Leslie Stuart (1864-1928)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Leslie Stuart, born Thomas Augustine Barrett. was an English composer of Edwardian musical comedy, best known for the hit show Florodora (1899) and many popular songs.
As written in the publisher's blurb to Leslie Stuart:
Leslie Stuart (1864-1928) was a British songwriter best remembered as the composer of the hit show, Florodora. He began writing popular songs as a teenager, first for blackface and vaudeville performers, and eventually for more "legitimate" shows and revues. Florodora (1899), written in collaboration with London's most fashionable librettist, Owen Hall, was a musical-comedy sensation. Its combination of the traditional slow love ballads and waltzes with more rhythmic and long-lined numbers made it a worldwide success. He continued to compose through the first decade of the 20th century, laying the groundwork for the coming innovations in British and American musical theater
His portrait on the left is taken from Christmas (n.d.), which he wrote, composed and performed under 2 pseudonyms namely T.A. Barrett and Lester Barrett. It was published by Amos & Co., London, England.

Websites:
	Leslie Stuart	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: Leslie Stuart	List of 135 historic recordings from 1896 to 1941.

Leslie Stuart (1864-1928) has at least 11 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Bandolero, The
Words and Music by: Leslie Stuart.
Performed by: Signor Foli

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
Printed: 1899.	Sheet Music 11 pages.

Coon Drum-Major, The
Words and Music by: Leslie Stuart.

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1899.	Sheet Music.

Havana
Music by: Leslie Stuart.

Publisher:	Chappell & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music.

He Didn't Like the Look of It at All
Music by: Leslie Stuart.
Words by: F. A. Clement

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1900.	Sheet Music.

I Want to Be a Military Man Donegal and Chorus
Music by: Leslie Stuart.
Words by: F. A. Clement

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1900.	Sheet Music.

Lily of Laguna
Words and Music by: Leslie Stuart.
Performed by: Eugene Stratton

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1898.	Sheet Music.

Little Dolly Daydream
Words and Music by: Leslie Stuart.
Performed by: Eugene Stratton

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1897.	Sheet Music.

Oh, Venus, Let Me Call You Sal The Song Of The Limelight Man
Words and Music by: Leslie Stuart.

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1895.	Sheet Music.

Shade of the Palm, The A-Flat Major
Words and Music by: Leslie Stuart.
Performed by: Sydney Barraclough, Melville Stewart

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1900.	Sheet Music.

Soldiers of the Queen - Song, The
Music by: Leslie Stuart.
Performed by: Charles Hayden Coffin

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1900.	Sheet Music.

Willie Was a Gay Boy
Music by: Leslie Stuart.
Words by: A. Murray

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1900.	Sheet Music.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Tell Me Pretty Maiden (1901)	L. Stuart	William B. Farmer V.L. Ossman	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 31592
Havana (1910)	L. Stuart	John Lacalle's Band	Indestructible Record: 3005
The Bandolero (1910)	L. Stuart	P. Dawson	Edison Blue Amberol: 23084
The Bandolero (1909)	L. Stuart	Indestructible Military Band	Indestructible Record: 1077
Barn Dance From Florodora (1902?)	L. Stuart	Peerless Orchestra	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 7724
Floradora March (1902)	L. Stuart	Drum Corps U.S. Marine Fife	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8023
Floradora March (1902?)	L. Stuart	Peerless Orchestra	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 7725
Hello, People! (1909)	L. Stuart	American Symphony Orchestra	Edison Amberol: 200
How Did the Bird Know That? (1909)	L. Stuart	R.S. Roberts	Indestructible Record: 1230
I Want to Be a Military Man (1896-1901)	L. Stuart	Dan W. Quinn	Edison Record: 7756
In the Shade of the Palm (1901)	L. Stuart	John W. Myers	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 31620
⇑Louisiana Lou (190-?)	L. Stuart	Columbia Quartette	Columbia Record: 9022
Louisiana Lou (1896-1900)	L. Stuart	George J. Gaskin	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 4042
Louisiana Lou (1897-1901)	L. Stuart	T. Clark	Columbia Record: 3713
My Little Canoe (1904)	L. Stuart	Edison Symphony Orchestra	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8851
My Little Canoe (1905)	L. Stuart	Grace Nelson	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8858
Floradora Selection (1912)	L. Stuart	National Military Band	Edison Amberol Record: 12518
The Shade of the Palm (1902)	L. Stuart	F.C. Stanley	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8066
Tell Me Pretty Maiden (1901)	L. Stuart	Harry MacDonough Elizabeth Spencer	Edison Record: 7758
Tell Me Pretty Maiden (1902)	L. Stuart	Edison Sextette	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8260
Tell Us Pretty Ladies (1901c.)	L. Stuart	Arthur Collins Joseph Natus	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 31687
The Soldiers of the King (1901-1909)	L. Stuart	J. Michael Watson	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 200344
The Soldiers of the King (1914)	L. Stuart	Joseph Anthony Phillips	Edison Blue Amberol: 2461

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Belle of Mayfair (1906), The		James Pitt-Payne
	I Want to Be a Military Man (1900)		James Pitt-Payne
	Lily of Laguna (1898), The		James Pitt-Payne
	My Little Canoe		Unknown
	Shade of the Palm, The (1900)		James Pitt-Payne
	Soldiers of the Queen - Song (1900), The		Unknown
	Sweetheart May (1891)		James Pitt-Payne
	Tell Me Pretty Maiden (1900)		Unknown

MP3s

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	⇑You Can't Think of Everything (1893-1894)	L. Stuart	William F. Denny	New England Phonograph Company: None
	Selection From the Silver Slipper (1901)	L. Stuart	Peerless Orchestra	Edison's National Phonograph Company -8320

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Soldiers of the King, The (1914)	L. Stuart	Joseph Anthony Phillips	Edison: 3321
	Tell Me Pretty Maiden (1901)	L. Stuart	Harry MacDonough Grace Spencer	Victor: [Pre- B-]3501

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	Leslie Stuart	Andrew Lamb

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Folk Music CDs:
	Various Performers	Glory of the Music Hall Vol.1

Mono.

This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	By the Sad Sea Waves	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Vesta Tilley (perf.)
	Delaney's Chicken	P. Sweeney (music) Leslie Stuart (words) Leslie Stuart (perf.)
	Girl on the Ran-Dan-Dan, The	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Marie Lloyd (perf.)
	Give Him My Kind Regards	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)
	Hooligan's Mule	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Leslie Stuart (perf.)
	I May Be Crazy But I Love You	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Eugene Stratton (perf.)
	Is Yer Mammie Always With Ye?	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Eugene Stratton (perf.)
	Lily of Laguna	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Eugene Stratton (perf.)
	Little Dolly Daydream	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Eugene Stratton (perf.)
	Little Mad'moiselle, The	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Vesta Tilley (perf.)
	McGinnis's 'at Home'	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)
	⇑Mulligan's Motor Car	C.W. Murphy (words & music) Leslie Stuart (perf.)
	Shade of the Palm, The	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Sydney Barraclough (perf.) Melville Stewart (perf.)
	Soldiers of the Queen - Song, The	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Charles Hayden Coffin (perf.)
	Some Danced the Lancers	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Vesta Tilley (perf.)
	Sue, Sue, Sue	Hermann E. Darewski (music) Leslie Stuart (words) Leslie Stuart (perf.)
	Sweetheart May	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Vesta Tilley (perf.)
	Tell Me Pretty Maiden - Dance	Leslie Stuart (music) Paul Rubens (words) Ernest Boyd Jones (words)
	They All Came Back	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)
	We Saved It For the Lodger	Felix McGlennon (music) Leslie Stuart (words) Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)

Venues

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Bandolero (1899), The	L. Stuart (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Belle of Mayfair (1906), The	L. Stuart (music) Basil Hood (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
By the Sad Sea Waves (1894)	L. Stuart (w&m) Vesta Tilley (perf.) Vesta Tilley (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Christmas (Co.,)	L. Stuart (w&m) Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Cupid's Telephone (1908)	L. Stuart (music) G. Arthurs (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Fighting For Purdue (1914)	L. Stuart (w&m) George Ade (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Floradora (1899)	L. Stuart (music) Ernest Boyd-Jones (words) Paul Rubens (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑Hello, People! (1908)	L. Stuart (music) G. Arthurs (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
I Like 'em Plump (1910)	L. Stuart (music) E. Janis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
I Want to Be a Military Man (1900)	L. Stuart (music) F. A. Clement (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Lily of Laguna (1898)	L. Stuart (w&m) George Brown (perf.) George Brown (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Lily of Laguna (1898), The	L. Stuart (w&m) George Brown (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Little Mad'moiselle (1895), The	L. Stuart (w&m) Vesta Tilley (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
My Little Canoe (1903)	L. Stuart (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Oh! What a Chance to Take (1909)	L. Stuart (music) Henry Blossom (words) E. Janis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑Queen of My Dreams (1910)	L. Stuart (w&m) Henry Blossom (words) E. Janis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
School Girl (1903), The	L. Stuart (music) Charles Henry Taylor (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Shade of the Palm, The (1900)	L. Stuart (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Silver Slipper (1901), The	L. Stuart (music) W.H. Risque (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Slim Princess (1910), The	L. Stuart (music) Henry Blossom (words) E. Janis (perf.) E. Janis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Soldiers of the Queen (1898)	L. Stuart (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Soldiers of the Queen - Song (1900), The	L. Stuart (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Sweetheart May (1891)	L. Stuart (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑Tell Me Pretty Maiden (1900)	L. Stuart (music)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Tell Me Pretty Maiden - Dance (1901)	L. Stuart (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Why Do They Call Me a Gibson Girl? (1906)	L. Stuart (music) L. Stiles (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.

Titles

The peformer is featured on 23 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Sue, Sue, Sue (1908)	Hermann E. Darewski	Leslie Stuart (words) Leslie Stuart (perf.)
We Saved It For the Lodger (1889)	Felix McGlennon	Leslie Stuart (words) Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)
Mulligan's Motor Car (1900)	C.W. Murphy(w&m)	Leslie Stuart (perf.)
⇑Delaney's Chicken (1896)	P. Sweeney	Leslie Stuart (words) Leslie Stuart (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 113 works by Leslie Stuart (1864-1928). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1890-1895

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Ada's Serenade (w&m)	1890	Ben Nathan (perf.) Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)
Bang Goes the Bell (w&m)	1890	Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)
Beautiful Mona (w&m)	1890	as Lester Barrett	Pub.
Dance With Me (w&m)	1890	Edmund Forman (perf.) Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.
Give Him My Kind Regards (w&m)	1890	Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.
I Know Where to Find 'em (w&m)	1890	Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.
Never to Return Again (w&m)	1890	as Lester Barrett	Pub.
Pious Polly Payne (w&m)	1890	Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.
Take 'em Off (w&m)	1890	Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.
You Can't Think of Everything	1890	William F. Denny (perf.) as Lester Barrett	Pub.
Come Along Boys!	1891	James Batchelder (words) Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Down by the Sea	1891	James Batchelder (words) Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.
I'll Make You Up a Bottle (w&m)	1891	as Lester Barrett	Pub.
Sweetheart May (w&m)	1891	Vesta Tilley (perf.)	Pub.
They All Came Back	1891	John S. Baker (words) Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.
After All We've Done For Him (w&m)	1892	Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.
In the Meantime (w&m)	1892	Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.
They're All at Home (w&m)	1892	as Lester Barrett	Pub.
Two Sweethearts (w&m)	1892	Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.
How Did I Know? (w&m)	1893	Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.
Baby Eyes (w&m)	1894	Nellie Richards (perf.) as Lester Thomas;	Pub.
By the Sad Sea Waves (w&m)	1894	Vesta Tilley (perf.) as Lester Thomas (m) & Lester Barrett (w)
Ga-Ga-Good Bye	1894	P Sweeney (words) John S. Baker (words) Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.) Vesta Tilley (perf.) as Lester Barrett	Pub.
⇑ Louisiana Lou (w&m)	1894	Thomas Clark (perf.) Columbia Quartette (perf.) George J. Gaskin (perf.) Nellie Richards (perf.) as Lester Thomas	Pub.
In a Cottage by the Sea (w&m)	1895	Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.)	Pub.

1895-1900

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Little Mad'moiselle, The (w&m)	1895	Vesta Tilley (perf.)
Oh, Venus, Let Me Call You Sal (w&m)	1895		Pub.
Some Danced the Lancers (w&m)	1895	Vesta Tilley (perf.) as Lester Thomas	Pub.
Girl on the Ran-Dan-Dan, The (w&m)	1896	Marie Lloyd (perf.)
Is Yer Mammie Always With Ye? (w&m)	1896	Eugene Stratton (perf.)	Pub.
Willow-Pattern Plate, The (w&m)	1896	Nellie Hawthorne (perf.)	Pub.
Hooligan's Mule (w&m)	1897	Leslie Stuart (perf.)	Pub.
Little Dolly Daydream (w&m)	1897	Eugene Stratton (perf.)	Pub.
Love to All (w&m)	1897	as Lester Barrett	Pub.
McGinnis's 'at Home' (w&m)	1897	Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.) as Lester Barrett
Lily of Laguna, The (w&m)	1898	George Brown (perf.) Eugene Stratton (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Soldiers of the King, The (w&m)	1898	Charles Hayden Coffin (perf.) Joseph Anthony Phillips (perf.) J. Michael Watson (perf.)	Pub.
Soldiers of the Queen	1898		Pub.
All For the Sake of Finnigan (w&m)	1899	as Lester Barrett	Pub.
Bandolero, The (w&m)	1899	Peter Dawson (perf.) Signor Foli (perf.) Indestructible Military Band (perf.)
Coon Drum-Major, The (w&m)	1899		Pub.
Floradora	1899	Ernest Boyd-Jones (words) Paul Rubens (words)	Pub.
Banshee, The (w&m)	1900		Pub.
Fellow Who Might, The	1900	J. Hickory Wood (words)
Floradora Lanciers	1900		Pub.
Floradora March	1900	Drum Corps (perf.) U.S. Marine Fife (perf.) Peerless Orchestra (perf.)	Pub.
Floradora Selection	1900	National Military Band (perf.)	Pub.
Floradora Waltz	1900		Pub.
⇑ He Didn't Like the Look of It at All	1900	F. A. Clement (words)	Pub.
I Want to Be a Military Man	1900	F. A. Clement (words) W. Louis Bradfield (perf.) Dan W. Quinn (perf.)	Pub.

1900-1902

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Queen of the Philippine Islands, The	1900	Owen Hall (words)
Shade of the Palm, The (w&m)	1900	George Baker (perf.) Sydney Barraclough (perf.) Frank C. Stanley (perf.) Melville Stewart (perf.)
Silver Star of Love, The	1900
Soldiers of the Queen - Song, The (w&m)	1900	Albert Christian (perf.) Charles Hayden Coffin (perf.) Harrison Latimer (perf.)	Pub.
Tact	1900
Tell Me Pretty Maiden (w&m)	1900	William B. Farmer (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.) Vess L. Ossman (perf.) Edison Sextette (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.) Grace Spencer (perf.)	Pub.
Willie Was a Gay Boy	1900	A. Murray (words) Kate Cutler (perf.)	Pub.
Baby With the Dimple and the Smile, The	1901
Class	1901
Come, Little Girl, and Tell Me Truly	1901
Four and Twenty Little Men	1901
⇑ If I Were a Girl Instead	1901
In the Shade of the Palm	1901	John W. Myers (perf.)
Phrenology	1901
Selection From the Silver Slipper	1901	Peerless Orchestra (perf.)
Silver Slipper, The	1901	W.H. Risque (words)	Pub.
Tell Me Pretty Maiden - Dance	1901		Pub.
Tell Me Pretty Maiden - Medley March	1901
Tell Us Pretty Ladies	1901	E. Boyd Jones (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Joseph Natus (perf.)
Two Eyes of Blue	1901
We Get Up at 8 A.M	1901
Barn Dance From Florodora	1902	Peerless Orchestra (perf.)
Champagne Dance	1902		Pub.
⇑ I May Be Crazy But I Love You (w&m)	1902	Eugene Stratton (perf.)	Pub.
Selection From Leslie Stuart's Modern Extravaganza the Silver Slipper	1902

1903-1908

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Belinda on the Line	1903
My Little Canoe (w&m)	1903	Edison Symphony Orchestra (perf.) Edna May (perf.) Grace Nelson (perf.)
School Girl, The	1903	Charles Henry Taylor (words)
Call Round Again	1904
Daughters of the Guard	1904
Honeymoon Girl, The	1904
Looking For a Needle in a Haystack	1904
Selection From Leslie Stuarts Musical Play the School Girl	1904
She's an English Girl	1904
Fairy Tales (w&m)	1905	as Lester Barrett	Pub.
And the Weeping Willow Wept	1906	George Arthurs (words)
⇑ Belle of Mayfair, The	1906	Basil Hood (words)	Pub.
Come to St. George's	1906	Chas. H.E. Brookfield (words) Cosmo Hamilton (words)
Hello! Come Along, Girls!	1906
I Know a Girl	1906
I'll Wait For You, Little Girlie	1906
In Montezuma	1906
Selection From the Belle of Mayfair	1906
Why Do They Call Me a Gibson Girl?	1906	Leslie Stiles (words)	Pub.
How Did the Bird Know That?	1907	Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
And Then That Cigar Went Out	1908
Cupid's Telephone	1908	George Arthurs (words)
Havana	1908	Adrian Ross (words) George Arthurs (words) John Lacalle's Band (perf.) Arr.: H. M. Higgs	Pub.
⇑ Hello, People!	1908	George Arthurs (words) American Symphony Orchestra (perf.) from "Havana"	Pub.
I'm a Cuban Girl	1908

1908-n.d.

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Selection From the Musical Play Havana	1908
Way Down in Pensacola	1908
Zara	1908
Oh! What a Chance to Take	1909	Henry Blossom (words) Elsie Janis (perf.)
What Shall I Do With the Rest?	1909
Certain Sort of Father	1910
I Like 'em Plump	1910	Elsie Janis (perf.)	Pub.
Queen of My Dreams (w&m)	1910	Henry Blossom (words) Elsie Janis (perf.)
Slim Princess, The (w&m)	1910	Henry Blossom (words) Elsie Janis (perf.)	Pub.
Mamie May	1911	Herman Darewski (words) George Elliott (words) Bennett Scott (words) as Lester Barrett
Fighting For Purdue (w&m)	1914	George Ade (words)
⇑ My Lily and My Rose	1949	Lou Singer (words) Hy Zaret (words)
Christmas (w&m)	n.d.	Leslie Stuart as Lester Barrett (perf.) as T.A. Barrett

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


L. Stuart	I Want to Be a Military Man (2:00)	W. Louis Bradfield
L. Stuart	In the Shade of the Palm From "Florodora" (3:39)	George Baker
L. Stuart	Lily of Laguna (3:42)	Eugene Stratton
L. Stuart	Little Dolly Daydream (3:52)	Eugene Stratton
L. Stuart	The Shade of the Palm (3:39)	George Baker
L. Stuart	The Soldiers of the Queen - Song (3:18)	Harrison Latimer