Indigo Blues A Colonial Song for Medium Voice and Piano |
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Date of composition | 1996 or 1997 |
Opus number | 103½ |
Type of work | Concert music |
Duration | 1¼ mins |
Musical forces | Medium Voice and Piano |
Words | Carey Blyton |
First performance | November 2000 |
First performance information | First performance recorded on the CD Carey Blyton: The Early Songs by Ian Partridge (tenor) and Jennifer Partridge (piano) |
Publisher | Modus Music |
Archive location | Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library) |
Archive contents | MS / BLYTON 67 • MS / BLYTON 68 |
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 |