Félix Marie Henri Tilkin.
Born Liège, 12 May 1861.
Died New York City, 29 November 1921.
Belgian composer and conductor.
Ivan Caryll was one of the most successful composers of musical comedy both in Britain and the USA, while also having success in Paris and Vienna. He had at least a part in some forty shows, many being collaborative efforts with Lionel Monckton. After moving to New York in 1911, he continued to compose successfully with several colleagues, including Guy Bolton and P G Wodehouse.
He studied at the Liège Conservatoire, with further training in Paris. In 1882 he moved to London, where he soon attracted the attention of George Edwardes, who employed him as musical director at both his theatres, the Gaiety and Lyric.
As a composer, his first great success for Edwardes at the Gaiety was The Shop Girl (1894), which was followed by The Gay Parisienne.
Works performed in Scotland are shown in bold:
01 The Count of Monte Cristo (with others) (1886) ()
02 The Shop Girl (London 1894, rev 1920) (Dam, rev Wimperis)
03 The Gay Parisienne (with Ernest Vousden) (London 1896) (Dance)
04 A Runaway Girl (with Monckton) (London 1899) (Hicks & Nicholls; Hopwood & Greenbank)
05 The Messenger Boy (with Monckton) (London 1900) (Tanner & Murray; Ross & Greenbank)
06 The Toreador (with Monckton & Rubens) (London 1901) (Tanner & Nicholls; Ross & Greenbank)
07 The Girl from Kay's (with Cecil Cook) (London 1902) (Hall; Ross & Aveling)
08 The Duchess of Dantzic (London 1903) (Hamilton)
09 The Cherry Girl (London 1903) (Hicks; cpsr)
10 The Orchid (with Monckton) (London 1903) (Tanner; Ross & Greenbank)
11 The Earl and the Girl (London 1903) (Hicks; Greenbank)
12 The Spring Chicken (with Monckton) (London 1905) (Grossmith; Ross & Greenbank)
13 The Girls of Gottenburg (with Monckton) (London 1907) (Grossmith & Berman; Ross & Hood)
14 Our Miss Gibbs (with Monckton) (London 1909) (Tanner; Ross & Greenbank)
15 The Pink Lady (New York 1912) (McLellan)
16 Oh! Oh!! Delphine!!! (New York 1913) (McLellan)
17 Kissing Time (with Willie Redstone) (New York) (Bolton & Wodehouse; Grey)
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