Albert Ketelbey Music Catalogue

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SONGS

Unless indicated, orchestral accompaniments are lost

Date

Title: subtitle (Pseudonym)

Words

Publisher

date

Plate

BL deposit

Notes

Location

1892

Be still, sad heart

unpublished

perf.21.6.92

1894

Love's Similitude

F. Hoare

Cocks

1490

14.6.94

BL, TM

1894

Under the Lindens

unpublished

perf.18.7.94

1895

Three Little Trout (Clifford)

F. Hoare

Partridge?

published in The Children’s Friend no.417

1896

The Dollies' Dancing Lesson (Clifford)

F. Hoare

Curwen

1434

1919

arr. A. Watson; copyright assigned by Watson to Curwen on 8.8.96

BL, TM

1896

The Country that I Love (Clifford)

F. Hoare

Metzler

1896

with optional mandoline; published in Melody no.9 (Nov 96), which lists Metzler as main publisher

1896

Washing Day (Clifford)

F. Hoare

Partridge?

published in The Children’s Friend no.429

1896

Old '96 (Clifford)

F.Hoare

Partridge?

published in The Children’s Friend no.432

1897

Believe me true

F. Hoare

Orsborn

1046

also with orch (arr. W. Williams, copy in TM); pub.1897 (pub); re-issued by Tuckwood (CT.1046, ad. 3.12.98, BL deposit 22.9.99)

Music Vaults, TM

1897

Michaelmas Day: children’s song (Clifford)

F. Hoare

Partridge?

published in Children’s Friend no.445

1897

'Neath Swinging Roses

F. Hoare

Patey

1897

2150

perf.12.12.92 (In June, sweet June); re-issued by Dean (1902), Hammond (1905)

1897

A Cadence Sweet (Clifford)

F. Hoare

Rossini

1897

394

22.10.97

BL, TM

1897

Grannie's Counsel (Clifford)

E. Oxenford

Rossini

395

22.10.97

plate=1897

BL, TM

1898

Flipperty Hi O! Chang: a song for children (Clifford)

F. Hoare

Cassell

published in Little Folks

1898

The Realms of Promise

F. Hoare

Hammond

3959

MS, National Library of Australia, TM

1899

In Sweet Disguise

"X "

Hammond.

1899

4095

27.8.00

from musical A Good Time

BL, TM

1899

There's something in the English after all: patriotic song

F. Hoare

Hammond

1899

4179

with unison chorus; from musical A Good Time

PD inc, TM

1899

The Heavenly Message: sacred song

F. Hoare

Hammond

1899

4185

27.8.00

BL, TM

1899

An Island Fair

F. Hoare

Hammond

1899

4188

Stephen Berry

1899

The Knight's Return

C. Kingsley

Hammond

1899

4196

27.8.00

re-issued as H.4326 in different key

BL, TM

1899

Other Days

F. Hoare

Hammond

4205

27.8.00

plate=1899

BL, TM

1899

Under the starlight

M. Talbot

Tuckwood

1075

22.9.99

Music Vaults, TM

1900

Aberfoyle (Clifford)

C. Bingham

Hammond

1900

4417/9

27.8.00

later issued under Ketèlbey 's name (TM)

1900

Blow! blow! thou winter wind

W.Shakespeare

Hammond

1900

4420

perf.23.5.98; rec. with orch; revised 1951 (see below)

1901

Three Songs for Contralto Voice, op.52

1. Golden eye of tearful morn - 2. An Ocean Lullaby - 3. The Harvest Moon

A. Horspool

Hammond

1901

24.2.02

Ac.Ed.213

BL, TM

1901

Thy Throne

F. Hoare

Hammond.

1901

4546

22.7.02

revised in 4 Recital Songs for Baritone

BL, TM

1901

Broken Toys

F. Hoare

Hammond

1901

4608

plate=1902

1902

Kildoran

C. Bingham

Hammond

1902

4641

22.7.02

from opera song (The morning was bright, in The Wonder Worker); revised as Kilmoren (see below)

BL, TM

1902

-1905

Twelve Lyrics

1	Even yet	F. Hoare	1903	4655, 4900	18.2.07	H.4900 has 1902 as copyright date; perf.8.11.92
2	Folly	F. Hoare	1903	4689	18.2.07	perf. 19.12.96
3	White Shell	F. Hoare	1903	4690	18.2.07	revised in 4 Recital Songs for Baritone
4	Lady of Dreams	F. Hoare	1903	4691, 4794	18.2.07	revised in Album of Six Songs for Baritone
5	He Sings	J.W. Netter	1904	4955	18.2.07	revised in 4 Recital Songs for Baritone
6	A maiden must bide	J.W. Netter	1904	4951	18.2.07
7	List to the message	J.W. Netter	1904	4904	18.2.07
8	He is come	J.W. Netter	1904	4905	18.2.07
9	Sing Heigho!	C. Kingsley	1905	5077	30.10.05
10	The South Wind	C. Kingsley	1905	5093	30.10.05
11	Young and Old	C. Kingsley	1905	5085	30.10.05	revised in 4 Recital Songs for Baritone
12	My Little Doll	C. Kingsley	1905	5879	30.10.05	plate number should be 5079

Hammond.

re-issued as Album of 6 Songs for Baritone, Album of 6 Songs for Mezzo-soprano (see below)

BL, TM

1907

At Parting

F. Hoare

Asherberg

1907

4638

perf. 15.7.93 (At Parting’s Hour)

PD, TM

1907

Ships that Pass

F.K. Peile

Leonard

1907

7076/8

28.12.07

available from Music Exchange, Manchester

pub, TM

1907

The Heart's Awakening

F. Hoare

Novello

1907

12572/3

MS, TM

1908

In the Wild March Morning

F. Hoare

Church

1908

162

1909

My Heart A-dream

F. Hoare

Novello

1909

12996, 12927

MS, PD, TM

1912

I loved you more than I knew

H. Simpson

Asherberg

1912

5700

26.2.12

from vc & pf version (The Phantom Melody); re-issued in Music of All Nations 21; later re-issued with alterations (see below)

BL, TM

1912

I call you from the shadows

F. Hoare

Hammond

1912

5595/6

7.11.13

BL, TM

1912

The pearl of my heart

J. Everard

Presser

1912

9741-5

3.1.13

BL, TM

1913

My heart still clings to you

Ketèlbey

Asherberg

1913

6041

13.12.13

prize song; also with orch. (A.9585-3c; plate=1915, inc. set in TM); perf.23.11.13

BL, PD, TM

1913

Those bells so softly pealing

Ketèlbey

Presser

1913

11413-5

7.1.14

with optional bells

BL, TM

1914

Till May brings back the flowers

W.C. Bryant

unpublished

duet with orch; setting of The Stream of Life; rec. May 1914, Columbia 2378

1914

The Old Ingle-Nook

E. Oxenford

Asherberg

1914

9542

17.8.14

BL, PD, TM

1914

The trumpet-voice of motherland is calling

Ketèlbey

Howard

1914

5103

21.9.14

also with orch; reprinted in Auckland Star (NZ) 7.8.15.

BL, TM

1914

Keep your toys, laddie boy!: story-song

Ketèlbey

Larway

1914

1839

27.8.14

also with orch

BL, PD, TM

1915

Love's Appeal

L. Seaton

unpublished

rec. with orch. May 1915 (Columbia 2544); melody re-used in In the Shadow of St Paul’s

1916

King Cupid

Ketèlbey

unpublished

rec. with orch. May 1916 (Columbia L1030); revised song published 1946

1916

Garden of Love

Ketèlbey

General Publishing Society

1916

6.10.16

also with orch (TM); from revue Samples

BL, TM

1917

Fairy Butterfly: waltz-song

Ketèlbey

Asherberg

1917

9824

15.6.17

perf.26.12.15 in Puss in Boots; rec. with orch issued May 1916

Music Vaults, TM

1918

Victory Bells

Ketèlbey

Newman

1918

ad in Love Laughs at Locksmiths

TM inc

1919

Love laughs at locksmiths: waltz-song

Ketèlbey

Newman

1919

perf.16.12.18 in Babes in the Wood

PD, TM

1919

The Rose-Girl

Ketèlbey

Francis

1919

14931

perf.16.12.18 under title Roses in Babes in the Wood

BL, TM

1921

In a Monastery Garden

Ketèlbey

Larway

1921

2487, 2495a-b

12.12.21

from orch version; later with optional chorus & orch; later with optional vn (copy in MS)

BL, PD, TM

1924

Will you forgive?

A. Soutar

Bosworth

1924

17115/7

26.9.24

also with orch; perf.28.9.24

MS, TM

1924

The Old Ingle-Nook

E. Oxenford

Newnes

1914

A.H.& C. Ltd.

10789-11

re-issue in The World's Favourite Songs no.11, with slight alterations

PD, TM

1925

In a Persian Market

Ketèlbey

Bosworth

1925

17139/40

4.7.25

with optional chorus & orch (B.17420, =1937); from orch version; re-issued as Sur un marché persan, with French translation by A. Crabbé, also B.17139

MS, PD, TM

1925

Sanctuary of the Heart

Ketèlbey

Bosworth

1924

17145/6

with optional chorus & orch; from orch version; plate=1925; issued for lower voice in 1929 (B.17194), copy in TM

MS, PD (3 keys), TM

1927

Bells across the Meadows

Ketèlbey

Keith Prowse

1927

3217

21.4.27

from orch version

BL, PD, TM

1931

The Clock and the Dresden Figures

Ketèlbey

Bosworth

1931

17234

11.12.31

also with orch (B.17238), set in TM; from orch version;

BL, TM

1932

Knights of the King!

Ketèlbey

Bosworth

1932

17261

with optional men's chorus & orch (B.17270); from military band version

1933

The Sacred Hour

Ketèlbey

Bosworth

1933

17274/5

with optional chorus & orch; from orch. version; revised re-issue 1952 (see below)

PD, TM

1933

A Birthday Song

Ketèlbey

Bosworth

1933

17277/9

from orch version (A Birthday Greeting)

1937

I dream of all the worlds

Ketèlbey

Bosworth

1937

17401/3, 17409

also with orch (PRS)

MS, TM

1937

I wish I were a tiny bird

C. Kingsley

Bosworth

1937

17411/3

re-issued Jan 1938 as A Tiny Browny Bird

MS, TM

1937

A Mayfair Cinderella: waltz song

Ketèlbey

Bosworth

1937

17419, 17421

also with orch; ?perf.1919 in Cinderella

MS, PD, TM

1941

Fighting for Freedom!

Ketèlbey

Bosworth.

1941

19650

with optional chorus (B.19650a); also with orch (parts published as self-contained march)

MS, TM

1944

The Great Day

Ketèlbey

Bosworth

1944

19761

with optional chorus & orch; also perf with band; words revised 1945

MS, PD, TM

1946

King Cupid

Ketèlbey

Bosworth

1946

19834

?perf.27.12.15 in Puss in Boots; rec.with orch. May 16

MS, PD, TM

1949

My Star of Love

Ketèlbey

Bosworth

1949

21319a/c

perf.21.8.49

MS, PD, TM

1950

Four Recital Songs for Baritone

1	From out the Rose-Clad Casement	J.W. Netter	revised re-issue of He Sings; a manuscript German translation by Ketèlbey (Du bist mein Engel, Liebchen) has been located in a private collection
2	Young and Old	C. Kingsley	revised re-issue
3	Curled like a flower	F. Hoare	revised re-issue of White Shell
4	Within my Heart's True Kingdom	F. Hoare	revised re-issue of Thy Throne

Bosworth

1950

21347

MS, PD, TM

1951

Blow! blow! thou winter wind

W.Shakespeare

Bosworth

1951

21446

5.6.52

revised re-issue

MS, TM

1952

Ev'ry hour

G. Jenkins

unpublished

themes from In a Persian Market with new text; dated 4.1.52 (PRS)

1952

The Sacred Hour

Ketèlbey

Bosworth

1952

17275a

11.6.52

with optional chorus; revised re-issue

MS, TM

1952

Kilmoren

C. Bingham& Ketèlbey

Manor Music

1952

137

with optional bell; revised re-issue of Kildoran

1956

In a Persian Market

M. David

Bosworth

1944

21705

arr. from American dance orchestra version of 1944; new text; plate=1956

MS, PD, TM

1962

Take my heart

G. Wise, H. Peretti & L. Creatore

Bosworth, unpublished?

In a Persian Market with new text; rec. 1962

1975

Take my heart=Nimm mein Herz

G. Wise, H. Peretti & L. Creatore, German by Fred Jay

Bosworth

1975

23957

re-issue with German text

Album of Six Songs for Baritone

1	Even yet
2	My love's a saint	re-issue of He Sings
3	Lady of Dreams	revised re-issue
4	White Shell
5	Folly
6	When all the world was young, lad	re-issue of Young and Old

Hammond

1902-05

re-issued from 12 Lyrics

PD, TM

Album of Six Songs for Mezzo-soprano

1	There sits a bird on every tree	re-issue of Sing Heigho
2	The South Wind	caption title: Soft, soft wind
3	List to the message
4	The Return	re-issue of He is come
5	A maiden must bide
6	I once had a sweet little doll	re-issue of My Little Doll

Hammond

1904-05

re-issued from 12 Lyrics; ad. in Album of 6 Songs for Baritone

Black Cupid

R.G. Gillman

Hammond

pre-1920 (PRS)

Hope of my life

S. Alvey

Hammond

in Pazdírek, PRS

I loved you more than I knew

H. Simpson

Asherberg

1912

10700-54

re-issue with alterations

In a Monastery Garden

Ketèlbey

Warner

1921

re-issue on 2 staves, with guitar chords

In a Persian Market

M. David

Bosworth/Belwin

1944

Voc.32-3

simplified arrangement of 1956 version

The lotus, gentle flower, dreams till the day is done

Hammond

arranged for piano as Poetical Fancies no.1

My heart still clings to you

Ketèlbey

Asherberg

1914

10070-62

re-issue with simplified accompaniment

The Swashbucklers

F. Hoare

Hammond

pre-1920 (PRS)

Thro' Golden Paths

Patey

in Pazdírek; later re-issued by Leonard

Thy Throne

F. Hoare

Hammond

duet version of song; in Pazdírek

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