Catalogue
Books
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Date & Opus | Title | Words | Duration | Publisher | More… |
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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 | |||||
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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1972 Text book |
Dr Shinfiddler’s Musical Zoo A Second Book of Nonsense, illustrated by Tom Barling |
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Notes: Never published | |||||
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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1979 Text book |
Noah and the Unicorns Illustrated by David James |
Out of print | |||
Notes: Published by Hodder & Stoughton; 32 pages | |||||
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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December 1984–May 1985 Text book |
In Search of Serendipity Sri Lankan and Indian Travelogue |
Fand Music Press | |||
Notes: In preparation for publication by Fand Music Press | |||||
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 | |||||
1994–1995 Text book |
The Doggy Tales of Arnold The Doggy Tales of Arnold (Nos 1 & 4) Illustrated by Maurice Stevens |
Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd Product page |
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Notes: Two stories (1. Arnold Makes a New Friend & 2. Arnold and the Acorns) from a series of ten, one of which (Arnold and the Acorns) was made into a TV pilot with the story read by Willie Rushton; available as paperback, hardback or Kindle ebook | |||||
30th December 1999 Text book |
Composer Interviews Nº1 Carey Blyton Interview by Peter Thompson |
Carey Blyton and Peter Thompson | Fand Music Press Product page £7.00
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Notes: Republished in a totally revised second edition in 2012, with an extra essay by Peter Thompson, to mark Carey’ 80th anniversary | |||||
2002 Text book |
Collected Short Stories and Summer in the Country (Autobiography) Edited by Peter Thompson |
Fand Music Press Product page £14.00
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Notes: Collects together all of Carey Blyton’s short stories together with his autobiographical account of wartime evacuation as a child; includes the first ever publication of the short stories Deadline, Little Mr Universe and The Golden Silence; includes the first UK publication of the short stories The Final Solution, Touchdown and A Very Good Rate of Exchange |
The following table provides summary information. Please note: