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Ivan Caryll

Félix Marie Henri Tilkin (12 May 1861 – 29 November 1921), better known by his pen name Ivan Caryll, was a Belgian composer of operettas and Edwardian musical comedies in the English language. He composed (or contributed to) some forty musical comedies and operettas.

Caryll's career encompassed three eras of the musical theatre, and unlike some of his contemporaries, he adapted readily to each new development. After composing a few musical burlesques, his first great successes were made in light musical comedies, epitomised by the George Edwardes productions at London's Gaiety Theatre, such as The Shop Girl, The Circus Girl, The Gay Parisienne, and A Runaway Girl. He continued to write musical comedies throughout the next decade, including such hits as The Messenger Boy, The Toreador, The Girl From Kays, The Earl and the Girl, The Orchid, The Spring Chicken, The Girls of Gottenberg and Our Miss Gibbs. He also wrote some operetta scores, such as The Duchess of Dantzic. After this, he moved to New York City, where his post-war works, incorporating new fox-trot and one-step rhythms, included The Girl Behind the Gun (later a London hit as Kissing Time). At the peak of his career, he had the unparalleled distinction of having five musicals running at the same time in the West End.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 12, 1861 (Liège), Died November 29, 1921 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1898 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter

Notes: Real name Felix Tilkin according to Victor catalog

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Berliner 1911 7-in. 10/10/1898 The boy guessed right Artists vary Male vocal solo composer  
Berliner 1981 7-in. June 1898-Mar. 1899 The sly cigarette S. H. Dudley Male vocal solo composer  
Berliner 0155 7-in. 5/19/1899 The piccaninnies Dan W. Quinn Male vocal solo composer  
Berliner 0369 7-in. 7/28/1899 A runaway girl : Selections Vess L. Ossman Banjo solo composer  
Berliner 0467 7-in. 9/7/1899 The boy guessed right S. H. Dudley Male vocal solo composer  
Berliner 01080 7-in. Mar. 1900 A runaway girl : Selection Royal Italian Band Band composer  
Berliner 01091 7-in. Mar. 1900 The circus girl : Selection Royal Italian Band Band composer  
Berliner 01197 7-in. Apr. 1900 A runaway girl : Selection Sousa's Band Band composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]52 7-in. 6/2/1900 She never did the same thing twice S. H. Dudley Male vocal solo composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]208 7-in. 9/15/1900 The boy guessed right S. H. Dudley Male vocal solo composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]208 10-in. 11/9/1901 The boy guessed right S. H. Dudley Male vocal solo composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]209 7-in. 9/15/1900 The sly cigarette S. H. Dudley Male vocal solo composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]332 7-in. between 1900 and 1902 Selections from A runaway girl Sousa's Band Band composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]332 10-in. 5/8/1902 Selections from A runaway girl Sousa's Band Band composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]486 7-in. 11/1/1900 Selections from A runaway girl Vess L. Ossman Banjo solo composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1100 7-in. 11/22/1901 Selections from The messenger boy Metropolitan Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1100 10-in. 11/22/1901 Selections from The messenger boy Metropolitan Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1178 7-in. 1/1/1902 The espada march Sousa's Band Band composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1178 10-in. 1/1/1902 The espada march Sousa's Band Band composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3232 10-in. 4/3/1901 Selections from A runaway girl Sousa's Band Band composer  
Victor B-683 10-in. 11/9/1903 Toreador song George Alexander Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor C-683 12-in. 11/9/1903 Toreador song George Alexander Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-2720 10-in. 9/5/1905 Queen of the ball waltz Sousa's Band Band composer  
Victor C-2720 12-in. 4/12/1906 Queen of the ball waltz Sousa's Band Band composer  
Victor B-2726 10-in. 9/6/1905 The earl and the girl : Selections Sousa's Band Band composer  
Victor B-3909 10-in. 10/18/1906 Experience Ada Jones Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-9535 12-in. 10/11/1910 Gems from Our Miss Gibbs Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-9905 12-in. 2/3/1911 Gems from Florodora Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-10022 10-in. 3/2/1911 By the Saskatchewan Haydn Quartet ; Reinald Werrenrath Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-10023 10-in. 3/2/1911 My beautiful lady Lucy Isabelle Marsh ; Victor Chorus Female vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra composer  
Victor B-10024 10-in. 3/2/1911 My beautiful lady Lucy Isabelle Marsh Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-10032 12-in. 3/7/1911 Gems from The pink lady Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-10164 12-in. 4/10/1911 Pink lady : Selection Victor Concert Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Victor C-10483 12-in. 6/1/1911 Pink lady waltzes Victor Dance Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Victor C-10998 12-in. 9/21/1911 Gems from A runaway girl Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-12510 10-in. 10/11/1912 Everything's at home except your wife Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-12613 12-in. 11/14/1912 Oh! Oh! Delphine Victor Concert Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Victor C-12671 12-in. 12/4/1912 Gems from Oh, oh, Delphine Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-14003 10-in. 10/28/1913 Just because it's you Olive Kline Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-14078 10-in. 11/14/1913 Thy mouth is a rose Elizabeth Wheeler Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-14079 10-in. 11/14/1913 Just because it's you Elizabeth Wheeler Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-14099 12-in. 11/19/1913 Gems from The little cafe Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-14178 10-in. 12/10/1913 Just because it's you Elsie Baker Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-15309 10-in. 10/28/1914 The sparkling Moselle Lyric Quartet Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-15310 10-in. 10/28/1914 Love moon Lyric Quartet Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-15536 10-in. 12/21/1914 The grey dove Margaret Romaine Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-15557 10-in. 12/30/1914 Ragtime temple bells Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-15584 12-in. 1/12/1915 Chin chin Victor Military Band Band composer  
Victor B-15596 10-in. 1/14/1915 Goodbye girls, I'm through Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy] Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra composer  
Victor C-15764 12-in. 3/5/1915 Gems from Chin chin Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-16766 10-in. 11/11/1915 Adiós, muchachas! Marimba Azul y Blanco Band composer  
Victor B-20838 10-in. 10/5/1917 Wait till the cows come home Harold Veo's Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Victor B-20876 10-in. 10/18/1917 Wait 'til the cows come home Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and orchestra composer  
Victor B-20877 10-in. 10/18/1917 Wait 'til the cows come home Alice Green ; Harry Macdonough Female-male vocal duet, with mixed vocal quartet and orchestra composer  
Victor B-20879 10-in. 10/18/1917 A sweetheart of my own Elizabeth Spencer Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal quartet and orchestra composer  
Victor C-21402 12-in. 1/2/1918 Gems from Jack O'Lantern Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-21450 10-in. 2/15/1918 Come and have a swing with me Mixed Quartet Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-21451 10-in. 2/15/1918 Knit, knit, knit Elsie Baker ; Olive Kline ; Lucy Isabelle Marsh Female vocal trio, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-22345 10-in. 12/16/1918 The girl behind the gun Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-22348 10-in. 12/16/1918 Canary Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-24563 10-in. 11/11/1920 Tip top Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-24702 10-in. 11/22/1920 Tip top Six Brown Brothers Saxophone sextet composer  
Victor BVE-39384 10-in. 11/5/1927 The island of love Mrs. L. M. Cramp Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-56122 10-in. 9/5/1929 Beautiful lady The Troubadours Orchestra composer  
Victor BS-75578 10-in. 3/27/1933 My beautiful lady Jesse Crawford Pipe organ solo composer  
Victor BS-071589 10-in. 10/28/1941 Beautiful lady Dick Leibert Organ solo composer  
Victor D7VB-0043 10-in. 1/15/1947 Goodbye girls, I'm through Three Suns Male vocal solo, with guitar, accordion, celeste, and organ songwriter  
Columbia 1134 7-in. ca. 1903 Toreador song Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 1134 10-in. ca. 1903 Toreador song Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 3220 10-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1905 The duchess of Dantzic : Selections Prince's Military Band Band composer  
Columbia 3522 10-in. between January and November 1906 Experience Ada Jones Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 19272 10-in. 4/7/1911 My beautiful lady Idelle Patterson Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 19362 10-in. 5/12/1911 By the Saskatchewan Andrea Sarto Male vocal solo and female vocal chorus, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 38377 10-in. 10/25/1912 Everything's at home except your wife Walter Van Brunt Male vocal solo and vocal chorus, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 38393 10-in. 11/4/1912 The Maxim girl Columbia Quartette ; Idelle Patterson Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 39636 10-in. 11/25/1914 Love moon Miriam Clark [i.e., Grace Kerns] ; John Barnes Wells Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 46316 10-in. 1/6/1916 Goodbye, girls, I'm through Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and orchestra composer  
Columbia 77420 10-in. 10/8/1917 Wait 'till the cows come home Henry Burr Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 77426 10-in. 10/9/1917 A sweetheart of my own James Harrod Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 77487 10-in. 11/3/1917 Wait till the cows come home Prince's Band Band composer  
Columbia 78226 10-in. 12/24/1918 Thousands of years ago Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 30683 12-in. 3/7/1911 Marriage a la carte Prince's Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Columbia 30777 12-in. ca. Jan.-Aug. 1911 My beautiful lady Grace Kerns Female vocal solo and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 30778 12-in. ca. Jan.-Aug. 1911 The pink lady : Selections Prince's Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Columbia 36479 12-in. 10/24/1912 Venus waltz Craig Campbell ; Grace Kerns Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 36502 12-in. 12/9/1912 Oh! Oh! Delphine : Vocal gems Columbia Light Opera Company Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 36830 12-in. ca. 1913 The little cafe : Waltzes Prince's Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Columbia 36831 12-in. ca. 1913 Just because it's you Grace Kerns Female vocal solo and vocal chorus, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 37103 12-in. 12/17/1914 Chin chin : Waltz Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson Band composer  
Columbia 37104 12-in. 12/17/1914 Good bye girls, I'm through Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson Band composer  
Columbia 37110 12-in. approximately 1914 Chin chin : Vocal gems Columbia Light Opera Company Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 49525 12-in. 10/11/1918 The girl behind the gun Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra Instrumental ensemble composer  
Columbia 49953 12-in. 3/24/1921 Where the lazy Mississippi flows The Metropolitan Dance Players Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 6325 12-in. approximately 1913 Gentleman of France Dalton Baker Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 25743 10-in. approximately 1905 The earl and the girl : Selection, part 3 London Military Band Band composer  
Columbia 74041 12-in. approximately April 1920 The shop girl, selection, part 1 Gaiety Theatre Orchestra ; Arthur Wood Orchestra composer  
Columbia 74042 12-in. approximately April 1920 The shop girl, selection, part 2 Gaiety Theatre Orchestra ; Arthur Wood Orchestra composer  
Columbia 74044 12-in. approximately 4/14/1920 Over the hills Gaiety Theatre Orchestra ; Nancie Lovat ; Arthur Wood Female vocal solo, with orchestra and chorus composer  
Columbia 74048 12-in. approximately 4/14/1920 Japanese duet Gaiety Theatre Orchestra ; Roy Royston ; Mamie Watson ; Arthur Wood Vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76476 12-in. approximately 1919 Kissing time, selection, part 1 Willie Redstone ; Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Columbia 76477 12-in. approximately 1919 Kissing time, selection, part 2 Willie Redstone ; Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Columbia 76478 12-in. either May or June 1919 The happy family Yvonne Arnaud ; George Grossmith Jr. ; Leslie Henson Vocal trio, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76479 12-in. either May or June 1919 Desertion George Grossmith Jr. Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76480 12-in. either May or June 1919 I like it Yvonne Arnaud ; George Grossmith Jr. ; Leslie Henson Vocal trio, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76481 12-in. either May or June 1919 Some day Phyllis Dare Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76482 12-in. either May or June 1919 Thousands of years ago Phyllis Dare Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76483 12-in. either May or June 1919 Joan and Peter Phyllis Dare ; George Grossmith Jr. Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76484 12-in. either May or June 1919 There's a light in your eye Phyllis Dare ; George Grossmith Jr. Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76485 12-in. either May or June 1919 A little touch of spring Leslie Henson ; Tom Walls Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76486 12-in. either May or June 1919 Don't fall in love with me Phyllis Dare ; Leslie Henson Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76487 12-in. approximately July 1919 Chiquita Yvonne Arnaud ; Willie Redstone ; Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76489 12-in. either May or June 1919 Motoring Leslie Henson Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76490 12-in. either May or June 1919 Women haven't any mercy on a man Leslie Henson Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 2809 10-in. Feb. 1914 Just because it's you Elizabeth Spencer Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 2941 10-in. between 4/7/1914 and 4/9/1914 Can we forget Harvey Hindermyer ; Elizabeth Spencer Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra composer  
Edison 3353 10-in. Oct. 1914 Love moon Elizabeth Spencer ; Walter Van Brunt Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra composer  
Edison 3357 10-in. Oct. 1914 Violet Mary Carson Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 3363 10-in. Oct. 1914 The grey dove Mary Carson Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 3440 10-in. November 1914 Goodbye, girls, I'm through Owen J. McCormack Baritone vocal solo and female vocal ensemble, with orchestra composer  
Edison 3473 10-in. Dec. 1914 Dolores Grace Hoffman Soprano vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra composer  
Edison 3504 10-in. 1/8/1915 Who cares? Helen Clark ; Joseph A. Phillips Vocal duet (contralto and baritone), with orchestra composer  
Edison 3724 10-in. 4/22/1915 My beautiful lady Elizabeth Spencer Female vocal solo and mixed vocal trio, with orchestra composer  
Edison 5860 10-in. 10/29/1917 Knit, knit, knit Helen Clark ; Marion Evelyn Cox ; Gladys Rice Female vocal trio, with orchestra composer  
Edison 5870 10-in. 11/7/1917 Jack O'Lantern Jaudas' Society Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 6417 10-in. between 10/10/1918 and 10/23/1918 Some day waiting will end Leola Lucey Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6433 10-in. 10/29/1918 The girl behind the gun Jaudas' Society Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 7597 10-in. 10/22/1920 Wonderful girl, wonderful boy Reese Jones ; Helen Bell Rush Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Edison 7859 10-in. 3/22/1921 Goodbye, girls, I'm through Joseph A. Phillips Baritone vocal solo and female vocal ensemble, with orchestra composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Caryll, Ivan," accessed May 1, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103994.

Caryll, Ivan. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103994.

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