Felix Tilkins (May 12 1861–November 29 1921), better known by his pen name Ivan Caryll was a Belgian composer of musical comedy and operetta in the English language.

Among Caryll's most popular musicals from his London years were The Shop Girl (1894), A Runaway Girl (1898), The Toreador (1901), The Orchid (1903), and Our Miss Gibbs (1909). Caryll relocated to New York in 1911, composing more than a dozen Broadway musicals, including The Pink Lady (1911), Chin-Chic (1914), and Jack o'Lantern (1917). The Duchess of Dantzic.

Caryll studied at the Liege Conservatoire in Belgium. He moved to London in 1882 and served as the musical director for George Edwardes at the Gaiety and Lyric Theaters. He was married for a time in the 1890s to Geraldine Ulmar.

External links

• Internet Broadway Database entry
• Brief profile of Caryll

1861 births | 1921 deaths | Musical theatre composers | English composers | Belgian composers | People associated with Gilbert and Sullivan