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February 1951 Opus 6 |
A Leaf on the Water Song |
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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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June/August 1951 Opus 10a |
Two Pensive Songs for High Voice and Piano |
Carey Blyton & Donald R. Hills | 5 mins | Modus Music
£3.50
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Notes: Songs are: 1. Two Stolen Roses (Carey Blyton); 2. Come, Night (Donald R. Hills) | |||||
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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November 1952 Opus 15a |
Symphony in Yellow for Voice, Clarinet and Harp |
Oscar Wilde | 4 mins | Manuscript | |
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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Notes: Withdrawn; movements are: 1.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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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Notes: Withdrawn; music reused in Humoresque op. 30 Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 75 |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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Spring 1956/Winter 1957 Opus 26c |
What then is Love? Four Modern Madrigals for High Voice, Clarinet in A and Piano |
Various | 6 mins | Out of print | |
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) | |||||
Summer 1957 Opus 28c |
The Sea-dog’s Song A Good-Natured Parody of the English Sea-Shanty for Voice and Piano |
Allan Cunningham | 1¾ mins | Modus Music
£3.60
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Notes: Fourth movement of Cinque Port | |||||
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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1958 Opus 16c |
Lyrics from the Chinese Seven Songs for High Voice and Piano |
trans. Helen Waddell | 18 mins | Fand Music Press Product page £9.95
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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 | |||||
(Date unknown) Opus 24c |
A Lullaby (O my Deir Hert) arr. for Low Voice and Piano |
Anon. | 2 mins | Out of print | |
Notes: From Two Sacred Songs; published by Oecumuse; written for Robert Ivan Foster (baritone), who performed it often in the 1960s | |||||
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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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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September 1962 Opus 33b |
The Silly Flea for Countertenor and unaccompanied Choir (TTBB) |
attrib. Giles Farnaby | 1 minute | Out of print | |
Notes: Originally published by Novello; remaining stock with William Elkin | |||||
October 1962 Opus 33c |
The Silly Flea for Countertenor and Keyboard |
attrib. Giles Farnaby | 1 minute | Manuscript | |
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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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May/July 1963 Opus 36 |
Three Welsh Folk Songs arr. for Voice and Harp (or Piano) |
6½ mins | Manuscript | ||
Notes: Dedicated to Robert Ivan Foster (baritone) and recorded by him (with Tryphena Partridge, harp) on Onslo LP OCAB-61-63; songs are: 1. Lullaby (Suo-gân); 2. The Plea of the Miller (Tôn Y Melinydd); 3. David of the White Rock (Dafydd Y Gareg Wen) | |||||
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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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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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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1964 Opus 44 |
Three Canadian Carols arr. for Voice, Clarinet and Piano |
11 mins | Manuscript | ||
Notes: Dedicated to Robert Ivan Foster (baritone) and recorded by him (with Nina Walker, piano and Jonathan Steward, clarinet) on Onslo LP OCAB-61-65; first public performance by Robert Ivan Foster at The Questors Theatre, London on 19th December 1964; songs are: 1. The Shepherdess’ Carol (D’où viens-tu, bergère?); 2. The Cherry Tree Carol; 3. The Huron Carol (Jesous Ahatonhia) | |||||
1964/1965 Opus 47a |
Three Animal Songs for Voice(s) and Piano |
Carey Blyton | 2 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Used in Bananas in Pyjamas; songs are: 1. Sing a Song of Science; 2. Sally the Pig; 3. The Manatee | |||||
December 1964/January 1965 Opus 48 |
Prayers from the Ark Seven Songs for High Voice and Piano |
Carmen Bemos de Gasztold trans. Rumer Godden | 13 mins | Modus Music
£5.00
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Notes: Songs are: 1. The Prayer of the Cock; 2. The Prayer of the Goldfish; 3. The Prayer of the Cat; 4. The Prayer of the Tortoise; 5. The Prayer of the Mouse; 6. The Prayer of the Ox; 7. The Prayer of the Lark; dedicated to the composer’s parents, who brought the poems to his attention | |||||
1965/1966 Opus 50 |
Three Fishy Tales for Voices and Piano |
Joyce Harris, Carey Blyton & Anon. | 2½ mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: The Axolotl now in Bananas in Pyjamas; songs are: 1. Making Whoopee (Joyce Harris); 2. The Axolotl (Carey Blyton); 3. Have a Heart! (Anon.) | |||||
Summer 1966 Opus 56a |
A Child was Born Trad. Danish Carol arr. for Voice(s) and School Instruments |
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Notes: Originally published by Faber & Faber; republished by G. Schirmer, USA | |||||
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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1967 Opus 23b |
Lachrymae—In Memoriam John Dowland for High Voice and String Orchestra |
Various | 15 mins | Modus Music
£10.00
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Notes: Movements are: 1. Prelude; 2. Song 1: Madrigal; 3. Interlude I; 4. Song 2: The Moon; 5. Intrlude 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 | |||||
1967 Opus 53 |
The Faber Book of Nursery Songs A Collection of Ninety Songs, Very Simply Arranged for Voices and School Instruments |
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Notes: Illustrated by Alan Howard; 175 pages; published in the UK by Faber & Faber in hardback (1968) and paperback (1985); published as Every Child’s Book of Nursery Songs in the US by Crown Publishers, New York, 1968 | |||||
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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1968 (No opus number) |
Blue Christmas A Carol in the Blues Idiom for Voice and Piano |
Peter Westmore | 3¾ mins | Modus Music
£3.00
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Notes: Carey Blyton’s entry in the 1968 Southern TV A Carol for Christmas competition | |||||
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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1975 Opus 71a |
God’s Gifts for Voice(s) and Piano |
2 mins | Out of print | ||
Notes: Written for the Josef Weinberger album, New Hymns for Young People; republished in the USA by Edward B. Marks Music Corporation | |||||
27th June 1975 Opus 69e |
Pianoman A Music Hall Parody with a Ragtime Chorus |
Carey Blyton | 2½ mins | Modus Music
£3.60
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Notes: Song based on Mock Joplin; a saxophone-free version of op. 69b; dedicated to Soo-Bee Lee (soprano) and performed by her on the CD Carey Blyton: The folksong arrangements | |||||
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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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 1988 Opus 35b |
Songs for Juniors 1 Three Food Songs for Voice(s) and Guitar |
Various | 3 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Guitar transcription for the Edward Lear Commemoration Concerts at the BMIC, Autumn 1988; songs are: 1. Early Bacon (A. Stodart-Walker); 2. Sink Song (J. A. Lindon); 3. Bacon and Eggs (A. P. Herbert) | |||||
Summer 1988 Opus 38b |
Songs for Juniors 3 Three Bird Songs for Voice(s) and Guitar |
Carey Blyton & Anon. | 3 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Guitar transcription for the Edward Lear Commemoration Concerts at the BMIC, Autumn 1988; songs are: 1. The Cormorant (Anon.); 2. The Stork (Carey Blyton); 3. The Elephant (Anon.) | |||||
Summer 1988 Opus 40b |
Songs for Juniors 2 Three Insect Songs for Voice(s) and Guitar |
Various | 3 mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: Guitar transcription for the Edward Lear Commemoration Concerts at the BMIC, Autumn 1988; songs are: 1. Taking the Veil (Harry Graham); 2. Poor Fly (Anon.); 3. Swat a Life! (Don Marquis) | |||||
1992 Opus 100½ |
The Flea for Voice and Piano |
“Adam Had ’em” (Anon.) | 1 minute | Modus Music
£2.10
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Notes: One of twenty songs written by past and present members of the Composers’ Guild of Great Britain upon the retirement of Elizabeth Yeoman after 26 years as General Secretary (1966–1992); these songs, comprising An Elizabethan Songbook, were first performed by students at the Royal College of Music, London on 21st January 1993 | |||||
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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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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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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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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