| Composition Year | 1899 |
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| Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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| Work Title | Commissionaire |
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| Alternative. Title | The Commissionaire |
| Composer | Hastings, Ernest |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IEH 7 |
| Key | B-flat major |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1899 |
| First Performance. | 15th November 1899 at the Albion Hotel. |
| First Publication. | 1899 |
| Librettist | Charles Henry Taylor (1859–1907) |
| Language | English |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | voice, piano |
| Extra Information | Perhaps the earliest example of Ernest's music. This song was the one that made local papers with the lyrics being published and Hastings becoming a popular name after he played this song at a Lewis Waller Dramatic Club smoking concert to "raptuorous applause". |
