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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 (Results 26-50 of 128 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
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  
(Results 26-50 of 128 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Caryll, Ivan," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103994.

Caryll, Ivan. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103994.

"Caryll, Ivan." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.

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