| Date & Opus | Title | Words | Duration | Publisher | More… |
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| 1972 Opus 60b |
In Memoriam Scott Fitzgerald arr. for Guitar |
2½ mins | Edizioni Bèrben |  |
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| Notes: Written for and edited by Angelo Gilardino Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 71 |
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| Spring 1972 Opus 64a |
In Memoriam Django Reinhardt Theme and Two Variations for Guitar |
7½ mins | Edizioni Bèrben | |
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| Notes: Written for and edited by Angelo Gilardino; movements are: 1. Prelude; 2. Elegy; 3. Django Reinhardt’s Stomp Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 62 • MS / BLYTON 69 • MS / BLYTON 70 |
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| Spring 1972 Opus 65b |
Saxe Blue for Guitar |
3 mins | Edizioni Bèrben | |
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| Notes: Written for and edited by Angelo Gilardino Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 11 • MS / BLYTON 99 |
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| November 1975 Opus 75 |
Oceani Luni: The Oceans of the Moon Theme and Eight Variations for Guitar |
18 mins | Edizioni Bèrben | |
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| Notes: Written for, and edited by, Angelo Gilardino; movements are: 1. The Sea of Fertility (Mare fœcunditas); 2. The Sea of Rains (Mare imbrium); 3. The Sea of Cold (Mare frigoris); 4. The Sea of Crises (Mare crisium); 5. Theme: “To the moon”; 6. The Sea of Clouds (Mare nubium); 7. The Sea of Tranquillity (Mare tranquillitatis); 8. The Lake of Dreams (Lacus somniorum); 9. The Ocean of Storms (Oceanus procellarum); the theme ‘To the moon’ is taken from Lachrymae, op. 23 Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 19 |
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| April 1983 Opus 88 |
A Shoal of Fishes A Suite of Nine Miniatures for Pedal Concert Harp after prints by Hiroshige (1797–1858) and anonymous poems of the period, published in 1832/3 |
— | Edizioni Bèrben | |
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| Notes: Written for the Lloyds Bank National Composers’ Award Competition; published in the composer’s facsimile, 1988; movements are: 1. Tobiuwo (Flying fish); 2. Suzuki (Sea-perch); 3. Ebi (Shrimp); 4. Shima-hata (Grouper); 5. Ai (Trout); 6. Akodai/Kurodai (Red bream or golden tai/Black seabream or porgy); 7. Bora (Gray mullet); 8. Koi (Carp); 9. Saba/Hirosaba or marusaba (Mackerel) | |||||
| November 1986 Opus 94a |
For the Delight of Shiva for Vibraphone |
11 mins | Edizioni Bèrben | |
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| Notes: Based on the rag Misra Sivaranjani; published in the composer’s facsimile, 1990; written for Derek Foster | |||||
| Spring 1988 Opus 94b |
For the Delight of Shiva for Guitar |
11 mins | Edizioni Bèrben | |
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| Notes: Published in the composer’s facsimile, 1990; written for Timothy Walker | |||||
| May 1951 Opus 8 |
Two Waltzes for Piano |
— | Manuscript | |
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| Notes: One waltz reused in Five Diversions for Wind Quintet, op. 1b, the other in Patterns for Piano, op. 31 | |||||
| Summer 1954 Opus 19 |
Brittany Beach for Piano |
2¼ mins | Manuscript | |
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| Notes: Now in On Holiday, op. 54 (see also op. 18a) | |||||
| July 1963 Opus 37 |
Peasant Dance for Piano |
— | Manuscript | |
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| Notes: Reused in On Holiday, op. 54 | |||||
| November 1964 Film/documentary music |
Display to Sell Instructional film |
Tom Scott Robson | 7 mins | Manuscript | |
| Notes: A short training film Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): |
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| February 1971 Commercial music |
Birds Eye Florida Orange Juice The Organist TV commercial: Birds Eye Orange Juice |
½ min | Manuscript | |
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| Notes: Made by Ridley Scott Associates | |||||
| 1971 (No opus number) |
A Ghost from the Past for Guitar |
2½ mins | Manuscript | |
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| December 1971 Film/documentary music |
Play for Today The Pigeon-Fancier TV play |
Peter Hankin | 4 mins | Manuscript | |
| Notes: A somewhat sombre play set in the North of England concerning the retirement of a Nottinghamshire miner and obsessional pigeon-breeder and racer, and his son, a schoolteacher; music performed by Harold Clarke Archive: British Film Institute (BFI): Original bound music manuscript |
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| 1949/1950 Opus 1a |
Five Diversions for Piano |
13½ mins | Modus Music
£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 Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 14 [Original Four Diversions] |
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| Early 1950s (No opus number) |
A Ghost from the Past for Piano |
2½ mins | Modus Music
£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 | Modus Music
£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 Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 113 • MS / BLYTON 114 |
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| 1957 Opus 27 |
Park Lane Stroll for Piano |
2 mins | Modus Music
£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 | Modus Music
£3.00
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| Notes: Second movement of Cinque Port; sold together with The Sea-dog’s Song | |||||
| 1993 Opus 28d |
The Sea-dog’s Song A Good-Natured Parody of the English Sea-Shanty for Piano |
1¾ mins | Modus Music
£3.00
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| Notes: Fourth movement of Cinque Port; piano transcription by John Mitchell; sold together with Captain Bowsprit’s Blues | |||||
| October 1960 Opus 31a |
Patterns for Piano |
5¼ mins | Modus Music
£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 | Modus Music
£3.30
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| Notes: Movements are: 1. The Three-stringed Fiddle; 2. The Damaged Bagpipes; 3. The Broken Pianola Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 64 • MS / BLYTON 65 • MS / BLYTON 66 |
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| 1963/1964 Opus 42 |
Three Impressions for Piano |
7 mins | Modus Music
£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 | |||||
| 1970 (No opus number) |
A Little Nocturne In the Style of Chopin for Piano |
1¼ mins | Modus Music
£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 | |||||
| 1960 (No opus number) |
Simplified Arrangements Russ Conway for Piano |
— | Out of print |  |
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| Notes: Simple piano arrangements of pieces credited to Trevor H. Stanford (birth name of Russ Conway), written under the name Mark Stevens and published by Mills Music Ltd; items are: 1. Side-Saddle; 2. Roulette; 3. China Tea; 4. Dancing Fingers; 5. Toast of the Town | |||||
| 1961 (No opus number) |
Simplified Arrangements Leroy Anderson for Piano |
— | Out of print |  |
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| Notes: Simple piano arrangements of pieces by Leroy Anderson, written under the name Mark Stevens and published by Mills Music Ltd; items are: 1. Forgotten Dreams; 2. The Syncopated Clock; 3. Plink, Plank, Plunk!; 4. Blue Tango; 5. A Trumpeter’s Lullaby | |||||
| 1961 (No opus number) |
Simplified Arrangements The Tony Osborne Album (for Piano) |
— | Out of print |  |
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| Notes: Simple piano arrangements of pieces by Tony Osborne, written under the name Roy Green and published by Mason Music Ltd; items are: 1. The Windows of Paris; 2. Winter Starlight; 3. While Paris Sleeps; 4. Autumn in London; 5. Folies Bergère | |||||
| 1961 (No opus number) |
Simplified Arrangements The Tony Osborne Album, Book Two (for Piano) |
— | Out of print |  |
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| Notes: Simple piano arrangements of pieces by Tony Osborne, written under the name Roy Green and published by Mason Music Ltd; items are: 1. The Man from Madrid; 2. That’s Paris; 3. The Secrets of the Seine; 4. Tony’s Cha Cha Cha; 5. The Bear of Berne | |||||
| November 1978 Opus 80 |
Yugen Theme and Four Variations for Guitar |
5 mins | Out of print | |
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| Notes: Written for the OUP album, Modern Guitar Music Book 2; edited by Hector Quine; “Yugen” is a Japanese word meaning ‘the haunting sense of sadness and regret for days gone by’ | |||||
| April 1974 Opus 68 |
Two Japanese Pieces Water Garden and Koto Music for Guitar |
3 mins | Oxford University Press | |
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| Notes: Written for the OUP album, Easy Modern Guitar Music [Modern British Guitar Music?]; edited by Hector Quine; movements are: 1. Water Garden; 2. Koto Music; Koto Music is currently available in the OUP album, Enjoy Playing Guitar: Time for Two + CD; Koto Music was an Associated Board Grade 3, List C exam piece in 1980 and the piece was played by Stephen Richter on the AB demonstration tape issued to teachers and pupils | |||||
| 1963 Opus 41 |
Fun with Figures Twelve Pieces for the Early Grades Based on the Commonest Intervals in Music, for Piano |
7¼ mins | Roberton Publications | |
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| Notes: Originally published by S & B | |||||
| 1967 Opus 51 |
The Bream for Guitar |
4½ mins | United Music Publishers Ltd | |
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| Notes: Carey Blyton’s first piece for guitar; written at the suggestion of, and dedicated to, Julian Bream (but apparently never performed by him); first performance by Brazilian guitarist Turibo Santos at the 1970 Concours International de Guitare, Paris, first UK performance also given by Turibo Santos in 1970, in the Purcell Room Archive: Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library): MS / BLYTON 47 • MS / BLYTON 48 |
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