We use the term "unpublished" to mean "not issued in a printed edition". The term does not mean that there is no copyright control. Copyrights even in "unpublished" pieces have almost always been assigned to and are controlled by a publisher, or otherwise the Noël Coward Estate, and the issue of copies of all unpublished material is closely controlled and (provided they are willing to release the material, which may not always be the case) one must expect to pay the appropriate copyright owner for duplicate copies of any manuscript. Contacts for publishers and other sources are as follows:
WC = Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. Catalogue
For permission to use the item in any kind of performance,
recording or broadcast,
Contact:
Standard Repertoire Dept.
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd
The Warner Building
28 Kensington Church Street
London, W8 4EP
Tel: +44- (0)20 7368 2649
Fax: +44- (0)20 7368 2775
For supply of sheet-music copies,
Contact:
The Music Vault
Faber Music
Burnt Mill
Elizabeth Way
Harlow
Essex CM20 2HX
Tel: +44- (0)1279 828 982 - this is the Direct Sales number
Fax: +44- (0)1279 828 983 - Direct Sales fax
e-mail: sales@fabermusic.com
EMI = EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Catalogue
For permission to use the item in any kind of performance, recording or broadcast,
Contact:
Copyright Dept.
EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
127 Charing Cross Road
London, WC2H 0QY
Tel: +44- (0)20 7434 2131
Fax: +44- (0)20 7434 3531
For supply of sheet-music copies,
Contact:
The Music Vault
Faber Music
Burnt Mill
Elizabeth Way
Harlow
Essex CM20 2HX
Tel: +44- (0)1279 828 982 - this is the Direct Sales number
Fax: +44- (0)1279 828 983 - Direct Sales fax
e-mail: sales@fabermusic.com
EST = Copyright controlled by The Noël Coward Estate
(The Estate representatives do not necessarily hold the original manuscripts, which may be in archives or private collections, and thus may not be in a position to supply sheet-music copies, or may not allow copying at all.)
For all permissions
Contact:
Alan Brodie Representation Ltd.
6th Floor, Fairgate House,
78 New Oxford Street,
London WC1A 1HB
Tel: (+44) (0)207 079 7990
Fax: (+44) (0)207 079 7999
email: info@alanbrodie.com
Abbreviations for Sources – Origin/First Use:
(a date alone indicates a manuscript with no known intended use)
AOC Ace of Clubs, 1950
ATB After The Ball, 1954
BS Bitter Sweet, 1929
C24R Charlot's Revue(s) 1924/1926
C31R Cochran's 1931 Revue
CAB Cabaret Performances, 1951-55
CAV Cavalcade, 1931
CC Cowardy Custard, 1972
CP Conversation Piece, 1934
GR The Globe Revue, 1952
IWWS In Which We Serve, 1942
LC London Calling, 1923
LR The Lyric Revue, 1951
O Operette, 1938
P1860 Pacific 1860, 1946
PL Private Lives, 1930
SA Sail Away, 1961 (‘Later Than Spring’ items date from 1959)
SNM Sigh No More, 1945
STM Set To Music, 1939
TAET Tonight at 8.30, 1936
TG The Girl Who Came to Supper, 1963
TWM Together With Music, 1955
TYOG This Year of Grace, 1928
WAM Words and Music, 1932
WW Waiting in the Wings, 1960
Unpublished Sheet-Music Titles composed by Noël Coward (held in Archives)
WC ALL MY LIFE AGO (ATB)
WC ALL THE FUN OF THE FARM (CAV)
WC ALWAYS BE NICE TO THE GENTLEMEN (1944)
WC BABY'S BOTTLE (AOC)
WC BEATNIK LOVE AFFAIR (SA)
WC BURCHELLS OF BATTERSEA RISE, THE (SNM)
WC CABARET MEDLEY (CAB) [not available through WC]
WC CLEAR BRIGHT MORNING (ATB)
WC COCONUT GIRL, THE (TG)
WC COME TO ME (SA)
EST COMMANDER's MARCH (IWWS unused)
EST COMPOSER THEME (piano piece, 1950's)
WC CORNER OF THE STREET (1945?)
WC CORONATION CHORALE (WESTMINSTER ABBEY) (TG)
WC CREME DE LA CREME (AOC)
WC CURT, CLEAR AND CONCISE (TG)
WC CUSTOMER's ALWAYS RIGHT, THE (SA)
WC DEMAND NO PITY (further part of GO I BEG YOU GO) (ATB)
WC ENTR'ACTE (on 'Ive Been Invited...')(TG)
WC ENTR'ACTE (OLD) (on 'Here And Now') (TG)
WC ENTRANCE OF SS MEN/MYSTERIOSO (TG)
EST FAITH (NC/Esmé Wynne)
WC FAMILY DIRGE (Later Than Spring/SA)
WC FAREWELL SONG (ATB)
WC FREE SPEECH (TG)
WC FRENCH SONG (CAB)
WC GIRLS OF THE CIV (CAV)
WC GO, I BEG YOU GO (ATB)
WC GOOD EVENING, LADY WINDERMERE (‘Mrs Erlynne’s Entrance’) (ATB)
EST HEAVENLY MOMENT (orig.of LIGHT IS THE HEART) (ATB, but comp.1940s)
WC HEY NONNY NO (TG)
WC HOME (Later Than Spring/SA)
WC HOW DO YOU DO, MIDDLE AGE (TG)
WC I AM NO GOOD AT LOVE (Later Than Spring/SA)
WC I CAN'T THINK (TYOG)
WC I GAVE MY HEART AWAY (‘First Waltz’) (1937?)
WC I OFFER YOU MY HEART (ATB)
WC I WANTED TO SHOW YOU PARIS (Later Than Spring/SA)
WC I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY (‘Fortune-Telling Duet’) (C1924)
WC I'D NEVER, NEVER KNOW (AOC)
WC I'M A LONELY MAN (TG)
WC IF ONLY MRS APPLEJOHN WERE HERE (TG)
EST INCIDENTAL MUSIC (Shadow Play?)
EST INCIDENTAL MUSIC (among IWWS mss.)
EST ITALIAN CANZONETTA (1922-3)
ITALIAN INTERLUDE (SA) - See NEW TAORMINA
EMI IT’S ALL VERY PRETTY (cut from LC,1923)
WC JAPANESE LOVE SONG (early 1920’S)
WC JE T'AIME (Second Waltz) (1937?)
WC JESSIE HOOPER (1924)
WC JUST PEOPLE (TG)
WC LADY AGATHA POLKA (ATB)
WC LADY WINDERMERE'S ARIA (‘I Feel So Terribly Alone’) (ATB)
WC LET'S BE SINCERE (SA)
WC LETTER SONG (ATB)
WC LITTLE ONES' ABC (SA)
WC LITTLE SLUT OF SIX, A (1922; C24/26R)
WC LONDON AT NIGHT (ATB)
WC LONG LIVE THE KING (TG)
EST LULLABY (piano piece) (1950's?)
EST MALTA (no lyrics) (1937?)
WC MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE (became MY KIND OF MAN) (AoC)
WC MAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE (ATB)
WC MEME LES ANGES (song from Fallen Angels,1923)
WC MEN’S GOODNIGHT SONG (ATB)
WC MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (SNM)
WC MR HOPPER'S CHANTY (ATB)
MRS 'ARRIS see- IT’S ALL VERY PRETTY
WC MY (SHADY) FAMILY TREE (TG)
WC NEW TAORMINA (Italian Ballet Sequence) (SA)
WC NINETY MINUTES IS A LONG LONG TIME (TWM)
WC NOW, I'M A WIDOW (‘Later Than Spring’/SA)
WC N.Y. ENTR'ACTE (on 'London...') (TG)
WC OH WHAT A CENTURY/SEASON IT HAS BEEN (ATB)
WC OVERTURE (TG)
WC PADDY MACNEIL (TG)
WC PASSENGER'S/CUSTOMER'S ALWAYS RIGHT (SA)
WC PLAY THE GAME (TG)
WC POOR LADY IN THE THROES OF LOVE (cut from P1860)
WC A RIBBON IN HER HAIR (1954?)
WC SIR OR MA'AM (TG)
SIX see- LITTLE SLUT OF SIX, A
WC SIX LILLIES OF THE VALLEY (TG)
WC SOLILOQUIES (TG)
EST SOME DAY SOON (1920's?)
WC SOMETHING ABOUT A SAILOR (AOC)
WC SOMETHING ON A TRAY (ATB)
EST SONGS OF THE SEA (c.1916) (NC/Esmé Wynne)
EMI SPANISH GRANDEE (LC)
WC SPINNING SONG (1954)
WC STAY ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS (ATB)
WC STINGAREE/ONE-STEP (Instrumental) (TG)
WC SWING SONG (TG)
WC TANGO (instrumental) (TG)
WC TEMPERAMENTAL HONEYMOON (LC)
EST TEMPTATION (NC/Esmé Wynne)
WC THAT'LL BE VERY USEFUL LATER ON (C1924R)
WC THERE'S NO MORE TO SAY ABOUT LOVE (‘Third Waltz’) (1937?)
WC THREE THEATRICAL DAMES (1923/AOC)
WC TIME WILL TELL (TG)
WC TOP OF THE MORNING (AOC)
WC TOURING DAYS (1923)
WC USEFUL PHRASES (SA)
WC WAIT FOR ME (cut from P1860)
WC WALLA WALLA BOOLA, THE (TG)
WC WELCOME TO POOTZIE VAN DOYLE (TG)
WC WHAT CAN IT MEAN (‘Mrs Erlynne’s Aria’) (cut from ATB)
EST WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO CHARLES (High Spirits)
WC WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE CHILDREN (original version, 1927)
WC WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH A NICE BEEF STEW (TG)
WC WHEN DID YOU FIRST DISCOVER ...? (‘Later Than Spring’/SA)
WC WHEN FOREIGN PRINCES COME TO VISIT US (TG)
WC WHEN THE JOURNEY'S OVER (cut from SA)
EMI WHEN WE WERE GIRLS TOGETHER (LC)
WC WHY AM I ALWAYS ALONE (cut from SA)
WC WHY IS IT THE WOMAN WHO PAYS (ATB)
WC WILLY (SNM)
WC WOULD YOU LIKE TO STICK A PIN IN MY BALLOON (AOC)
WC YASNI KOSKOLAI (TG)
WC YOU AND I (Duet) (cut from SA)
WC YOU’RE A LONG, LONG WAY FROM AMERICA (SA)
Unpublished Sheet-Music Titles composed by Noël Coward - MUSIC LOST
*SEE ALSO the items which are listed in Appendix 1b (known lyric, probably had music)
Manuscripts or recordings of the music for the following titles, all of which are known to have been performed, have not been found in any UK archive as at the end of 2003. Copyright control STILL applies!
WC BOTTLES AND BONES (1922)
EST DEVON (Rewritten 1954 version for CAB)
EMI DUKE OF YORK’S (LC, 1923)
WC FINALE (CAV, 1931)
WC FINALE (OWTD, 1925)
EMI FOLLOW A STAR (LC, 1923)
WC FRAGONARD IMPRESSION, A (STM [USA] 1938)
WC GIRL I AM LEAVING IN ENGLAND TODAY, THE (C24R)
WC I LOVE MY BABIES BEST (TYOG, 1928)
EMI I PREFER TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE (LC, 1923)
WC IT’S ALWAYS THE MAN WHO’S PURSUED (BS [USA revival] 1934)
WC JAPANESE SPIES (SNM, 1945)
WC JEWELS AND PERFUMES (TYOG, 1928)
WC LILAC TIME (TYOG [USA only] 1928)
WC LOVE, LIFE AND LAUGHTER (C24R)
WC MEXICO (TYOG, 1928)
WC MOTHER AND DAUGHTER (SNM, 1945)
WC OPENING CHORUS (C31R)
WC OPENING CHORUS - ‘The Model Maid’ (later section, cut from) (O, 1938)
WC PAGEANT (SNM, 1945)
WC PLAYING THE GAME (TYOG [USA only] 1928)
EST QUADRILLE (Incidental Music for play, 1952)
WC ROSES HAVE MADE ME REMEMBER, THE (C24R)
EMI SHAKE YOUR FEET (LC, 1923)
WC SUN, THE MOON AND YOU, THE (TYOG [USA only] 1928)
WC VELASQUEZ (STM [USA] 1938)
WC WHEN YOU COME HOME ON LEAVE (with Max Darewski, 1917) |
