My Beastly Eyeglass (Montague, Harold)

Composition Year	1908
Genre Categories	Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; English language

Sheet Music

Scores

Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	London: Reynolds & Co., 1908. Plate R & Co. 1331.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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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Lyrics (1)

Free Recordings

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.)

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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.