Richard Addinsell (1904-1977)
Richard
Addinsell was a British composer most famous for his composition
"Warsaw Concerto", which was written originally for the little-seen
1941 film Dangerous Moonlight. Addinsell's
education was sporadic. He didn't attend school, being
taught at home, and incomplete attempts at studying first Law and then
Music (at The Royal College of Music with periods in Berlin and Vienna)
were both abandoned without formal qualifications. In 1932
Addinsell composed the music for the Broadway adaptation
of Alice in Wonderland (revived in 1947, and produced for TV in 1955,
and again in 1983). He spent a couple of
years in the USA before returning to England, where he quickly found
partners in Clemence Dane and Gertrude Lawrence who sang many of his
songs. With Clemence Dane he created incidental music for Adam's
Opera.
He later was to team up with Joyce Grenfell writing more songs for
her
revue shows (during which he often accompanied her on the piano).
Addinsell made his film music debut in 1936, and scored over 40
films during a thirty-year career, until his retirement in 1965. He composed mainly at the piano, much of his work was
orchestrated by Roy Douglas. During
WW II, he served as an RAF bomber command navigator. His
style is very much what might be called "English Light Music" and his
music for films such as Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Tom Brown's
Schooldays is firmly traditional with hints of English folk music and
Elgar-like pride and pomp. Addinsell was versatile though, being able
to adapt to period dramas, thrillers, romances and comedies.- Movie Music U& mfiles
Regarding Addinsell's music for BBC radio plays and features (1940s-50s]:
. . . In all this endeavour, his method of working was the same. He would play what he had composed at the piano, making small notes of the outline of the material, but leaving the detailed work of arranging and orchestrating to other hands. This was nothing new. It had happened throughout musical history in some way or another. Even the 'greats', working against the clock, would pass such work to pupils, or in Bach's case, his 'family' to 'expand', and in the film world to this day, it is the norm. Addinsell's first collaborator was Roy Douglas, who had begun by 'doubling' for Vivien Leigh (on the virginals) in Fire Over England, and worked through to the middle of the war taking in most films (virtually all twenty documentaries) including Dangerous Moonlight, although not Mr Chips. Leonard Isaacs also worked with him on the stage shows Alice, and The Happy Hypocrite and several films including Fire Over England, and Blithe Spirit. The period from 1947 to 1957 is shrouded in some mystery, but it is a fair guess that Leighton Lucas was involved at some time, probably on Hitchcock's Under Capricorn, since he had worked extensively for Louis Levy since the thirties, and Levy conducted the score. From 1957 to 1965, his regular musical associate was Douglas Gamley.
- Naxos/Classics Online
COMPOSITIONS Addinsell Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
The Charlot Show of 1926, musical revue (1926) [music also by Noel Gay]
Adam's Opera, musical play (1928) [play by Clemence Dane] ["the text of a play set to music"]
The Good Companions, songs & incidental music (1931) [a staged version of J.B. Priestley's "The Good Companions"]
His Lordship, musical comedy film (1932) [music/lyrics by: Addinsell; Bergen; Clinton-Baddeley]
Alice in Wonderland, & Through the Looking-Glass, songs and incid. music (1932) [adapted by Eva Le Galliene & Flora Friebus]
see original program here (in "Alice in Wonderland" by Eva Le Gallienne, Florida Friebuse)
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, & Through the Looking-Glass, songs and incidental music (fp 1943; pub. 1948)
- Alice in Wonderland, & Through the Looking-Glass, songs & incid. music (revival, 1947) [cast recording here; opening here]
Come of Age: The Text of a Play in Music and Words, musical play (1933) [play by Clemence Dane]
L'Aiglon, incidental music (1934) [Rostand, adapted by Clemence Dane] ["a free adaptation in words and music"]
Moonlight is Silver, incidental music (1934)
Amateur Gentleman, film score (1936)
The Happy Hypocrite, A Play in Words and Music, [songs & incidental music] (1936) [lyrics: Clemence Dane]
South Riding, film score (1937)
Dark Journey (The Anxious Years), film score (1937)
Farewell Again (Troopship), film score (1937)
Fire Over England, film score (1937)
- Suite from "Fire Over England" (1937)
Vessel of Wrath (The Beachcomber), film score (1938)
The Lion Has Wings, propaganda feature film (1939)
- Cavalry of the Clouds, march, orchestra (1939)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, film score (1939)
- Goodbye Mr. Chips: Concert Suite, chorus and orchestra (1939)
Gaslight (Angel Street; Strange Case of Murder), film score (1939) [1940]
- Prelude: Gaslight, orchestra (1939) [1940]
Contraband (Blackout), film score (1940)
Britain at Bay, documentary film score (1940) [Britich Ministry Of Information film]
The Light of Heart, song and incidental music (1940)
All Clear, musical revue (pub. 1940)
Love on the Dole, film score (1941)
- Love on the Dole Suite (1941)
This England, film score (1941)
The Big Blockade, film score (1941)
Dangerous Moonlight (Suicide Squadron), film score (1941) [contains "Warsaw Concerto"]
- Warsaw Concerto, piano and orchestra (1941)
Green Belt, short documentary film score (1941; never used; score by Alwyn was used for film "Green Girdle"]
The Day Will Dawn (The Avengers), film score (1942)
- Teatime Music, piano and string orchestra (1942)
The Saviours: Seven Plays On One Theme, incidental music (1942) [cycle of religious plays for radio by Clemence Dane]
March of the United Nations, orchestra (1942) [1943?]
W.R.N.S. March, orchestra (1942) [1943?]
Sabotage at Sea, film score (1942) [uncredited]
Tune in G (1943; orchestrated w/piano (or harpsichord) obbligato, 1952)
Parisienne - 1885, orchestra (1943)
20 documentaries for the Ministry of Information, and similar organisations (1942-45)
Diary for Timothy, documentary film score (1945)
Blithe Spirit, film score (1945)
- Blithe Spirit: Prelude & Waltz, orchestra (1945)
Invocation, orchestra (1946) [for a BBC radio feature called "Journey to Romance"]
- Journey to Romance, piano and orchestra (1955; revised and adapted from "Invocation", 1946]
Trepass, incidental music (1947) [for Emlyn Williams' "Trespass"]
- Harmony for False Lovers, orchestra (1947) [from incidental music for "Trespass"]
- Festival, piano and orchestra (1947) [from incidental music for "Trespass"]
Tuppence Coloured, musical revue (1947)
- Tapestry [music by Richard Addinsell]
Under Capricorn, film score (1949)
The Passionate Friends (One Woman's Story), film score (1949)
- Lover's Moon, orchestra (1949) [from film "The Passionate Friends"]
Highly Dangerous, film score (1950)
The Black Rose, film score (1950)
- The Black Rose Suite, orchestra (1950)
Ring Round the Moon, incidental music (1950) [for Christopher Fry's (after J. Anouilh) "Ring Round the Moon"]
-Invitation Waltz, orchestra (1950) [from incidental music for "Ring Round the Moon"]
The Smokey Mountains Concerto, piano and orchestra (1950)
Tom Brown's Schooldays, film score (1951)
- Overture: Tom Brown's Schooldays, orchestra (1951)
Scrooge (A Christmas Carol), film score (1951)
- Suite: Scrooge, orchestra [w/opt chorus] (1951)
Encore, film score (1951)
- Miniature Overture, from "Encore", orchestra (1951)
Penny Plain, musical revue (1951)
The Globe Revue, musical revue (1952)
Sea Devils, film score (1953)
- Prologue: Sea Devils, orchestra (1953)
The Secret Cave, short film score (1953) [children's film based on a story by Thomas Hardy]
Macbeth, TV film score (1954) [1960?]
Beau Brummell, film score (1954) [credited to Addinsell; Miklos Rozsa scored main titles & closing sequences;
and according to modern reports, the entire score]
Out of the Clouds, film score (1955)
Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure, musical revue (1955)
Journey to Romance, piano and orchestra (1955; revised and adapted from "Invocation", 1946]
The Prince and the Showgirl, film score (1957) [originally titled "The Sleeping Prince"]
The Admirable Crichton (Paradise Lagoon), film score (1957)
- Dances from "The Admirable Crichton", orchestra (1957) [arr. by Philip Lane]
A Tale of Two Cities, film score (1958)
- A Tale of Two Cities: Theme, piano and orchestra (1958) [from film score]
Living for Pleasure, musical revue (1958) [lyrics: Arthur Macrae]
Southern Rhapsody, orchestra (1958) [the opening music composed for UK's Southern Television]
The Greengage Summer (Loss of Innocence), film score (1961)
- Loss of Innocence (Suite: The Greengage Summer), orchestra (1961)
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, film score (1961)
Waltz of the Toreadors (The Amorous General), film score (1962) [based on the Jean Anouilh play]
The War Lover, film score (1962)
Life at the Top, film score (1965)
Learn to Loosen (The Music's Message), voice and piano (1965) [text: Joyce Grenfell]
The Isle of Apples, orchestra (n.d./1960s) [found after Addinsell's death wrapped with another work]
Pantion Waltz, [orchestra] (????)
March of the RAF Regiment, orchestra (????)
WORKS BY GENRE Addinsell Links ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
The Charlot Show of 1926, musical revue (1926) [music also by Noel Gay]
- The Elevator Belle [music: Noel Gay?]
- Friendly Ghosts
- The Good Little Girl and the Bad Little Girl [music: Noel Gay]
- Journey's End [music: Noel Gay?]
- Silly Little Hill
- Ukelele Liza Brown [music: Noel Gay?]
- When the 'Ansom Cabs Was Lined Up on the Ranks [music: Noel Gay?]
- Whimsical Pedlar
Adam's Opera, musical play (1928) [play by Clemence Dane] ["the text of a play set to music"]
The Good Companions, songs & incidental music (1931) [a staged version of J.B. Priestley's "The Good Companions"]
- Going Home, song (1931) [lyrics: Frank Eyton; from "The Good Companions", 1931] ["I'm Coming Home"?]
- Slippin' (Slipping) Round the Corner, song (1931) [lyrics: Harry Graham] [from "L'Aiglon/Good Companions", 1931]
- [others?]
His Lordship, musical comedy film (1932) [music/lyrics by: Addinsell; Bergen; Clinton-Baddeley]
Alice in Wonderland, & Through the Looking-Glass, songs and incid. music (1932) [adapted by Eva Le Galliene & Flora Friebus]
see original program here (in "Alice in Wonderland" by Eva Le Gallienne, Florida Friebuse)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, & Through the Looking-Glass, songs and incidental music (fp 1943; pub. 1948)
[dramatised by Clemence Dane]
Alice in Wonderland, & Through the Looking-Glass, songs & incid. music (revival, 1947) [cast recording here; opening here]
[adapted by Eva Le Galliene & Flora Friebus]
- Opening into "A boat beneath a sunny sky" / "Jabberwocky"
- The White Rabbit; The Pool of Tears; The Caucus Race
- The Caterpillar "You are old, father William"
- The Footmen "Speak roughly to your little boy"; The Cheshire Cat
- The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
- The Gryphon and the Mock Turtle ; "Will you walk a little faster?"; "Turtle soup"
- The Trial; "They told me you had been to her"
- The Red Queen
- The White Queen
- Humpty Dumpty
- The White Knight; "A sitting on a gate"
- The Red Queen and the White Queen; "Lullaby"
- Queen Alice; "To the looking-glass world"
- The End of Looking Glass World; "A boat beneath a sunny sky": reprise
Also listings as:
Alice in Wonderland
- A Boat Beneath A Sunny Sky
- How Doth The Little Crocodile?
- You Are Old, Father William
- Speak Roughly To Your Little Boy
- Will You Walk A Little Faster?
- Beautiful Soup
- They Told Me You Had Been To Her / Finale
Alice Through the Looking-Glass
- Introductory Music
- The Walrus And The Carpenter
- The Lion And The Unicorn
- I'll Tell Thee Everything I Know
- To The Looking-Glass World / Finale
- The Trial Scene [from "Alice in Wonderland] [ASCAP listing]
Come of Age: The Text of a Play in Music and Words, musical play (1933) [play by Clemence Dane]
Act 1
- The River Song
- The River Song (Reprise)
- I Come Out of a Dream
- I Came to Your Room
- The Golden Peri-banou
Act 2
- I Come Out of a Dream (Reprise)
- Too Much Work
- I'm Afraid of the Dark
Act 3
- I'm Afraid of the Dark (Reprise)
- The River Song (Reprise)
- The River Song (Reprise)
L'Aiglon, incidental music (1934) [Rostand, adapted by Clemence Dane] ["a free adaptation in words and music"]
The Happy Hypocrite, A Play in Words and Music, [songs & incidental music] (1936) [lyrics: Clemence Dane]
All Clear, musical revue (pub. 1940)
Tuppence Coloured, musical revue (1947) see full song list here
- The Countess of Coteley, song (1947) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from the revue "Tuppence Coloured"]
- A Jabberwocky Song, song (1947) [lyrics: Leonard Gershe; from "Tuppence Coloured"]
- Three Wishes, song (1947) [lyrics: Arthur Macrae; from the revue "Tuppence Coloured"]
- Tapestry [music by Richard Addinsell]
- I Like Life, song (1947) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from the revue "Tuppence Coloured"]
- Poodle's Lament, song (1947) [lurics: Arthur Macrae; from the revue "Tuppence Coloured"]
- Sing Sweet Nightingale, song (1947) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from the revue "Tuppence Coloured"] ["Sweet, Sweet Nightingale"]
- Sing, Child, Sing, song (1947) [lyrics: Leonard Gershe; from "Tuppence Coloured"]
Penny Plain, musical revue (1951) see full song list here
- Penny Plain, song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; ; from Lauier Lister's revue "Penny Plain"] ["Penny Plan"?]
- A Moment with Tennyson, song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Lauier Lister's revue "Penny Plain"]
- Running Commentary, song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Lauier Lister's revue "Penny Plain"]
- Keepsake, song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Lauier Lister's revue "Penny Plain"]
- Finale (from "Penny Plain", song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Lauier Lister's revue "Penny Plain"]
The Globe Revue, musical revue (1952)
Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure, musical revue (1955)
Act 1
- Welcome
- Three's Company (Music By George Bauer)
- The Music's Message, song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Lauier Lister's revue "Penny Plain"]
- Edinbugh Rock (music By Richard Addinsell)
- Two Loves (Music By Joan Chorlton and Douglas Gamlin)
- Basquette (Music By William Blezard)
- Period Piece, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
- Heart Ride (Lyrics By Oliver Bernard) (Music By Terry Stanford)
- Nothing to Do (Music By A. Reif)
- Favour (Music By Donald Swann)
- Three Brothers, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
- Palais Dancers, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
- Just the Way You Are (Walt Disney music)
- I'll Lend You Everything I've Got Except My Wife (Havez/Tilzer) [from "Ziegfeld Follies of 1910"]
- My Little Home in Tennessee (Music By Carson J. Robeson)
Act 2
- Slap Happy (Begin the Beguine composed by Cole Porter)
- Manana (Music By William Blezard)
- Running Commentary, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
- Ordinary Morning, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
- Paddy's Nightmare (Music By Malcolm Arnold)
- Songs My Mother Taught Me (Music arranged by Viola Tunnard)
- Three in Time (Music By Dennis Holloway)
- Envoi (Music By Ralph Freed)
- Farewell
Living for Pleasure, musical revue (1958) [lyrics: Arthur Macrae]
- Living for Pleasure, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- Book Ends, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- Alone With a Love Song, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- The Lady, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- Mr. Wrong, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- No Ball, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- Dustbin Follies, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- Sloane Street Ladies, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- The Pretty Miss Brown (The Two Miss Browns) , song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- Shepherding Sheep, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- Lost Without Your Love, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- Friends, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- Love You Good - Love You Right, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- No Better Than I Should Be, song (1958) [from "Living for Pleasure", 1958]
- Living for Pleasure (Finale)
Orchestra
Suite from "Fire Over England" (1937)
Cavalry of the Clouds, march, orchestra (1939) [from "The Lion Has Wings" 1939]
Prelude: Gaslight, orchestra (1939) [1940]
Love on the Dole Suite (1941)
March of the United Nations, orchestra (1942) [1943?]
W.R.N.S. March, orchestra (1942) [1943?]
Parisienne - 1885, orchestra (1943)
Blithe Spirit: Prelude & Waltz, orchestra (1945)
Invocation, orchestra (1946) [for a BBC radio feature called "Journey to Romance"]
Harmony for False Lovers, orchestra (1947) [from incidental music for "Trespass"]
Lover's Moon, orchestra (1949) [from film "The Passionate Friends"]
The Black Rose Suite, orchestra (1950) [from film]
Overture: Tom Brown's Schooldays, orchestra (1951) [from film]
Suite: Scrooge, orchestra [w/opt chorus] (1951) [from film]
Miniature Overture, from "Encore", orchestra (1951) [from film]
Prologue: Sea Devils, orchestra (1953) [from film]
Dances from "The Admirable Crichton", orchestra (1957) [arr. by Philip Lane] [from film]
Southern Rhapsody, orchestra (1958) [the opening music composed for UK's Southern Television]
Loss of Innocence (Suite: The Greengage Summer), orchestra (1961) [from film]
The Isle of Apples, orchestra (n.d./1960s) [found after Addinsell's death wrapped with another work]
Pantion Waltz, [orchestra] (????)
March of the RAF Regiment, orchestra (????)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Warsaw Concerto, piano and orchestra (1941) [from film "Dangerous Moonlight/Suicide Squadron", 1941]
Teatime Music, piano and string orchestra (1942) [from film "The Day Will Dawn/The Avengers", film score, 1942]
Tune in G (1943; orchestrated w/piano (or harpsichord) obbligato, 1952)
Journey to Romance, piano and orchestra (1955; revised and adapted from "Invocation", 1946]
Festival, piano and orchestra (1947) [from incidental music for "Trespass"]
Invitation Waltz, orchestra (1950) [from incidental music for "Ring Round the Moon"]
The Smokey Mountains Concerto, piano and orchestra (1950)
A Tale of Two Cities: Theme, piano and orchestra (1958) [from film score] [from film]
Chorus w/Orchestra
Goodbye Mr. Chips: Concert Suite, chorus and orchestra (1939)
Vocal
see Complete Songs Listing
Film Scores
Amateur Gentleman, film score (1936)
South Riding, film score (1937)
Dark Journey (The Anxious Years), film score (1937)
Farewell Again (Troopship), film score (1937)
Fire Over England, film score (1937)
Vessel of Wrath (The Beachcomber), film score (1938)
The Lion Has Wings, propaganda feature film (1939)
Clouds Over Europe (Q Planes), film score (1939) [uncredited]
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, film score (1939)
Gaslight (Angel Street; Strange Case of Murder), film score (1939) [1940]
Contraband (Blackout), film score (1940)
Britain at Bay, documentary film score (1940) [Britich Ministry Of Information film]
Love on the Dole, film score (1941)
This England, film score (1941)
The Big Blockade, film score (1941)
Dangerous Moonlight (Suicide Squadron), film score (1941) [contains "Warsaw Concerto"]
Green Belt, short documentary film score (1941; never used; score by Alwyn was used for film "Green Girdle"]
The Day Will Dawn (The Avengers), film score (1942)
Sabotage at Sea, film score (1942) [uncredited]
20 documentaries for the Ministry of Information, and similar organisations (1942-45)
Diary for Timothy, documentary film score (1945)
Blithe Spirit, film score (1945)
Under Capricorn, film score (1949) [director: Alfred Hitchcock]
The Passionate Friends (One Woman's Story), film score (1949) [director: David Lean]
Highly Dangerous, film score (1950)
The Black Rose, film score (1950)
Tom Brown's Schooldays, film score (1951)
Scrooge (A Christmas Carol), film score (1951)
Encore, film score (1951)
Sea Devils, film score (1953)
The Secret Cave, short film score (1953) [children's film based on a story by Thomas Hardy]
Macbeth, TV film score (1954) [1960?]
Beau Brummell, film score (1954) [credited to Addinsell; Miklos Rozsa scored main titles & closing sequences;
and according to modern reports, the entire score]
Out of the Clouds, film score (1955)
The Prince and the Showgirl, film score (1957) [originally titled "The Sleeping Prince"]
The Admirable Crichton (Paradise Lagoon), film score (1957)
A Tale of Two Cities, film score (1958)
The Greengage Summer (Loss of Innocence), film score (1961)
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, film score (1961)
Waltz of the Toreadors (The Amorous General), film score (1962) [based on the Jean Anouilh play]
The War Lover, film score (1962)
Life at the Top, film score (1965)
The Mayfly And The Frog, incidental music for radio (1966)
Incidental
Moonlight is Silver, incidental music (1934)
L'Aiglon, incidental music (1934) [Rostand, adapted by Clemence Dane] ["a free adaptation in words and music"]
The Light of Heart, song and incidental music (1940)
The Saviours: Seven Plays On One Theme, incidental music (1942) [cycle of religious plays for radio by Clemence Dane]
- Merlin
- The Hope of Britain
- England's Darling
- The May King
- The Light of Britain
- Remember Nelson
- The Unknown Soldier
Invocation, orchestra (1946) [for a BBC radio feature called "Journey to Romance"]
Trepass, incidental music (1947) [for Emlyn Williams' "Trespass"]
- Harmony for False Lovers, orchestra (1947) [from incidental music for "Trespass"]
- Festival, orchestra (1947) [from incidental music for "Trespass"]
Ring Round the Moon, incidental music (1950) [for Christopher Fry's (after J. Anouilh) "Ring Round the Moon"]
- Prelude
- Two-Step
- Invitation Waltz, orchestra (1950) [from incidental music for "Ring Round the Moon"]
- Tango
- Light Waltz
- Polka
- Sad Waltz
- Galop
The Mayfly And The Frog, incidental music for radio (1966)
RICHARD ADDINSELL LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Joyce Grenfell, 1910-1979 (Judy Harris)
Memorandum Submitted by the Richard S Addinsell Will Trust (parliament.uk)
Rediffusion's Blithe Spirit (Richard Elen, www.ambisonic.net)
Richard Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto (Chad Hille, Classy Classical)
Composer website (at Chester Novello) . . . inquire about Richard Addinsell:
Addinsell @ Wikipedia
Addinsell @ Answers.com
Addinsell @ BFI Screenonline (via google)
Addinsell @ Big Bands Database Plus
Addinsell @ Chester Novello
Addinsell @ Cinemusic.de IN GERMAN
Addinsell @ CITWF / Complete Index to World Film
Addinsell @ Classical Archives
Addinsell @ Classical Composers Database
Addinsell @ Classical Music: The Listener's Companion (Alexander J. Morin)
Addinsell @ Classical Net (via google)
Addinsell @ ClassicsToday
Addinsell @ Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music (R. Musiker, et al, Greenwood Pub, books.google.com)
Addinsell @ Dilettante Music
Addinsell @ Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers
Addinsell @ Facebook
Addinsell @ Fandango
Addinsell @ Filmbug
Addinsell @ Film Reference
Addinsell @ Film Score Monthly (via google)
Addinsell @ Find a Grave
Addinsell @ IBDB (Internet Broadway Database)
Addinsell @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Addinsell @ InstantEncore
Addinsell @ Karadar Classical Music
Addinsell @ mfiles
Addinsell @ Movie Music UK
Addinsell @ MusicBrainz
Addinsell @ MusicWeb International
Addinsell @ Naxos
Addinsell @ The New York Times
Addinsell @ REC Music Foundation /The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Addinsell @ Screen Archives Entertainment/Film Score Monthly also here
Addinsell @ screenonline (via google)
Addinsell @ SoundtrackCollector
Addinsell @ SoundtrackNet (via google)
Addinsell @ SoundUnwound
Addinsell @ Tuner Classic Movies also here (via google)
Addinsell @ University of Bristol Theatre Collection
Publisher
Addinsell @ Chester Novello
Streaming Audio
Addinsell @ Classical Archives
Addinsell @ Kunst der Fuge
Addinsell @ last.fm
Addinsell @ Rhapsody
Recordings
Addinsell @ ArkivMusic
Addinsell @ ClassicsOnline
Addinsell @ Discogs
Video
Addinsell @ YouTube
Addinsell @ Google Video
Addinsell @ Vimeo
"Complete" Song Listing (but definitely not definitive)
[under construction]
All My Tomorrows Lead Me To You, song (1944) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Ammunition for the Stockholm, [song?] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
And Now My Song Is Ended, song (c. 1964) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; fifth part of "Five Encores"]
Anything Is Likely at Tea Time, song (1926) [lyrics: Rowland Leigh]
As the Holly Groweth Green, [song?] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
A Sitting on a Gate, song [from "Alice in Wonderland"]
Ballad, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Barbara Allen, song (arr. of folksong) (1951) [from "Scrooge/A Christmas Carol"]
Beacons, [song?] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Beautiful Soup, song (1943) [from "Alice in Wonderland"] [same as "Turtle Soup'???]
Birthday Song, [song?] (????) [w/Joseph Henry Mendoza] [ASCAP listing only]
A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky, song (1943) [from "Alice in Wonderland"]
Bring Back the Silence (Battle Cry), song (1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Brookfield (School) Song, [song?] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Canteen Con, song (????) [lyrics: Paddy Browne] [ASCAP listing only]
The Countess of Coteley, song (1947) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from the revue "Tuppence Coloured"]
Dear Francois, song (1959) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Derrydocks, song (1936) [lyrics: Clemence Dane; from "The Happy Hypocrite"]
Deutschland Uber Alles (Austrian National Anthem) (arr. of song) (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Did We Meet or Was It a Dream, song (????) [lyrics: Clemence Dane]
Don't Let's Say Goodbye, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Drifting, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Duet, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell] [ASCAP listing only]
Edinburgh Rock, [song?] (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell?]
Escape Theme, [????] [ASCAP listing only]
Ethel, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure"]
Fiesta, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell] [ASCAP listing only]
Final Song, song (????) [lyrics: Joseph Henry Mendoza]
Finale (from "Penny Plain", song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Lauier Lister's revue "Penny Plain"]
First Love and Last Love, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell] [ASCAP listing only]
Five Encores, songs (c. 1964)
- Meaningless Song, song (c. 1964) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; part of "Five Encores"]
- French Bergerette, song (c. 1964) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; part of "Five Encores"]
- Willie-Waddle, song (c. 1964) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; part of "Five Encores"]
- The Shepherd, song (c. 1964) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; part of "Five Encores"]
- And Now My Song Is Ended, song (c. 1964) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; part of "Five Encores"]
Five Opening Numbers, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell] [ASCAP listing only]
Flame, [song?] [w/Jack Fishman & Sonny Terry]
Forgotten Tears, song (????) [lyrics: Leonard Isaacs] [ASCAP listing only]
Freda and Eric, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
French Bergerette, song (c. 1964) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; second part of "Five Encores"]
Friendly Ghosts, song (1926) [from "The Charlot Show of 1926"]
Front Line 51, [????] [ASCAP listing only]
Galloping Comedians, [????] [ASCAP listing only]
Geh Deinen Weg - see "The World Outside"
Going Home, song (1931) [lyrics: Frank Eyton; from "The Good Companions", 1931]
Going to See You Today, song (1942)
Going to the Countess Lindestrumand, [????] [ASCAP listing only]
The Golden Peribanou (Golden Peri-banou), song (1934) [lyrics: Clemence Dane; from "Come of Age"]
Golden Wedding, song (1959) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Gypsy, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Ha Ha, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Happy Hello, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Ha Ha, song (c. 1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Wrong Songs for Wrong Singers"]
Happy Hello (Hello Song), song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Hat, song (1945) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Noel Coward's revue "Sigh No More"]
Holiday, song (1945) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Noel Coward's revue "Sigh No More"]
Hold Your Hats On!, song (1942) [lyrics: Sonny Miller] [French version: "Tiens ton chapeau"; Tony Etienne]
Home Sweet Home, [song?] (????) [lyrics: Henry Rowley Bishop & Howard John Payne]
Hostess; Farewell, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure"]
How Doth The Little Crocodile? [from "Alice in Wonderland"]
How Now, Brown Cow, song (1926) [lyrics: Rowland Leigh]
Hymn, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
I Came to Your Room, song (1934) [lyrics: Clemence Dane; from "Come of Age"]
I Come Out of a Dream, song (1934) [lyrics: Clemence Dane; from "Come of Age"]
I Don't Arf Luv Yer, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell] [ASCAP listing only]
I Feel Kinda Clean, song (c. 1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Wrong Songs for Wrong Singers"]
I Found A Dream, song (1957) [lyrics: Christopher Hassall; from "The Prince and the Showgirl"]
I Like Life, song (1947) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from the revue "Tuppence Coloured"]
I'll Tell Thee Everything I Know, song [from "Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass"]
I'm Afraid of the Dark,, song (1934) [lyrics: Clemence Dane; from "Come of Age"]
I'm Going to See You Today, song (1942) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
I Wouldn't Go Back to the World I Knew, song (1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
I'se Standing on the (in a?) Corner, song (c. 1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Wrong Songs for Wrong Singers"]
Inanimate Objects, [song?] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Into Battle A March for Fighting, [????] (????)
It's Almost Tomorrow, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure"]
A Jabberwocky Song, song (1947) [lyrics: Leonard Gershe; from "Tuppence Coloured"]
Keepsake, song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Lauier Lister's revue "Penny Plain"]
Learn to Loosen (The Music's Message), voice and piano (1965) [text: Joyce Grenfell]
Leave It on the Tray, song (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Let's All Go Dancing, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Life Goes On, song (????) [lyrics: Christopher Hassall; John Winston Lennon; Paul James McCartney]
The Light of Heart, song (1940) [from the play "The Light of Heart']
The Lion and the Unicorn, song [from "Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass"]
Little Miss Danger, song (????) [lyrics: Rowland Leigh] [ASCAP listing only]
London Scottish, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Look At Me, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Look Back in Anger, [????] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Love at Last, song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from the film "Encore"]
Love in a Lift, song (????) [lyrics: Rowland Leigh; Donovan Parsons] [ASCAP listing only]
Lovely Bunch of Boys, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell] [ASCAP listing only]
Lullaby, song [from "Alice in Wonderland"] ["Red Queen Lullaby"]
Lullaby Balloon, [????] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Magic Song, song (????) [lyrics: Joseph Henry Mendoza] [ASCAP listing only]
Maud (A Moment with Tennyson), song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell] [from "Penny Plain"]
Me and My Boyfriend, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell] [ASCAP listing only]
Meaningless Song, song (c. 1964) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; first part of "Five Encores"]
Mediocre Waltz, song (????) [text: Joyce Grenfell]
Mill Song, song (????) [lyrics: Joseph Henry Mendoza] [ASCAP listing only]
Mind You I Don't Say Nowt, song (c. 1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Wrong Songs for Wrong Singers"]
Mock Turtle Song - see "Will You Walk a Little Faster?" from "Alice in Wonderland"
A Moment with Tennyson, song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Lauier Lister's revue "Penny Plain"]
Moonlight Is Silver, song (1934) [lyrics: Clemence Dane]
Mountain Music, [????] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Mrs Mendlicote, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure"]
Mulberry Bush, [folksong arrangement?] (????)
Music for Martin, [????] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
The Music's Message, song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Lauier Lister's revue "Penny Plain"]
My Heart's Light As Air, song (1946) [sometimes listed as "My Heart's As Light as Air"] [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
My Love is an Arbutus, [????] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Neurosis in Bloom, [????] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
New Finale Song (Now the Evening's Over), song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Nursery School (Flowers), song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
O Magnum Mysterium, {????] (????) [arrangement of work by Tomás Luis de Victoria]
Oh! Mr Du Maurier, song (1945) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Noel Coward's revue "Sigh No More"]
Old Time (Tyme) Dancing, song (c. 1964) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell] [or "Stately As a Galleon (Falcon)"]
Old Tyme Dancing - see "Old Time Dancing"
One Magic Wish (On the Evening Star), song (1949) [lyrics: Kay Twomey]
Opening Numbers, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Oranges and Lemons, [folksong arrangement?] (????)
Ordinary Morning, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure"]
Organ Music, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Out of Sight, Out of Mind, song (????) [lyrics: Clemence Dane]
Palais Dancers, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Patients Are In, [????] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Penny Plain, song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Lauier Lister's revue "Penny Plain"]
Penny's Not a Penny Anymore, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Period Piece, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure"]
Person Needs a Friend, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Picture Postcard, song (1950) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Poodle's Lament, song (1947) [lurics: Arthur Macrae; from the revue "Tuppence Coloured"]
Pop-song, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Quaint Little Shop, song (c. 1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Wrong Songs for Wrong Singers"]
Rainy Days, song (????) [lyrics: Rowland Leigh] [ASCAP listing only]
Rebound, [????] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Red Queen Lullaby, song [from "Alice in Wonderland"] ["Lullaby"]
The River Song, song (1934) [lyrics: Clemence Dane; from "Come of Age"]
Rivers to Cross, song (????) [lyrics: Rowland Leigh] [ASCAP listing only]
Rolling Deep, song (1926) [lyrics: Rowland Leigh] [ASCAP listing only]
Room For Another Inside, song (????) [lyrics: Paul Dehn]
Running Commentary, song (1951) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from Lauier Lister's revue "Penny Plain"]
The Shepherd, song (c. 1964) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; fourth part of "Five Encores"]
Sic transit gloria, song (pub. 1940) [from "All Clear"] [lyrics: Arthur Macrae]
Silent Night, [song arrangement?] [ASCAP listing only]
Silly Little Hill, song (1926) [lyrics: Leigh Rowland; from "The Charlot Show of 1926"]
Sing, Child, Sing, song (1947) [lyrics: Leonard Gershe; from "Tuppence Coloured"]
Sing Sweet Nightingale, song (1947) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from the revue "Tuppence Coloured"] ["Sweet, Sweet Nightingale"]
Sir Roger de Coverly, [folksong arrangement?] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
A Sitting on a Gate, song [from "Alice in Wonderland"]
Six Months, [????] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Slippin' (Slipping) Round the Corner, song (1931) [lyrics: Harry Graham] [from "The Good Companions", 1931]
Slow Tune, [????] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Small Bare Room, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Someday, song (1943) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Songs From Many Lands, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure"]
The Spanish Lady, song
Speak Roughly toYour Little Boy, song [from "Alice in Wonderland"]
Stately As a Galleon - see "Old Time Dancing"
Sweet Belinda, song (1957?) [lyrics: Arthur Macrae]
There is Nothing New to Tell You, song (1943) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
There Isn't Anyone in the World (You Are Mine), song (1946) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
There's Nothing To Tell You, song
There's Someone in France, song (????) [ASCAP listing only]
They Say (Theme from "The War Lover), song (1962) [lyrics: Mack David]
They Told Me You Had Been to Her, song [from "Alice in Wonderland"]
Think of a Stranger, song (1961) [from the film "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone"]
Three Brothers, song (1954) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure"]
Three Wishes, song (1947) [lyrics: Arthur Macrae; from the revue "Tuppence Coloured"]
Tiens ton chapeau - see "Hold Your Hats On"
Time, song (1962) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Tiny Tim's Tune, [song?] (1951) [from "Scrooge/A Christmas Carol"]
To the Looking-Glass World, song [from "Alice in Wonderland"]
Too Much Work, song (1934) [lyrics: Clemence Dane; from "Come of Age"]
Torch Song, song (1963?) [lyrics: Arthur Macrae]
Turn Back the Clock, song (1943) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Turtle Soup, song [from "Alice in Wonderland"] [same as "Beautiful Soup"???]
Underprivileged, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Unknown Warrior, [song?] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
W H A, song (????) [lyrics: Virginia Graham] [ASCAP listing only]
Wagner, [song?] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
Walrus and the Carpenter, song [from "Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass"]
What Shall I Wear This Bright Morning?, song (c. 1964) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
What's Cooking, [song?] (????) [ASCAP listing only]
What's New in the News, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell] [ASCAP listing only]
When You Go, song (1946) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Whistle a Happy Refrain, song (1939) [lyrics: Daily Paskman] [music in collab. w/Bert Reisfeld]
Wife's Song (All We Ask Is Kindness), song (1957) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Will You Walk a Little Faster?, song [from "Alice in Wonderland"]
Willie-Waddle, song (c. 1964) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; third part of "Five Encores"]
Woman On the Bus (If I Had a Wish), song (1957) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
The World Outside, song (pub. 1958) [lyrics: Carl Sigman] [adapted from the main theme of the "Warsaw Concerto", 1941]
Wrong Songs for Wrong Singers, or Songs to Make You Sick, songs (c. 1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
- Quaint Little Shop, song (c. 1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Wrong Songs for Wrong Singers"]
- Ha Ha, song (c. 1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Wrong Songs for Wrong Singers"]
- I'se Standing on the Corner, song (c. 1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Wrong Songs for Wrong Singers"]
- Mind You I Don't Say Nowt, song (c. 1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Wrong Songs for Wrong Singers"]
- I Feel Kinda Clean, song (c. 1965) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell; from "Wrong Songs for Wrong Singers"]
You Are Mine - see There Isn't Anyone in the World
You Are Old, Father William, song [from "Alice in Wonderland"]
You Give Me Pleasure, song (????) [lyrics: Joyce Grenfell]
Your Face in the Crowd, song (????) [lyrics: Nicholas Phipps] [ASCAP listing only]
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