"Spring bursts to-day" [Geoffrey Shaw]

"Spring bursts to-day" [Geoffrey Shaw]

First line of lyrics: Spring bursts today

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

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

1923 [copyright]

London: Novello and Company, Limited; New York: The H. W. Gray Co.

genre: Easter music|sacred music|choral music|song|carol

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)

initial sharps/flats: two flats

initial time signature: 2/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "An Easter Carol"

Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the first stanza (ll. 1-2) of the poem, followed by line 6, then stanzas 6-9 (ll. 11-18) only. In line 2 of the poem, the phrase "earth's" is replaced by "world's" in the song.

Tempo markings: "Quick and with energy"

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4365

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

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Rossetti, Christina, Geoffrey Shaw.  "Spring bursts To=day." The Musical times, 1904-1995; Feb 1923; vol. 64, no. 960, p. 1-4. British Periodicals, Proquest, www.proquest.com/historical-periodicals/spring-bursts-day/docview/7787318/se-2?accountid=14701. Accessed 28 Jul. 2020.

Record: CRM-eastercarol-shawgeoffrey

File(s): CRM-eastercarol-shawgeoffrey.pdf

"Copyright, 1923, by Novello and Company, Limited"

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