Madeleine Dring

Short bio Madeleine Dring

Birthday: 1923 in Harringay, London, England

Died: 1977 in London, England

Active: 1930s - 1970s

Genre: Classical,Stage & Screen

Period: Modern

Full biography Madeleine Dring

Madeleine Dring was an English composer, pianist, and actress born in Hampstead, London in 1923. She trained at the Royal College of Music in London, where she put her music together with performances at nightclubs, played piano duets with her sister, and acquired LRAM and ARCM diplomas (as piano performer).

Madeleine Dring mostly wrote chamber music, vocal music, and instrumental arrangements for stage presentations. Her works have a lighthearted and charming style, often including witty touches and challenging ensemble passages. In the 1950s and 1960s, Dring's music was in high demand from television, film, and radio media.

Dring was also an accomplished actress, appearing in various British films as well as television and stage performances. She co-wrote and starred in a weekly BBC radio comedy show "The Kitchen Front" in the 1940s.

Sadly, Dring died at the young age of 53 in 1977. Nonetheless, her legacy persists through her music, which has been recorded and performed by many artists and continues to charm audiences to this day.

Compositions featuring Madeleine Dring

#	Name	Duration	Genre	Year
1	Trio, for oboe, bassoon & harpsichord (or piano)	16:02 min	Chamber Music	1971
2	Trio, for flute, oboe & piano	10:17 min	Chamber Music	1967
3	Dances (2), for oboe	4:17 min	Chamber Music	1965
4	Danza Gaya, for oboe & piano	2:39 min	Chamber Music	1964
5	I've Found the Proms, song for voice & piano	5:04 min	Vocal Music	1958
6	Love Song, for voice & piano (for the revue "Child's Play")	3:57 min	Vocal Music	1958
7	High in the Pines ("I was the voice"), song for voice & piano (for the revue "Child's Play")	3:47 min	Vocal Music	1958
8	I've Found the Proms, song for voice & piano	5:04 min	Vocal Music	1958
9	Valse Macabre, for voice & piano (for the revue "Fresh Airs")	5:09 min	Vocal Music	1956
10	Valse Macabre, for voice & piano (for the revue "Fresh Airs")	5:09 min	Vocal Music	1956
11	The Model Models, song for voice & piano (for the revue "Airs on a Shoestring")	3:51 min	Vocal Music	1953
12	I've Brought You Away, song for voice & piano	3:10 min	Vocal Music	1952
13	Festival Scherzo for piano & strings	4:41 min	Concerto	1951
14	Tarrantelle, for piano, 4 hands	3:20 min	Keyboard	1948
15	Fantastic Variations (3) on "Lilliburiero", for 2 pianos	5:00 min	Keyboard	1948
16	Saxy Blue, for piano	4:34 min	Keyboard	-
17	Sarabande	3:31 min	Orchestral	-
18	Shakespeare Songs (3) for voice & piano: No. 3, Blow, blow thou Winter wind	1:54 min	Vocal Music	-
19	Shakespeare Songs (3) for voice & piano: No. 1, Under the greenwood tree	1:36 min	Vocal Music	-
20	Shakespeare Songs (3) for voice & piano: No. 2, Come away, Death	3:04 min	Vocal Music	-
21	My Proper Bess, for voice & piano	1:53 min	Vocal Music	-
22	Pieces (3) for flute and piano		Chamber Music	-
23	Night Songs (4) for voice & piano: No. 4, Separation	3:12 min	Vocal Music	-
24	Night Songs (4) for voice & piano: No. 3, Through the centuries	4:26 min	Vocal Music	-
25	Night Songs (4) for voice & piano: No. 2, Frosty Night	1:36 min	Vocal Music	-
26	Night Songs (4) for voice & piano: No. 1, Holding the Night	3:36 min	Vocal Music	-
27	Night Songs (4) for voice & piano (complete)	12:09 min	Vocal Music	-
28	Mélisande, The Far Away Princess, for voice & piano	2:49 min	Vocal Music	-
29	My True Love Hath My Heart, for voice & piano	3:16 min	Vocal Music	-
30	My Propire Besse, for voice & piano	2:01 min	Vocal Music	-
31	Lola Deputy?, song for 2 voices & piano	3:00 min	Vocal Music	-
32	The Parting, for voice & piano	3:07 min	Vocal Music	-
33	WIB Waltz, for flute & piano	3:00 min	Chamber Music	-
34	Weep You No More Sad Fountains, for voice & piano	2:53 min	Vocal Music	-
35	Waltz Finale, for piano	3:22 min	Keyboard	-
36	Valse Francaise, for piano	2:15 min	Keyboard	-
37	Torch Song, for voice & piano	3:01 min	Vocal Music	-
38	Torch Song, for voice & piano	3:01 min	Vocal Music	-
39	To Phillis, for voice & piano	3:49 min	Vocal Music	-
40	Three Piece Suite for oboe and piano	11:45 min	Chamber Music	-
41	The Reconcilement, for voice & piano	6:04 min	Vocal Music	-
42	Sister, Awake!, for voice & piano	3:14 min	Vocal Music	-
43	The Faithless Lover, for voice & piano	2:20 min	Vocal Music	-
44	The Enchantment, for voice & piano	1:58 min	Vocal Music	-
45	The Cuckoo, for voice & piano	1:55 min	Vocal Music	-
46	The Cherry Blooming, for voice & piano	1:45 min	Vocal Music	-
47	Teal for Two, for piano	3:59 min	Keyboard	-
48	Tango	3:00 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	-
49	Take o Take Those Lips Away, for voice & piano	3:40 min	Vocal Music	-
50	Song of a Nightclub Proprietress	2:44 min	Vocal Music	-
51	Snowman, for voice & piano (from Airs on a Shoestring)	4:13 min	Vocal Music	-
52	Caribbean Dance, for 2 pianos	2:10 min	Keyboard	-
53	Don't Play Your Sonata Tonight, Mr. Humphries, song for voice & piano	5:03 min	Vocal Music	-
54	Don't Play Your Sonata Tonight, Mr. Humphries, song for voice & piano	5:03 min	Vocal Music	-
55	Dedications, for voice & piano: No. 5, To Phyllis	3:59 min	Vocal Music	-
56	Dedications, for voice & piano: No. 4, To Music	3:29 min	Vocal Music	-
57	Dedications, for voice & piano: No. 3, To the Willow Tree	2:40 min	Vocal Music	-
58	Dedications, for voice & piano: No. 2, To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time	1:24 min	Vocal Music	-
59	Dedications, for voice & piano: No. 1, To Daffodils	1:56 min	Vocal Music	-
60	Crabbed age and youth, for voice & piano	1:40 min	Vocal Music	-
61	Come Away, Come Sweet Love, for voice & piano	3:18 min	Vocal Music	-
62	Colour Suite, for piano	8:58 min	Keyboard	-
63	Echoes, for voice & piano	2:32 min	Vocal Music	-
64	Can't You Come in Softly, Mr. Brown?, song for voice & piano (for the revue "Up and Away")	4:12 min	Vocal Music	-
65	Brown and Out, for piano	2:58 min	Keyboard	-
66	Betjeman songs (5) for voice & piano: No. 5, Upper Lambourne	2:42 min	Vocal Music	-
67	Betjeman songs (5) for voice & piano: No. 4, Undenominational	1:24 min	Vocal Music	-
68	Betjeman songs (5) for voice & piano: No. 3, Business Girls	2:14 min	Vocal Music	-
69	Betjeman songs (5) for voice & piano: No. 2, Sun & Fun	2:43 min	Vocal Music	-
70	Betjeman songs (5) for voice & piano: No. 1, A Bay in Anglesey	3:43 min	Vocal Music	-
71	American Dance, for piano	2:10 min	Keyboard	-
72	Ah, How Sweet It Is to Love, for voice & piano	4:22 min	Vocal Music	-
73	I'm Gentle and Charming, song for voice & piano	0:44 min	Vocal Music	-
74	Love Is a Sickness, for voice & piano	2:32 min	Vocal Music	-
75	Love and Time, 4 songs for voice & piano	17:57 min	Vocal Music	-
76	A Devout Lover, for voice & piano	2:10 min	Vocal Music	-
77	Lola Deputy?, song for 2 voices & piano	3:00 min	Vocal Music	-
78	Lime Clash, for piano	4:41 min	Keyboard	-
79	Jig, for piano	1:43 min	Keyboard	-
80	Italian Dance, for 2 pianos	2:16 min	Keyboard	-
81	It Was a Lover and His Lass, for voice & piano	1:56 min	Vocal Music	-
82	In the Pink, for piano	3:55 min	Keyboard	-
83	Moto Perpetuo, for piano	2:22 min	Keyboard	-
84	I'm Gentle and Charming, song for voice & piano	0:44 min	Vocal Music	-
85	I HATE Music, song for voice & piano	6:51 min	Vocal Music	-
86	I HATE Music, song for voice & piano	6:51 min	Vocal Music	-
87	I Feed a Flame, for voice & piano	3:06 min	Vocal Music	-
88	Humanity's Gift to the Stage, song for voice & piano ("Principal Boy")	2:22 min	Vocal Music	-
89	Humanity's Gift to the Stage, song for voice & piano ("Principal Boy")	2:22 min	Vocal Music	-
90	Hello Yellow, for piano	3:57 min	Keyboard	-
91	Hallelujah Red, for piano	3:22 min	Keyboard	-
92	Encouragements to a Lover, for voice & piano	1:04 min	Vocal Music	-

Albums featuring Madeleine Dring

#	Name album	Year	Music label
1	Amy Porter, Nancy Ambrose King, Phillip Bush, Madeleine Dring, Jean-Michel Damase, Alberto Ginastera, Léo Delibes, Eugène Bozza, Gustav Holst – Amy Porter \| Nancy Ambrose King(CD, )	2003	Boston Records (2)
2	Armstrong Gibbs, Madeleine Dring, Robin Milford, Cyril Rootham, Gordon Jacob, Guildhall Strings, Martin Roscoe – Peacock Pie(CD, )	2002	Hyperion
3	Madeleine Dring, Robert Tear, Philip Ledger – The Far Away Princess - Songs by Madeleine Dring(LP, Stereo)	1982	Meridian (2)
4	Madeleine Dring, Lennie Niehaus, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, Leigh Kaplan – Shades Of Dring(LP)	1981	Cambria
5	Dring : Leigh Kaplan – Dring Dances!(LP)	1980	Cambria
6	Andrea Gullickson, Robert Schumann, Madeleine Dring, André Jolivet, Clara Schumann, Andrea Clearfield, Karen Enns – The Poetic Oboe(CD, Album)	-	Crystal Records (5)