"Heaven overarches earth and sea" [F.W. Wadely]

"Heaven overarches earth and sea" [F.W. Wadely]

First line of lyrics: Heaven overarches earth and sea

Wadely, Fredrick William; music (English, 1882-1970)

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

1920 [copyright]

London: J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.

genre: choral music|part song|sacred music|song

chorus: women's SSC chorus

trio: two sopranos and contralto

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - chorus: women's SSC chorus

other version 1 - instrumentation: orchestra

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'Heaven overarches earth and sea'"

Notes about the text: Minor changes to Rossetti's poetry, including the change of "Or" to "Nor," "Tho'" to "Though," and "saves" to "save" are present in this work. Additionally, the immediate repetition of phrases, "What tho tonight" (repeated twice) and "You and me" (repeated thrice) are also new additions. Following this segment, "What though tonight wrecks you and me" is repeated once more with an additional repetition of "you and me" at the end of the phrase.

Composition history: "By permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co."

Tempo markings: "Con moto."

Format 1: musical score

Contains tonic sol-fa notation

6 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4457

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

Cataloguer: Matthew Foti, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, Sydney.

Record: CRM-heavenoverarchesearth-wadely

File(s): CRM-heavenoverarchesearth-wadely.pdf

"Copyright, 1920, by J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. | London: J. Curwen & Sons Ltd., 24 Berners St., W.1."

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