Charlotte Alington Pye Barnard (23 December 1830 in Louth, Lincolnshire – 30 January 1869 in Dover) was an English poet and composer of ballads and hymns, who often wrote under the pseudonym Claribel.[1] She wrote over 100 songs as well as two volumes of verse, and became the most commercially successful balled composer managed by her publishers Boosey's, with whom she established one of the first royalty arrangements.[2]
Charlotte Alington Pye was the daughter of Henry Alington Pye, a solicitor, and Charlotte Yerburgh. In 1854, she married Charles Cary Barnard. Though he was parson of St Olaves in Ruckland, Lincolnshire, the couple lived at The Firs in Westgate, Louth, Lincolnshire. After Charlotte's presentation at court in 1856, the couple moved to Pimlico. Among their neighbors was the conductor Michael Costa.[3] In London she studied music with the pianist W.H. Holmes and the singer Charlotte Sainton-Dolby.[2]
On 8 July 1847, Charlotte laid the foundation stone of Louth railway station. During a visit back to Louth in 1862, Charlotte published a collection of poetry entitled Twenty Spring Songs, and sang some of her own compositions at a concert held to clear the debt on the new east window of St James' Church, Louth. A stained glass window in her memory now stands at the west end of the church.[4]
By 1864, she had moved to Kirmington rectory[5] as her husband had been appointed Rector of Brocklesby with Kirmington.[6]
A prolific balladeer and hymn-writer, Barnard had her first public success as a composer in 1859 with the ballad 'Janet's Choice', written for Charlotte Sainton-Dolby.[2] She is probably best known for 'I Cannot Sing the Old Songs', 'Bide A Wee', 'Won't You Tell Me Why, Robin?' (1861), 'Five O'Clock in the Morning' (1862), 'Mountain Mabel' (1865) and 'Come Back to Erin' (1866).[7] She was also the composer of the hymn tune 'Brocklesby'.[8]
In 1868 it was discovered that her much respected father had been systematically stealing money left in his care and trust.[9] He fled to Belgium with his second wife. Charlotte joined him there with her husband but returned to England at the beginning of 1869 for a holiday,[5] when she became ill and died after a short illness from typhoid fever.[3]
"Always Speak Kindly" (with SATB chorus, words by Caledon)
"At Her Window Ho! (Hungarian Love Song)"
"Blind Alice"
"Children's Voices"
"Come Back to Erin"
"Day Dreams" (duet)
"Do You Remember?"
"Dream Land"
"Far Away in Bonnie Scotland"
"Farewell to Erin"
"Firelight"
"Five O'Clock in the Morning"
"Friends For Ever"
"Friendship and Love"
"Give Him My Last Goodbye" (words by Samuel Callan)
"Give of Your Best to the Master" (words by Howard Benjamin Gross)
"Golden Days"
"Half Mast High"
"Hidden Voices"
"Hope" (words from "Recit d'une soeur," adapted by Henry Savile Clarke)
"Hussar's Parting"
"I Cannot Sing the Old Songs"
"I Cannot Wed Another" (words by Samuel Callan)
"I Leaned Out the Window" (words by Jean Inglelow)
"I Remember It"
"Is This All?" (words by Dr. Bonar)
"I've Found a Home" (words by Dexter Smith)
"Jamie"
"Janet's Bridal"
"Janet's Choice"
"Kathleen's Answer" (Reply to "Come Back to Erin")
"Lingering at the Gate" (words by George Birdseye)
"Little Bird, Little Bird on the Green Tree"
"Lowland Mary"
"Maggie's Secret (Oh Many a Time I am Glad at Heart)"
"Maggie's Test"
"Maggie's Welcome" (Answer to "Maggie's Secret")
"Maiden Fair, Maiden Fair"
"Marion's Song"
"Milly's Faith"
"Mountain Mabel"
"My Brilliant and I"
"My Heart, My Heart is Over the Sea"
"Norah's Treasure"
"November Flowers"
"O Willow-Tree!"
"Oh Many a Time I Am Sad at Heart (Maggie's Secret)"
"Old House on the Hill"
"Only a Lock of Hair"
"Only a Year Ago"
"Our Bud Hs Bloomed in Heaven"
"Out at Sea"
"Out on the Rocks" (words by Claribel, music by Madame Sainton Dolby)
"Poet's Love"
"Pray For Her" (Priez Pour Elle)"
"Riding Thro' the Broom"
"Robin Redbreast"
"Roses and Daisies"
"Second Love"
"Secrets"
"Silver Chimes"
"Something to Love"
"Song of a Boat"
"Sorrow"
"Spring-Time" (companion to "Dream Land")
"Strangers Yet"
"Susan's Story"
"Swallow Come Again"
"Sweet Name of Love" (words by T.W. Henshaw)
"Take Back the Heart"
"Tell It Not"
"The Bells' Whisper"
"The Blue Alsatian Mountains" (words by Claribel, music by Stephen Adams)
"The Day of Rest"
"The Blue Ribbon"
"The Broken Sixpence"
"The Brook" (words by Tennyson)
"The Chimes of St. Mary" (duet for two mezzo-sopranos)
"The Highland Lassie's Love-Test"
"The Life Boat"
"The Love Test"
"The Old Pink Thorn"
"The Orphan's Dream"
"The Passing Bell"
"The Rose of Erin" (words by Claribel, music by Jules Benedict)
"The Sailor Boy"
"The Snow Lies White"
"The Strife is Over Now"
"The Two Nests"
"There's a Silver Lining to Every Cloud"
"Three O'Clock in the Morning" (temperance song; words anonymous, music by Claribel)
"Through the Jessamine"
"Tide Time (Spring Song)" (words by Claribel, music by M.G. Dixon)
"Voices Holy"
"Walter's Wooing"
"We'd Better Bide a Wee"
"Weep No More, Darling"
"What Need Have I the Truth to Tell?" (Robin's Reply to "Won't You Tell Me Why?")
"When I Was Young and Fair"
"Wherever Thou Art Would Seem Erin To Me"
"Won't You Tell Me Why, Robin?"
"Why Can I Not Forego, Forget"
"Yes, We Must Part"
"You and I" ("We Sat by the River, You and I")
"You Came to Me"
Collections
Sixteen Sacred Songs and Hymns. Words by Dr. H. Bonar, Rev. F Whitefield, Claribel, and others. Music by Claribel. Arranged for one or four voices, pianoforte, harmonium, or organ. (Boosey & Co., 1866)
The Christmas Rose. Twelve Ballads. (Boosey & Co., 1868)
Twelve New Ballads. (Boosey's Musical Cabinet, No. 158)
First Juvenile Album: Sixteen Airs by Claribel and Sullivan easily arranged for the Pianoforte. (Boosey: Cavendish Music Books, No. 14)
Contemporaries with similar namesedit
Claribel J. Barnard was an American composer. Her compositions for solo piano include "Pansy Blossom Waltz" and "Echoes from Wausepi (Waltz)."
American songwriter James C. Macy (1845-1918) wrote under various pseudonyms, including "Rosabel." As Rosabel, Mr. Macy authored many sentimental songs and short works for solo piano.
^Smith, Phyllis (26 July 1965). "The Story of Claribel (Charlotte Alington Barnard)". J.W. Ruddock & Sons. Retrieved 26 July 2020 – via Google Books.
^ abcScott, Derek B. (2001). "Barnard [née Pye], Charlotte Alington". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02083. ISBN978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^ ab. NetHymnal. Archived from the original on 3 January 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^"A life in song began here in Louth". Louth Leader. 13 October 2005. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^ ab"Claribel". Louth Museum. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^"Charles Cary Barnard". Brocklesby Park Cricket Club. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^"John McCormack singing 'Come Back to Erin' in 1910". YouTube. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^"Conjubilant with Song". Conjubilant.blogspot.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^. Lincolnshire County Council. 23 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
External linksedit
Works by or about Charlotte Alington Barnard at Internet Archive
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Charlotte Alington Pye Barnard 23 December 1830 in Louth Lincolnshire 30 January 1869 in Dover was an English poet and composer of ballads and hymns who often wrote under the pseudonym Claribel 1 She wrote over 100 songs as well as two volumes of verse and became the most commercially successful balled composer managed by her publishers Boosey s with whom she established one of the first royalty arrangements 2 Contents 1 Life 2 In popular culture 3 Selected works 4 Contemporaries with similar names 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksLife editCharlotte Alington Pye was the daughter of Henry Alington Pye a solicitor and Charlotte Yerburgh In 1854 she married Charles Cary Barnard Though he was parson of St Olaves in Ruckland Lincolnshire the couple lived at The Firs in Westgate Louth Lincolnshire After Charlotte s presentation at court in 1856 the couple moved to Pimlico Among their neighbors was the conductor Michael Costa 3 In London she studied music with the pianist W H Holmes and the singer Charlotte Sainton Dolby 2 On 8 July 1847 Charlotte laid the foundation stone of Louth railway station During a visit back to Louth in 1862 Charlotte published a collection of poetry entitled Twenty Spring Songs and sang some of her own compositions at a concert held to clear the debt on the new east window of St James Church Louth A stained glass window in her memory now stands at the west end of the church 4 By 1864 she had moved to Kirmington rectory 5 as her husband had been appointed Rector of Brocklesby with Kirmington 6 A prolific balladeer and hymn writer Barnard had her first public success as a composer in 1859 with the ballad Janet s Choice written for Charlotte Sainton Dolby 2 She is probably best known for I Cannot Sing the Old Songs Bide A Wee Won t You Tell Me Why Robin 1861 Five O Clock in the Morning 1862 Mountain Mabel 1865 and Come Back to Erin 1866 7 She was also the composer of the hymn tune Brocklesby 8 In 1868 it was discovered that her much respected father had been systematically stealing money left in his care and trust 9 He fled to Belgium with his second wife Charlotte joined him there with her husband but returned to England at the beginning of 1869 for a holiday 5 when she became ill and died after a short illness from typhoid fever 3 In popular culture edit Come Back to Erin is one of the songs performed by Michigan J Frog in the Warner Bros cartoon One Froggy Evening Come Back to Erin is sung by Maureen O Hara in the 1952 film The Quiet Man Selected works editPoetry and Prose Spring Songs Louth 1862 Fireside Thoughts Ballads Etc London 1865 Verses and Songs London 1870 Thoughts Verses and Songs London 1877 Hymn Tunes BARNARD Give of Your Best to the Master BROCKELSBY BROCKELSBURY HALL PILGRIMAGEBallads and Songs Age All Along the Valley Always Always Speak Kindly with SATB chorus words by Caledon At Her Window Ho Hungarian Love Song Blind Alice Children s Voices Come Back to Erin Day Dreams duet Do You Remember Dream Land Far Away in Bonnie Scotland Farewell to Erin Firelight Five O Clock in the Morning Friends For Ever Friendship and Love Give Him My Last Goodbye words by Samuel Callan Give of Your Best to the Master words by Howard Benjamin Gross Golden Days Half Mast High Hidden Voices Hope words from Recit d une soeur adapted by Henry Savile Clarke Hussar s Parting I Cannot Sing the Old Songs I Cannot Wed Another words by Samuel Callan I Leaned Out the Window words by Jean Inglelow I Remember It Is This All words by Dr Bonar I ve Found a Home words by Dexter Smith Jamie Janet s Bridal Janet s Choice Kathleen s Answer Reply to Come Back to Erin Lingering at the Gate words by George Birdseye Little Bird Little Bird on the Green Tree Lowland Mary Maggie s Secret Oh Many a Time I am Glad at Heart Maggie s Test Maggie s Welcome Answer to Maggie s Secret Maiden Fair Maiden Fair Marion s Song Milly s Faith Mountain Mabel My Brilliant and I My Heart My Heart is Over the Sea Norah s Treasure November Flowers O Willow Tree Oh Many a Time I Am Sad at Heart Maggie s Secret Old House on the Hill Only a Lock of Hair Only a Year Ago Our Bud Hs Bloomed in Heaven Out at Sea Out on the Rocks words by Claribel music by Madame Sainton Dolby Poet s Love Pray For Her Priez Pour Elle Riding Thro the Broom Robin Redbreast Roses and Daisies Second Love Secrets Silver Chimes Something to Love Song of a Boat Sorrow Spring Time companion to Dream Land Strangers Yet Susan s Story Swallow Come Again Sweet Name of Love words by T W Henshaw Take Back the Heart Tell It Not The Bells Whisper The Blue Alsatian Mountains words by Claribel music by Stephen Adams The Day of Rest The Blue Ribbon The Broken Sixpence The Brook words by Tennyson The Chimes of St Mary duet for two mezzo sopranos The Highland Lassie s Love Test The Life Boat The Love Test The Old Pink Thorn The Orphan s Dream The Passing Bell The Rose of Erin words by Claribel music by Jules Benedict The Sailor Boy The Snow Lies White The Strife is Over Now The Two Nests There s a Silver Lining to Every Cloud Three O Clock in the Morning temperance song words anonymous music by Claribel Through the Jessamine Tide Time Spring Song words by Claribel music by M G Dixon Voices Holy Walter s Wooing We d Better Bide a Wee Weep No More Darling What Need Have I the Truth to Tell Robin s Reply to Won t You Tell Me Why When I Was Young and Fair Wherever Thou Art Would Seem Erin To Me Won t You Tell Me Why Robin Why Can I Not Forego Forget Yes We Must Part You and I We Sat by the River You and I You Came to Me Collections Sixteen Sacred Songs and Hymns Words by Dr H Bonar Rev F Whitefield Claribel and others Music by Claribel Arranged for one or four voices pianoforte harmonium or organ Boosey amp Co 1866 The Christmas Rose Twelve Ballads Boosey amp Co 1868 Twelve New Ballads Boosey s Musical Cabinet No 158 First Juvenile Album Sixteen Airs by Claribel and Sullivan easily arranged for the Pianoforte Boosey Cavendish Music Books No 14 Contemporaries with similar names editClaribel J Barnard was an American composer Her compositions for solo piano include Pansy Blossom Waltz and Echoes from Wausepi Waltz American songwriter James C Macy 1845 1918 wrote under various pseudonyms including Rosabel As Rosabel Mr Macy authored many sentimental songs and short works for solo piano See also editEnglish women hymnwriters 18th to 19th century Eliza Sibbald Alderson Augusta Amherst Austen Sarah Bache Sarah Doudney Charlotte Elliott Ada R Habershon Katherine Hankey Frances Ridley Havergal Maria Grace Saffery Anne Steele Emily Taylor Emily H WoodmanseeReferences edit Smith Phyllis 26 July 1965 The Story of Claribel Charlotte Alington Barnard J W Ruddock amp Sons Retrieved 26 July 2020 via Google Books a b c Scott Derek B 2001 Barnard nee Pye Charlotte Alington Grove Music Online doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 02083 ISBN 978 1 56159 263 0 Retrieved 26 July 2020 a b Biography NetHymnal Archived from the original on 3 January 2016 Retrieved 15 December 2015 A life in song began here in Louth Louth Leader 13 October 2005 Retrieved 15 December 2015 a b Claribel Louth Museum Retrieved 15 December 2015 Charles Cary Barnard Brocklesby Park Cricket Club Retrieved 15 December 2015 John McCormack singing Come Back to Erin in 1910 YouTube Archived from the original on 20 December 2021 Retrieved 26 July 2020 Conjubilant with Song Conjubilant blogspot com Retrieved 26 July 2020 Claribel Lincolnshire County Council 23 September 2009 Archived from the original on 22 December 2015 Retrieved 15 December 2015 External links editWorks by or about Charlotte Alington Barnard at Internet Archive Come Back To Erin Charlotte Alington Barnard at ChoralWiki Papers relating to Charlotte Alington Barnard at Lincolnshire Archives Derek B Scott sings Claribel s Oh Mother Take the Wheel Away c 1865 Free scores at the Mutopia Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charlotte Alington Barnard amp oldid 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