"Cherries" [Martin Shaw]
Title
"Cherries" [Martin Shaw]
First line of lyrics: Mother shake the cherry tree,
Part of: "Two Cherry Songs"
Creator
Shaw, Martin [Edward Fallas]; music (English, 1875-1958)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1936 [publication] [copyright]
Publisher
London: J.B. Cramer & Co. Ltd.; New York: Edward Schuberth & Co.; Sydney: W.H. Paling & Co. Ltd.
Subject
genre: song|children's music|song cycle
solo: voice
chorus: children's unison chorus
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one flat
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "'Mother shake the cherry-tree'"
Place in the larger work: The second song of two in a song cycle called "Two Cherry Songs," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "The Cherry Tree"; 2. "Cherries".
Tempo markings: "Allegretto"; quarter note = about 132
Notes: "Key F"
Format
Format 1: musical score
Contains tonic sol-fa notation
1 page (p. 3)
Source
Cataloguer: Anna MacDonald, University of British Columbia
private collection
Identifier
Record: CRM-mothershake-shaw
File(s): CRM-mothershake-shaw.pdf
Rights
"Copyright MCMXXXVI, by J. Cramer Ltd. for all Countries"
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Files
Collection
Citation
Shaw, Martin [Edward Fallas]; music (English, 1875-1958) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Cherries" [Martin Shaw],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed December 5, 2025, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2765.
Item Relations
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