My Beastly Eyeglass (Montague, Harold)

Composition Year 1908
Genre Categories Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; [3 more...]Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; English language

Sheet Music

Scores

Publisher. Info. London: Reynolds & Co., 1908. Plate R & Co. 1331.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes With special thanks to Jeff Howe. Both for his amazing book Secret Dover, which I used to research the composer, and for sending me the score without payment.
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  • Performances by Tom Clare (1876-1946):
Clare's 1912 recording. (0:23 afterwards)
Clare's 1932 Pathetone sound film. (Misatrributed as "My Bally Eyeglass" on the Pathetone title card. Hence the alternative title to clear things up.)

General Information

Work Title My Beastly Eyeglass
Alternative. Title My Bally Eyeglass
Composer Montague, Harold
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IHM 1
Key G major
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1908
First Performance. 1908
First Publication. 1908
Librettist Roland Henry (fl. 1900s)
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 4 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voice, piano
Extra Information A humorous song, about the comical minute struggles of an out-of-touch wealthy man with his monocle. Famously recorded by the music hall comic Tom Clare numerous times, both on record and on film.
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