1956
    Opus 24a
    Two Sacred Songs
    for Choir (SSA or SAA) and optional Piano
    Phineas Fletcher & Anon. 3¾ mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: Songs are: 1. A Litany (Phineas Fletcher); 2. A Lullaby (Anon.); MS
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 86
    24th October 1997
    Opus 105
    Vale, Diana!
    In Memoriam Diana, Princess of Wales
    2¼ mins Fand Music Press
    Product page
    £12.50
    Cover
    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
    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
    Cover
    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
    November 1957
    Opus 26d
    What then is Love?
    Four Modern Madrigals for Choir (SATB) and optional Piano
    Various 6 mins Roberton Publications info i
    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
    Autumn 1956
    Opus 26b
    What then is Love?
    Four Modern Madrigals for Choir (SSA) and optional Piano
    Various 6 mins Manuscript info i
    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
    October 2020
    (No opus number)
    [Sketches]
    Unknown material held in Trinity Laban’s Carey Blyton Collection
    Manuscript info i
    Notes: To be investigated…
    Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library):
    MS / BLYTON 33