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Summer 1954 Opus 20 |
To the Muses for unaccompanied Choir (SATB) |
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Notes: Withdrawn; winning work, Sir Granville Bantock Prize for Composition, TCM, London | |||||
Summer 1954 Opus 21 |
Sappho for unaccompanied Choir (SATB) |
— | Manuscript | ||
Notes: Withdrawn | |||||
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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Summer 1956 Opus 26a |
What then is Love? Four Modern Madrigals for unaccompanied Choir (SSA) |
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) | |||||
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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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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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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August 1962 Opus 33a |
The Silly Flea for unaccompanied Choir (SATB) |
attrib. Giles Farnaby | 1 minute | Out of print | |
Notes: Published by Novello; written for Richard Wood and The Singers in Consort | |||||
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 | |||||
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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October 1962/May 1963 Opus 34 |
Mixed Bag Six Action/Unison Songs for Infants & Lower Juniors and Piano |
Enid Blyton | 11 mins | Out of print | |
Notes: Published by Boosey & Hawkes; songs are: 1. Christmas Song; 2. Little Ponies; 3. What am I?; 4. The Bus; 5. The Monkeys; 6. Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch! | |||||
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 43 |
Seven Polyphonic Amens for unaccompanied Choir (2 to 8 voices) |
3¼ mins | Out of print | ||
Notes: Originally published by Leeds Music; republished by Oecumuse; dedicated to David Robinson and the Choir of St Marylebone Parish Church, London | |||||
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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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 | |||||
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 |
— | Out of print | ||
Notes: Originally published by Faber & Faber; republished by G. Schirmer, USA | |||||
1967 Opus 53 |
The Faber Book of Nursery Songs A Collection of Ninety Songs, Very Simply Arranged for Voices and School Instruments |
— | Out of print | ||
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 | |||||
May 1967 Film/documentary music |
The Furryfolk on Holiday Stop-frame animated cartoon film |
Elsie B. Mills | 3½ mins | Manuscript | |
Notes: A road safety film featuring Tufty Fluffytail, sponsored by Butlin’s Holiday Camps | |||||
1968 Opus 56b |
Stephen was a Stable-boy Trad. Swedish Carol arr. for Voice(s) and School Instruments |
— | Out of print | ||
Notes: Originally published by Faber & Faber; republished by G. Schirmer, USA Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 6 |
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1968 Opus 55a |
The Christmas Spirit Three Carols for Choir (SA) and Piano |
Peter Westmore | 5 mins | Fand Music Press Product page £5.95
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1969 Opus 55b |
The Christmas Spirit Three Carols for Choir (SATB), String Orchestra and optional Organ |
Peter Westmore | 5 mins | Fand Music Press Product page £10.95
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Notes: Written for the Alexandra Choir; the full score may be purchased from this site; for various instrumental and choral part purchasing options, please see Fand’s page | |||||
19th June 2011 Opus 55c |
The Christmas Spirit Three Carols arr. for Choir (SATB) and Piano by Richard Hallas |
Peter Westmore | 5 mins | Fand Music Press Product page £5.95
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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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1970 Opus 47b |
Three Beastly Ballads arr. for Voices (unison) and School Instruments |
Carey Blyton | — | Manuscript | |
Notes: Arrangement of Three Animal Songs, op. 47a | |||||
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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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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(Date unknown) Opus 61b |
The Mistletoe Bough Trad. English Carol arr. for Choir, String Orchestra and Percussion |
3½ mins | Manuscript | ||
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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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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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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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December 1974 Opus 70b |
Music Workshop Rainbow Snake A Cantata for Voices, Saxophone Quartet, Piano and Percussion |
Ted Glover | — | Manuscript | |
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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 | |||||
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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1978 Opus 71b |
God’s Gifts for Two Treble Voices and Piano |
2 mins | Modus Music
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16th August 1978 (No opus number) |
The Christ Church Carol (To Bethlehem) for unaccompanied Choir (SATB) |
Carey Blyton | 3 mins | Fand Music Press Product page £3.00
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Notes: Dedicated to the Christ Church Singers, Beckenham | |||||
1979 Opus 63b |
In Lighter Mood Three Smoking Songs for unaccompanied Choir (SATB) |
Various | 5 mins | Roberton Publications | |
Notes: Songs are: 1. Havana!; 2. Ode to a Fag (Smoke gets in your lungs); 3. I like it! | |||||
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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2nd December 1985 Opus 93 |
A Nursery Song Suite for unaccompanied Choir (SATB) |
8½ mins | Manuscript | ||
Notes: Commissioned by The Scholars for an EMI/Toshiba record | |||||
June 1987 Opus 95 |
Frankenstein! or A Bolt from the Blue A Victorian Melodrama for Schools |
Carey Blyton | 40 mins | Chester Music and Novello & Co Product page |
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Notes: Also available from Boosey & Hawkes; dedicated to Gary Higginson | |||||
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) | |||||
December 1989 Opus 97 |
Lilli Marlene arr. for Children’s Voices (with optional divisi and Descant Recorders), Two Pianos and Side Drum |
— | Manuscript | ||
Notes: Commissioned for the Battle of Britain Arts Festival, 1990 | |||||
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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