"Wind in the Trees" [Leslie H. Heward]

"Wind in the Trees" [Leslie H. Heward]

First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind?

Heward, Leslie Hays; music (British, 1897-1943)

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

1928 [publication]

Winchester: Warren and Son

genre: hymn|song|children's music

chorus: congregational singing

instrumentation: keyboard

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 6/8 9/8

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"

Composition history: "(By permission of Macmillan & Co.)"

Performance instructions: "(Irregular)."

Notes: This song was published in the "Winchester Hymn Supplement", 1928 edition by Warren & Son, Winchester. The second of two tunes to choose from. The attempt by the Winchester Diocesan Church Music Committee to offer a small collection of hymns and tunes [divided in 3 parts: (1) for adults; (2) for older children; (3) for young children ("New Music. Songs" p. 184)] in 1923 was such a large success that it justified a more substantial volume. The 1928 publication includes "123 hymns and 14 carols together with Merbecke's Communion Service, as edited by E.G.P. Wyatt and Royle Shore." (Harding, p. 152)

Format 1: musical score

1 page

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4881

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

Other data reference(s): Harding, H. A. "Church and Organ Music. Royal College of Organists." The Musical Times, vol. 70, no. 1032, 1 Feb. 1929, pp. 142-144, 152-153. JSTOR.
"New Music. Songs." The Musical Times, vol. 64, no. 961, 1 Mar. 1923, pp. 183-185. JSTOR.

Cataloguer: Jacob Spence and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Winchester Hymn Supplement, with Tunes. Warren & Son, Winchester, 1928, p. 168, no. 139.

Record: CRM-whohasseen-heward

File(s): CRM-whohasseen-heward.jpg

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