Sheet Music
This page gathers the known sheet music inspired by the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. Most of these items are musical settings of poems by Conan Doyle that were published separately with notation for voice and piano, sometimes under a new title.
Sheet Music
Jane Annie; or, The Good Conduct Prize (1893)
Jane Annie; or, The Good Conduct Prize is a play written by J. M. Barrie and Arthur Conan Doyle performed in may 1893. The music was written by Ernest Ford and the sheet music published by Chappell & Co. in july 1893.
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The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes (1894)
The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes is a song written by Richard Morton, composed and sung by H. C. Barry, published in 1894 by Francis, Day & Hunter, in London. This one is not an adaptation of a text by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is a Holmes-inspired song.
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A Lay of the Links (1894)
A Lay of the Links is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song by Cecil Stanley and published in the magazine To-Day on 14 april 1894.
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A Ballad of the Ranks (1897)
A Ballad of the Ranks is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song, as Who Carries the Gun? by Alicia Adélaïde Needham and published by Boosey & Co. in december 1897.
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The Song of the Bow (1898)
The Song of the Bow is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song, as Who Carries the Gun?, by Florence Aylward and published by Chappell & Co. in december 1898. Sung by Kennerly Rumford in 1898, and by Nelson Eddy in 1937.
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The Old Gray Fox (1899)
The Old Gray Fox is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song by Maude Valerie White and published by Chappell & Co. in march 1899.
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The Blind Archer (1899)
The Blind Archer is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song, as Little Boy Love, by Maude Valerie White and published by Boosey & Co. in 1899.
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Who's That Calling? (1900)
Who's That Calling? is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song by Alicia Adélaïde Needham and published by Boosey & Co. in january 1900.
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The Frontier Line (1901)
The Frontier Line is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song by C. V. Stanford and published by J. Curwen & Sons in 1901.
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The Franklin's Maid (1903)
The Franklin's Maid is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song by Ernest Halsey and published by Weekes & Co. in november 1903.
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A Hunting Morning (1908)
A Hunting Morning is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song by Alfred J. Silver and published by The Year Book Press in november 1908.
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A Hymn of Empire (1909)
A Hymn of Empire is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song by Frederic H. Cowen and published by Metzler & Co. in 1909.
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Master (1911)
Master is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song by Frederic H. Cowen and published by Metzler & Co. in 1911.
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Sherlockinette (1912)
The Sherlockinette was a French dance created by Eugène Giraudet in march 1912. It is a slow waltz (2/4 time) patterned after the methods of Sherlock Holmes observing a victim in the search of the criminal. The sheet music was published by Henri Leissus in 1912 in Paris.
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The Irish Colonel (1913)
The Irish Colonel is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song by Herbert H. Nelson and published by Chappell & Co. in 1913.
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Sherlok Hochmec (1913)
In 1913, Hungarian publisher Nádor Kálmán published 10 songs from Hungarian singer Baumann Károly, written by Weiner István. The first song is 1. Sherlok Hochmec. The song is an hommage to Sherlock Holmes, not an adaptation of an Arthur Conan Doyle poem.
By the North Sea (1919)
By the North Sea is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song by Eric Coates and published by Chappell & Co. in 1919.
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A Rover Chanty (1920)
A Rover Chanty is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a song, as Pirate Song, by G. W. Chadwick and published by Oliver Ditson Co. in Three Nautical Songs for Baritone in 1920.
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The Lost World (1925)
The Lost World is a novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted into a romance song by Harry B. Smith (lyrics) and Rudolf Friml (music), published by Henry Watterson Inc. in 1925.
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