Click here to return to main Piano Music Archive page  Babette (Valse) Composed by Cecil Webb-Johnson Published by Herman Darewski Music Publishing Co, London WC2 (1920)  Published by W Paxton & Co Ltd, 95 new Oxford St, WC1  Published by The London Music Publishing Stores, 22 London Street, London EC The Baden-Powell of the title is presumably Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), the army general who founded the Scout Movement.  Bal Masque Composed by Percy E Fletcher Published by Hawkes & Son, Denman Street, Piccadilly Circus, London W (1914)   Balladetta Composed by Casa del Sarto (Op 96) Edited by Edward Isaacs, Mus B Published by H F Swift, 367 Cheetham Road, Manchester (1915)  Ballet Egyptien Composed by Alexandre Luigini (Piano transcription) Published by L Grus & Cie, 65bis rue Miromesnil & 33 rue de la Bienfaisance, Paris (n.d.) Click to view pages:  The Beating of My Own Heart (song composed by G A Macfarren, arranged for pianoforte by Jos. Rummel) Published by Cramer & Co Ltd, 201 Regent Street, London (n.d.)  Beatrice Polka (Bagatelles, No 5) Composed by A R Reinagle Published by Robert Cocks & Co, New Burlington Street, Regent Street, London W (n.d.) The titles of the Five Bagatelles are: A Scotch Dance; The Frederiksberg Polka; The Merry Laugh Polka; The Rosenberg Polka; The Beatrice Polka; Valse Militaire.  Beautiful Ohio (Waltz) Composed by Mary Earl  Bella Adorata Incognita: No 1 of Six Favourite Airs from Mercadante's opera Il Giuramento arranged for the pianoforte by Edward F Rimbault Pub. Chappell & Co, 49 & 50 New Bond Street, London (n.d.) Il Giuramento (The Oath) was first performed at La Scala, Milan, in 1837. It was based on Victor Hugo's play Angelo, Tyrant of Padua, with libretto by Gaetano Rossi, and was widely performed over the next decade.  La Belle Siberienne (Polka) Composed by Heinrich Steihl [sic - properly Stiehl] Pub. Cramer, Beale & Chappell, 199 & 201 Regent Street & 67 Conduit Street, London (n.d.)  Bells across the Meadows (Characteristic Intermezzo) Composed by Albert W Ketelbey Pub. Keith Prowse & Co Ltd, London W1 (1921)  in: Compositions by Halfdan Kjerulf, Pianoforte Album No 9, edited by Berthold Tours, published by Novello, Ewer & Co (n.d.)  Berlin Polka Composed by Ezra Read Pub. The London Music Publishing Stores, 22 London street, London EC (n.d.)  Pub. Chappell & Co Ltd, 50 New Bond Street, London W Betty (1915) was a musical comedy based on the book by Frederick Lonsdale and Gladys Unger, with lyrics by Adrian Ross and Rubens. It opened in Manchester in 1914, transferring to London in 1915 where it ran for 394 performances. It also had a New York run in 1916. It tells the story of a kitchen maid who marries the Earl of Beverley.  The Bing Boys Are Here: Selection Music composed by Nat D Ayer, arranged by Sydney Baynes Pub. B Feldman & Co, 2, 3 & 4 Arthur Street, New Oxford Street, London WC (1916) The Bing Boys are Here, described as 'a picture of London life in a prologue and six panels, opened in London in 1916, the first of three linked revues. It ran for 378 performances and starred George Robey, Violet Lorraine and Alfred Lester. The Bing Boys of the title came from the fictional village of Binghampton and the show details some of their adventures in London. Titles included in the selection are: Entrance of the Bing Boys; Rustic Dance; If you were the only girl in the world; Come round London with me; Another little drink won't do us any harm; The Whistler Dance; Ring-a-Ling; Opening Chorus Act 2; On the right side of Bond Street; The Kiss Trot; Dear Old Shepherds Bush; The Kipling Walk; I start my day over again; Ragging the Dog dance; That languid melody; The Hyde Park Girl. On the Right Side of Bond Street and The Kiss Trot are credited to [Philip] Braham. The text was by George Grossmith Jr and Fred Thompson, based on Rip and Bousquet's Le Fils Touffe. Lyrics were by Clifford Grey, music by Nat D Ayer, with additional material by Braham and possibly others.  Blumenlied (Song of the Flowers) Composed by Gustav Lange (Op 39) Pub. Bowerman & Co Ltd, 182 Wardour St, London W1  Bobbing Around (Polka): introducing the popular airs Bobbing Aorund, Polly Won't You try Me Oh, known as Keemo Kimo, arranged by W Grilliers Pub. W Young, 18A Maddox Street, Regent Street  Pub. Francis, Day & Hunter, 138-140 Charing Cross Road, London WC2 (1908)  Britain's Star of Victory (waltz) composed by Louis V Armadell Pub Newman Publishing Co, 7 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London W1 (n.d.)  The British Empire: Fantasia on popular melodies, arr Ezra Read pub London Music Publishing Stores, 22 London St, EC (n.d.)  The Brunnow Polka: 'as danced at the soirees de la haute noblesse', composed and most respectfully dedicated to Her Excellency the Baroness Brunnow by F G Tinney, pianist to Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford pub Charles Ollivier, Music Seller, Royal Musical Repository & Circulating Musical Library, 44 & 42 New Bond Street |