"Fairlight" [Geoffrey Shaw]

"Fairlight" [Geoffrey Shaw]

First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind?

Shaw, Geoffrey Turton; music (English, 1879-1943)

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

1929 [copyright]; 1931 [publication]

London: Oxford University Press

genre: hymn|sacred music|children's music|song

chorus: congregational singing

instrumentation: organ|piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "At a gentle pace."

Performance instructions: Organ or piano and unison chorus (Gooch and Thatcher 4890), suitable for children ("Songs of Praise (hymnal)")

Notes: Published in the hymnal, "Songs of Praise" enlarged edition by Percy Dearmer; Martin Shaw and Ralph Vaughan Williams, Oxford University Press, 1931, (Gooch and Thatcher 4890) in a section called "For Children".

Format 1: musical score

2 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4890

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): "Songs of Praise (hymnal)." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_Praise_(hymnal). Accessed 8 Oct. 2020.

Cataloguer: Jacob Spence and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Songs of Praise, Oxford University Press, 1931, no. 386, pp. 466-467. University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Record: CRM-whohasseen-shaw

File(s): CRM-whohasseen-shaw.pdf; CRM-whohasseen-shaw.jpg

"Copyright, 1929, by Oxford University Press."

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