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Modus Music

21 Canonbury Road, Enfield, Middlesex EN1 3LW

Phone number: +44 (0)20 8363 2663

Email: enquiries@modusmusic.org


Items published by Modus

Date & Opus Title Words Duration Price More…
1949/1950
Opus 1a
Five Diversions
for Piano
13½ mins
£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Notes: Originally Four Diversions (withdrawn); subsequently A Little Waltz from Two Waltzes, op. 8 was added; movements are: 1.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
Early 1950s
(No opus number)
A Ghost from the Past
for Piano
2½ mins
£3.00
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Notes: A Ghost from the Past ws originally improvised and recorded at the Beckenham Salon in the early 1950s, but not written down at the time; Carey later transcribed it from shellac and arranged it for other instruments in 1971; sold together with Park Lane Stroll
February 1951
Opus 7a
Six Epigrams
for Piano
6¾ mins
£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
June/July 1951
Opus 9
Three a.m.
Five Miniatures for Baritone and Piano
David Munro 7½ mins
£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
June/August 1951
Opus 10a
Two Pensive Songs
for High Voice and Piano
Carey Blyton & Donald R. Hills 5 mins
£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
£5.00
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Notes: Songs are: 1. Doute; 2. Dualisme; 3. Post-Scriptum; 4. Habitude; 5. Mea Culpa (French words)
January 1952
Opus 12a
Elegy
for Viola and Piano
£4.50
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Notes: 
Summer/Winter 1956
Opus 25
The Poetry of Dress
Three Songs for Tenor and Piano
Robert Herrick & Anon. 3 mins
£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)
1957
Opus 27
Park Lane Stroll
for Piano
2 mins
£3.00
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Notes: Used commercially; sold together with A Ghost from the Past. Carey Blyton used the name Mark Stevens on the original score of Park Lane Stroll, though it was subsequently catalogued and published under his own name (and acknowledged with an opus number).
Summer 1957
Opus 28b
Captain Bowsprit’s Blues
for Piano
2 mins
£3.00
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Notes: Second movement of Cinque Port; sold together with The Sea-dog’s Song
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
£3.60
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Notes: Fourth movement of Cinque Port
1993
Opus 28d
The Sea-dog’s Song
A Good-Natured Parody of the English Sea-Shanty for Piano
1¾ mins
£3.00
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Notes: Fourth movement of Cinque Port; piano transcription by John Mitchell; sold together with Captain Bowsprit’s Blues
Winter 1957/1958
Opus 16b
Lyrics from the Chinese
Seven Songs for High Voice and String Orchestra
trans. Helen Waddell 18 mins
£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
September/October 1960
Opus 30
Humoresque
for Violin and Piano
£4.20
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Notes: Reuses music from op. 22
October 1960
Opus 31a
Patterns
for Piano
5¼ mins
£3.60
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Notes: Originally published by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew; Pastoral republished by Fraser–Enoch Publications, 1985; movements are: 1. Waltz (Passacaglia); 2. Pastoral (Chaconne); 3. The Organ-grinder (Ostinato)
1962/1964
Opus 32a
Three Musical Mishaps
for Piano
5¼ mins
£3.30
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Notes: Movements are: 1. The Three-stringed Fiddle; 2. The Damaged Bagpipes; 3. The Broken Pianola
1963/1964
Opus 42
Three Impressions
for Piano
7 mins
£3.60
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Notes: Reused as On Holiday for String Orchestra, op. 54 (see opp. 18a, 19, 37); movements are: 1. Dyrehaven; 2. Brittany Beach; 3. Peasant Dance
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
£5.00
Currently unavailable
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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
1967
(No opus number)
Robin Redbreast
An Easter Song in the Folk Idiom for Voice and Piano or Organ
Carey Blyton 2¼ mins
£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
1967
Opus 23b
Lachrymae—In Memoriam John Dowland
for High Voice and String Orchestra
Various 15 mins
£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
1968
(No opus number)
Blue Christmas
A Carol in the Blues Idiom for Voice and Piano
Peter Westmore 3¾ mins
£3.00
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Notes: Carey Blyton’s entry in the 1968 Southern TV A Carol for Christmas competition
Early 1970s
Opus 32b
Three Musical Mishaps
arr. for Saxophone Quartet
5¼ mins
£7.50
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Notes: Movements are: 1. The Three-stringed Fiddle; 2. The Damaged Bagpipes; 3. The Broken Pianola
1970
(No opus number)
A Little Nocturne
In the Style of Chopin for Piano
1¼ mins
£2.10
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Notes: From the incidental music for Footprints in the Jungle, in the second BBC-tv series, Rule Britannia, based on short stories by Somerset Maugham
27th June 1975
Opus 69e
Pianoman
A Music Hall Parody with a Ragtime Chorus
Carey Blyton 2½ mins
£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
1978
Opus 71b
God’s Gifts
for Two Treble Voices and Piano
2 mins
£1.50
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Notes: 
January 1982
Opus 84
The Maiden Deceived
A British Folk Song Cycle for Voice, Horn, Clarinet and Piano
11 mins
£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
1983
(No opus number)
Ynes (Inez)
arr. for Piano Duet
3 mins
£2.10
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Notes: 
October 1985
Opus 92a
The Indian Coffee House Roof Garden Orchestra Tango
The Last Tango in Pondicherry, for Piano Duet
2¼ mins
£2.10
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Notes: 
1991
(No opus number)
Eine Kleine Froschmusik
A Little Frog Music for Piano Duet
1½ mins
£2.10
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Notes: Written for Frank Bayford’s 50th Birthday Concert, held at the British Music Information Centre, London, 4th October 1991, and premiered by John Mitchell and Carey Blyton
November 1991
Opus 17b
Two Beethoven Sonatinas for Piano
arr. for Flute (or Oboe), Clarinet and Bassoon
£9.00
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Notes: Price includes full score and parts
1992
Opus 100½
The Flea
for Voice and Piano
“Adam Had ’em” (Anon.) 1 minute
£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
£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
1994
(No opus number)
Minuet for Octet
for Piano Duet
1½ mins
£2.10
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Notes: Written as a birthday present for John Mitchell
Winter 1997/1998
Opus 28e
Cinque Port (Music for an Opera)
A Suite in Five Movements for Two Pianos
15 mins
£12.00
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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