"Ferry Me Across The Water" [Beatrice Macgowan Scott]

"Ferry Me Across The Water" [Beatrice Macgowan Scott]

First line of lyrics: Ferry me across the water

Scott, Beatrice Macgowan; music (1880-1951)

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

1934 [publication] [copyright]

New York: Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge

genre: part song|song|children's music

solo: treble voice

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 6/8

female composer

English

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

Composition history: "From Christina Rossetti's POEMS. Used by permission of The Macmillan Company."

Tempo markings: "Allegretto"

Performance instructions: "For 1-2 treble voices" ("Introduction to part singing"). "(Accompaniment in Teachers' Book)"

Notes: "(Observation Song)"

Format 1: musical score

1 page

Other data reference(s): "Introduction to part singing." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22148582. Accessed 7 April 2021.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Scott, Beatrice Macgowan. "Ferry Me Across The Water." Introduction to Part Singing, Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, 1934, p. 64. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland

Record: CRM-ferrymeacross-scott

File(s): CRM-ferrymeacross-scott.pdf

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