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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

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-75 of 128 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
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  
(Results 51-75 of 128 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Caryll, Ivan," accessed April 30, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103994.

Caryll, Ivan. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 30, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103994.

"Caryll, Ivan." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 30 April 2024.

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