"The Ferryman" [Martin Shaw]

"The Ferryman" [Martin Shaw]

First line of lyrics: "Ferry me across the water,"

Shaw, Martin [Edward Fallas]; music (English, 1875-1958)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

1917 [publication] [copyright]

London: Curwen & Sons Ltd

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'Ferry me across the water'"

Composition history: "Words by Christina Rossetti by permission of Macmillan & Co Ltd"

Tempo markings: "Moderately"; quarter note = about 100

Dedication: "To my wife."

Notes: The score is paired with Shaw's setting "Empty Pockets," and both Rossetti poems are included in full before the scores.

Format 1: musical score

2 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4412

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Cataloguer: Anna MacDonald, University of British Columbia

musical score: "The Ferryman." The Ferryman; Empty Pockets, Curwen Edition, p.4-5. Royal Academy of Music Library, London. Royal Academy of Music Library, London.

Record: CRM-ferrymeacross-shaw

"Copyright, 1917, by J. Curwen & Sons Ltd"

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