"Service and Strength" [Martin Shaw]

"Service and Strength" [Martin Shaw]

First line of lyrics: Service and strength, God's Angels and Arch-Angels

Shaw, Martin [Edward Fallas]; music (English, 1875-1958)

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

1950 [copyright] [publication]

London: Novello & Company, Limited

genre: anthem|sacred music|choral music|song

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: organ

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 3/2

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "St. Michael and All Angels"

Notes about the text: The song is a setting of stanzas 1, 3 and 4 only. The words "Glory to God" are added at the end of the anthem.

Tempo markings: "Poco animato"; half note = 126

Dedication: "for William Bush"

Format 1: musical score

8 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4715

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

Other data reference(s): “Martin Shaw (Composer).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Oct. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shaw_(composer).
Rossetti, Christina Georgina. “St. Michael and All Angels.” Poem: St. Michael and All Angels by Christina Georgina Rossetti, https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/st-michael-and-all-angels-1.

Cataloguer: Matthew Foti and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Musical score: University of Adelaide, Adelaide

Record: CRM-stmichael-shaw

File(s): CRM-stmichael-shaw.pdf

"Copyright, 1950, by Novello & Company, Limited"

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