Wm. Horace Lingard (1838-1927)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, William Horace Lingard was English comic vocalist, actor manager and dramatic author
He first came to notice in the mid 1860s as a talented comic singer and female impersonator on on the English music hall stage. He and his wife, Alice Dunning Lingard, a former music hall dancer, first visited the United States in 1868 where a great deal of their material was published. They remained there for some time until they and their company travelled to Australia, New Zealand and the Far East.
The couple returned to England, where Alice died in 1897, to become firm favourites on tour. W.H. Lingard continued to work into his old age. It is not yet established whether they were related to the music hall singer, Nellie Lingard, possibly a daughter or niece.
. Of music hall interest is Sal and Methuselam (1866) music F.C. Sansom and published by British and American Pub. Co., London, England the front cover of which depicts Lingard.

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	William Horace Lingard (1838-1927)	Biography by Foot Light Notes

Music Halls

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


As Through the Park I Go	W.H. Lingard (w&m) W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Indiana
Bitter Beer	W.H. Lingard (w&m) W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Indiana	Pub.
Fifth Avenue	W.H. Lingard (w&m)	Indiana	Pub.
Grecian Bend, The	W.H. Lingard (w&m)	Indiana	Pub.
Italian Guinea Pig Boy	W.H. Lingard (music) H C Maguire (words) W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Indiana
My Bosom Friend	W.H. Lingard (w&m) W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Indiana	Pub.
On the Beach	W.H. Lingard (music) Alice Dunning Lingard (words) W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Indiana
⇑On the Beach at Long Branch	W.H. Lingard (w&m) W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Indiana	Pub.
Par Excellence	W.H. Lingard (w&m) W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Indiana
Walking Down Broadway	W.H. Lingard (w&m) W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Indiana	Pub.

Titles

The peformer is featured on 21 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


	Upper Ten (1868), The	George Bicknell	W W Thornton (words) H C Maguire (words) Wm Horace Lingard (perf.)
	⇑Sal and Methuselam (1866)	F.C. Sansom	Wm Horace Lingard (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 30 works by William Horace Lingard (1838-1927). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Italian Guinea Pig Boy	1866	H C Maguire (words) William Horace Lingard (perf.)
As Through the Park I Go (w&m)	1868	William Horace Lingard (perf.)
Bitter Beer (w&m)	1868	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Bosom Friend, The	1868		Pub.
Captain Jinks	1868		Pub.
Everybody's Friend	1868		Pub.
Fifth Avenue (w&m)	1868	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Grecian Bend, The (w&m)	1868		Pub.
My Bosom Friend (w&m)	1868	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
On the Beach	1868	Alice Dunning Lingard (words) William Horace Lingard (perf.)
On the Beach at Long Branch (w&m)	1868	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Sergeant Cop	1868		Pub.
Walking Down Broadway (w&m)	1868	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Widow Brown	1868?	William Horace Lingard (perf.)
Dutch Onion Vender	1869
Funny Fellow, The	1869
Lady Killer, The	1869		Pub.
Par Excellence (w&m)	1869	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Pluto Quadrille	1869
Pretty Alice schottische	1869	John Braham (words) Alfred Lee (words)	Pub.
Young Widow, The	1869	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Gay Masque Ball, The	1870	Charles E Pratt (words)
Colonel Plantagenet N.G.S.N.Y	1874	William Horace Lingard (perf.)
⇑ Drive to Gerome, A	1874	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Happy Daddy	1874	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
I Should'nt Like to Say	1874	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Not a Gossip	1874	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Sailing in the Moonlight	1874	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Five Times a Wife	?	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
How to Cure a Drunkard	?	William Horace Lingard (perf.)	Pub.