A Japanese Carnival (by “André de Basque") Back
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This was published in 1927. For notes on André de Basque, see Elephants’
Parade.
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Orchestra |
London Palladium O, Crean |
OEA 2944-1 |
10” 78 |
[Aug 36] |
Aug 36 p.121 |
BL, (TM CAS), (TM CD) |
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Orchestra |
Bosworth O |
Bosworth BC 1003 |
CP 1995 |
10” 78 |
[Apr 37] |
TM |
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Brass band |
Callender's Band |
HMV BD 538 |
? |
10” 78 |
[May 38] |
May 38 p.519 |
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Re-issue |
- Voz de su amo GY
573 |
OEA 1127 (Spanish) |
10” 78 |
[1944] |
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WC |
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Re-issue |
- Guild Light Music GLCD
5117 |
CD |
2005 |
TM, (TM CD) |
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Piano |
Markus Staab |
private recording |
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web |
2009 |
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The Callender’s Band recording
can be heard at http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/2872406
Staab’s version can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlGF_R29Etk
All three commercial
recordings are complete. London Palladium
Orchestra is the briskest at 2’ 52”, Callender’s Band next at 3’ 04” then the
Bosworth Orchestra at 3” 16”. Both the
first two take some sections
slower than the main tempo.
La joie de vivre : caprice, op.33 (by “Anton Vodorinski”)
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Piano |
Rosemary Tuck |
Marco Polo 8.223700 |
CD |
1993 |
BL,
NX, PD, TM |
cd02 |
Jungle Drums: patrol
Composer’s synopsis
Drums of different sizes play an important part
in native ceremonies, and tribes are said to be able to converse secretly with
each other by means of the “drum-language”.
The drums are beaten by hand as well as with sticks, and during the
incessant drumming other natives drone a sort of dirge.
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Military
band |
Homochord
Military Band |
HH
9033-1 |
10” 78 |
[1926]
rec.30.9.26 |
Mar
27 p.421 |
(TM
CD) |
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Military
band |
Band
of HM Grenadier Guards, Miller |
Columbia
9411 |
WAX
3321-2 |
12”
78 |
[June
28] |
July
28 p.67, MT 1928 p. 615 |
BL |
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Re-issue |
- Columbia 50124-D |
WAX 3321 |
12” 78 |
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WC |
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Re-issue |
- Beulah IPD 19 |
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CD |
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Orchestra |
Concert
O, Ketèlbey |
WAX
4560 |
12”
78 |
[Dec
29] rec.Jan 29 |
Dec
29 p.321 |
BL,
(TM CAS) |
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Re-issue |
-
Naxos 8.110869 |
CD |
2003 |
BL,
NX, PD, TM |
cd05 |
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Military
band |
Band
of HM Welsh Guards, Harris |
Broadcast
Twelve 5179 |
none |
10”
78 |
[Sept
30] |
Sept
30 p.184 |
BL |
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Re-issue |
-
Flapper PASTCD 9726 |
CD |
1991 |
VLM Summer 91 |
BL |
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Orchestra |
Concert
O, Ketèlbey |
DR 4757 |
10”
78 |
[Nov
40] |
Dec
40 p.154-5 |
BL,
PD, (TM CD) |
7808 |
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Orchestra |
Regent
Classic O |
Bosworth
BC 1135 |
CP
867 |
10”
78 |
[1941?] |
BL,
WC, (TM CD) |
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Orchestra |
Vienna
State Opera O, Aliberti |
Westminster
WP 6082 |
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LP |
rec.June 57 |
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(TM
CD) |
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Re-issue |
-
Westminster WST 15005 |
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LP |
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WC |
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Re-issue |
-
World Record Club TP 359 |
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LP |
1963 |
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BL,
PD |
lp12 |
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Re-issue Orquesta
sinfónica de Baviera, Jenssen |
- Dial Discos/Nevada ND 501312 |
(Spanish) |
LP |
1978 |
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WC, TM |
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Re-issue Orquesta
sinfónica de Baviera, Jenssen |
- Dial Discos NC 501312 |
(Spanish) |
CAS |
[1978] |
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WC |
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Re-issue |
- Westminster WGS 8139 |
(American) |
LP |
1981 |
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TM |
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Re-issue Orquesta
sinfónica de Baviera, Jenssen |
- Dial Discos 102048 |
(Spanish) |
CAS |
[1986] |
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WC |
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Re-issue Orquesta
sinfónica de Baviera, Jenssen |
-
Dial Discos 960139 |
(Spanish) |
CD |
1991 |
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WC |
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Re-issue |
- Voix de son maître 2CO 59392502 |
(French) |
LP |
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WC |
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Re-issue |
- Voix de son maître C 24592502 |
(French) |
CAS |
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WC |
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Orchestra |
Palm
Court Theatre O, Godwin |
Chandos
FBCD 2002 |
CD |
1998 |
BL,
PD, TM |
cd11 |
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Re-issue |
Chandos CHAN 6676 |
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CD |
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NX |
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Dempsey
says the Homochord Military Band is conducted by Bert
Firman.
One
would expect a military patrol to march at 132 steps a minute. This is precisely the tempo of the recordings
by Ketèlbey (1929) and Godwin, while the 1940 Ketèlbey recording is only
slightly behind at 130. The Homochord Band, the Regent Classic Orchestra and Aliberti are all far slower at 122-124.
Both
of the composer’s recordings are cut, by 64 and 112 bars respectively, out of a
total 309 bars. The Homochord
Band makes 3 cuts, totalling 114 bars.
The Regent Classic Orchestra makes even more, with a total of 133 bars.
The
short section of “native dirge” is barely audible in the two Ketèlbey
recordings, and the voices are completely absent from Homochord,
Aliberti and Regent.
The latter omits the final gong note, and in the final melody replaces
the bassoon with a beautifully played muted trombone.
The
Palm Court Theatre Orchestra uses solo strings and has a small wind section
lacking the prominent bassoon, but it does include a harmonium to help fill out
the chords. Curiously, in two places an
important countermelody is omitted entirely.
Keep Your Toys, Laddie Boy: story-song
The Columbia recording gives the title as Keep
Your Toys, Little Laddie Boy. This
song dates from just before the First World War, and in some ways anticipates
the conflict ahead.
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Song
with orchestra |
Carrie
Herwin (c), orchestra, ?Ketèlbey |
28826 |
10”
78 |
[June
14] |
BL,
(TM CD) |
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Song
with piano |
Peter
Dempsey (t), Guy Rowland |
Dempsey
AWK 1 |
CD |
2009 |
BL,
PD, TM |
cd21 |
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Song
with piano |
Peter
Dempsey (t), Guy Rowland |
private
recording |
DVD |
rec.26.11.2009 |
PD, TM |
We
have the song as sung by a mother and a father.
Carrie
Herwin’s recording needs to be played at the right
speed to sound in Db major. Not only
does it sound best at this pitch, this was the key the orchestral accompaniment
for contraltos was published in. Her recording omits two short orchestral
passages, and one line of text.
Peter Dempsey records the song in F major.
Kilmoren
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Song
with piano |
Peter
Dempsey (t), Guy Rowland |
Dempsey
AWK 1 |
CD |
2009 |
BL,
PD, TM |
cd21 |
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Song
with piano |
Peter
Dempsey (t), Guy Rowland |
private
recording |
DVD |
rec.26.11.2009 |
PD, TM |
King Cupid
This song would have been sung by Florence Smithson in the pantomime Puss in Boots at the Drury Lane Theatre, a production which ran from 27th December 1915. Cupid was a character in that pantomime. The subject matter and musical style is very similar to the song The Pipes of Pan, which had made Smithson famous in The Arcadians (1904). The sheet music was not published until 1945.
Words as published by
the composer (Florence Smithson varies these a little)
Cupid is a Fairy King,
Holding court in magic ring,
Over all he reigns supreme,
Whether waking or a-dream,
Ah.
For his sceptre so they say:
Just a moonbeam’s silver ray!
Old and young come ‘neath his spell,
Why it is we cannot tell?
Ah.
So you lads and lassies gay,
Don’t attempt to run away,
You shall not escape his dart,
For he captures ev’ry heart.
Ah.
Tho’ of ancient pedigree,
Cupid has no pride, not he!
For his friends are ev’ry sort,
All are welcome to his court.
Ah.
Old and young or rich and poor,
Of his greeting may be sure,
Over all he reigns above,
Cupid is the King of Love.
Ah.
So you lads and lassies gay,
Don’t attempt to run away,
You shall not escape his dart,
For he captures ev’ry heart.
Ah.
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Song
with orchestra |
Florence
Smithson (s), orchestra, Ketèlbey |
Columbia
L 1030 |
6725 |
12”
78 |
[May
16] |
BL |
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Re-issue |
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Naxos 8.110848 |
CD |
2002 |
BL,
NX, PD, TM |
cd04 |
For the Naxos CD, the original recording was played at 78rpm, putting the piece in D major. The voice sound sounds fairly natural at this speed and pitch. The sheet music was published in both C and D.
Smithson
replaces 3 bars of the published cadenza with 7 different bars, and the final
instrumental accompaniment on celeste also differs.
Knights of the King: ceremonial grand march
The military band version was published in 1930, and
was played by the Band
of HM Royal Horse Guards, Dunn at the
Memorial Service for Lieutenant-Colonel A.C. Turnor in June that year. The song version appeared two years later.
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Military
band |
Band
of HM Royal Horse Guards, Dunn |
Columbia
DX 192 |
WAX
5821 |
12”
78 |
[Jan 31] rec.Oct 30 |
Jan
31 p.406 |
BL,
TM |
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Re-issue |
- Columbia Cinema Service YBX 45 |
WAXD 117 |
12” 33 |
[Aug 31] |
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Re-issue |
-
International Military Music Society IMMS 101 |
LP |
[1984?] |
VLM Winter 84 |
BL |
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Re-issue |
-
Naxos 8.110870 |
CD |
2004 |
BL,
NX, TM |
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Song
with orchestra |
Raymond
Newell (bt), chorus, orchestra |
Columbia
DB 931 |
CA
12668 |
10” 78 |
[Nov
32] |
Nov
32 p.212 |
BL |
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Re-issue |
-
Pearl GEMM CD 9968 |
CD |
1992 |
BL,
PD, TM |
cd13 |
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Military
band |
massed
bands of the Aldershot Command (Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo) |
HMV
C 2768 |
2EA
332-2 |
12”
78 |
[Aug
35] |
Aug
35 p.109 |
BL |
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Military
band |
Band
of Queen's Royal Regiment, Barsotti |
Bosworth
BB 52 |
CP
1156 |
10”
78 |
[1943?] |
WC,
(TM CD) |
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Military
band |
Wembley
Military Tattoo Massed Bands, Sharpe |
Castle
Pulse PLS CD 180 |
CD |
rec.June
1977 |
Ketèlbey
recorded many of his own compositions, but few of the artists who first
performed his works got to record them.
The Royal Horse Guards give a recording that is authoritative both in
origin and in performance.
Newell’s
version omits the second verse along with its chorus.
Barsotti
cuts the Da Capo and Coda, reducing the march to half its length. He is one of those bandmasters who believe
that most notes should be played short in a march, irrespective of the
composer’s markings.
The
Aldershot Tattoo only has an excerpt from this piece.
Sharpe’s
recording is entitled Knights of the Queen, and is arranged by the
conductor.
The Knight’s Return
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Song
with piano |
Peter
Dempsey (t), Guy Rowland |
Dempsey
AWK 1 |
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CD |
2009 |
BL,
PD, TM |
cd21 |
This piece
had previously been published under the title Prelude dramatique, by
Albert W. Ketèlbey.
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Piano |
Eric
Halstead |
private
recording |
www |
2003 |
(TM
CD) |
Available at
http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/4904178-largo-serioso-by-ketelbey-mp3
Légende triste, op.35, by “Anton Vodorinski”
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Medium |
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Date |
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Piano |
Rosemary Tuck |
Marco Polo 8.223700 |
CD |
1993 |
BL,
NX, PD, TM |
cd02 |
This piece was published in 1943, but the style of
music and the romantic synopsis suggest a work of the 1920s.
Composer’s synopsis
This
piece represents a young man who has fallen in love with a girl who dances at
the theatre. The first theme portrays
the young man's ardent feelings and the second theme represents the ballet in
which the girl is dancing. The first
theme is now repeated in the 'cello with a celeste obligato as if the girl were
dancing to it; then the full orchestra takes it up appassionata, gradually
dying down as the curtain falls.
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Matrix |
Format |
Date |
Review |
Locations |
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Piano |
Eric
Halstead |
private
recording |
web |
2003 |
(TM
CD) |
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Piano |
Markus
Staab |
private
recording |
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web |
2008 |
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The Halstead
version is available at
http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/4904179-love-and-the-dancer-by-ketelbey-mp3
The Staab version can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3BY63M-6Y4
Love's Appeal
This
song was never published, but the music was re-used in the orchestral piece In
the Shadow of St. Paul's by “Geoffrey Kaye” (1921)
Words
by L. Seaton
Come back to me, dear love I long
for thee.
Thy loving smile I crave once more
to see.
Life is so drear when thou art far
from home.
Come back to me, dear one, no more
to roam.
Come back to me, I'm
sad, alone.
My heart will break,
come back my own.
Forget the past, I wait
for thee
True to my own, come
back to me.
Come back to me, I'm weary and
alone.
Come to my heart and rest, sweet
love, my own.
Shadows dispel, let sunlight shine
again
Leave me no more to life apart in
vain.
Come back to me, I'm
sad, alone.
My heart will break,
come back my own.
Forget the past, I wait
for thee
True to my own, come
back to me.
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Format |
Date |
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Song
with orchestra |
Carrie
Herwin (c), orchestra, ?Ketèlbey |
29325 |
10” 78 |
[May
15] |
BL,
(TM CD) |
This recording needs to be played fast enough for the pitch to be in C
major.
Twelve Lyrics
- 4. Lady of Dreams,
- 9. Sing Heigho!,
- 11. Young and Old
Alternative titles
Lady of dreams was
reworked as a cello solo under the title Songe d'Autrefois.
Sing Heigho! - There Sits a Bird on Every
Tree. It was later incorporated into the orchestral
piece Springtime Calls.
Young and Old - When All the World is Young,
Lad
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Medium |
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Label |
Matrix |
Format |
Date |
Review |
Locations |
Archive |
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Song
with piano |
Peter
Dempsey (t), Guy Rowland |
Dempsey
AWK 1 |
CD |
2009 |
BL,
PD, TM |
cd21 |
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Song
with piano |
Peter
Dempsey (t), Guy Rowland |
private
recording |
DVD |
rec.26.11.2009 |
PD, TM |
The
DVD lacks Young and Old