Martin Edward Fallas Shaw (9 March 1875 – 24 October 1958) was an English composer, conductor, and (in his early life) theatre producer. His over 300 published works include songs, hymns, carols, oratorios, several instrumental works, a congregational mass setting (the ''Anglican Folk Mass''), and four

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including a ballad opera.

Biography

Shaw delighted in describing himself as a

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, a title he could claim under Samuel Rowlands' definition of one born within the sound of the

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. Born 9 March 1875, he was the eldest of nine children, son of the Bohemian and eccentric James Fallas Shaw (1842–1907), composer of church music and organist of

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parish church and Charlotte Elizabeth Shaw, née James (1850–1912). He was the elder brother of the composer and influential educator Geoffrey Shaw and the actor Julius "Jules" Brinkley Shaw (born in 1882,

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now South West London), whose career was cut short by the

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– he was killed in March 1918. He studied under

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at the

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, together with a generation of composers that included

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, and John Ireland. He then embarked upon a career as a theatrical producer, composer and conductor, the early years of which he described as "a long period of starving along". However, he began his career as an organist, serving at Emmanuel Church, West Hampstead, from 1895 to 1903. With Gordon Craig, he founded the Purcell Operatic Society in 1899, dedicated to reviving the music of

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and other English composers of the period, many of whose works had fallen into long neglect. Their first production in 1901 was Purcell's ''

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'', at the Hampstead Conservatoire. This was well received and transferred to the Coronet Theatre, where it played alongside

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's production of ''Nance Oldfield''. It was also Craig's first outing as stage director. The POS's other productions were ''The Masque of Love'' from Purcell's

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, ''

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'' (1901) and

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's ''Acis and Galatea'' (1902). In 1903, Martin joined

's company at the Imperial Theatre, where he composed and conducted the music for productions of '' The Vikings'' and ''

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'', also directed by Craig,

's son. He proposed to

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, Craig's sister, in 1903 and was accepted. Edy was a successful, prolific but now largely forgotten theatre director, producer, costume designer and early pioneer of the women's suffrage movement in England. The marriage was prevented by Ellen Terry, out of jealousy for her daughter's affection, and by Christabel Marshall (Christopher St John), with whom Edith lived from 1899, according to

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in his book ''A Strange Eventful History (2008)''. A thinly fictionalised account of this episode appears in St John's autobiographical novel ''Hungerheart: The Story of a Soul (1915)''. Shaw then toured Europe as conductor to

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, extensively described in his 1929 autobiography '' Up to Now'' published by

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. During this period he gave music lessons and took posts as organist and director of music, first at St Mary's, Primrose Hill, where his vicar was

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1908 or 1909 – 1920, later at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London 1920 – 1924. He was also master of music at the Guildhouse, London. After his marriage to Joan Lindley Cobbold (1890–1974) in 1916, he settled down to family life. The couple had three children: John Fallas Cobbold Shaw (1917–1973), Richard Brinkley Shaw (1920–1989), and Mary Elizabeth Shaw (1923–1977). Under the influence of his wife, and faced with the need to support his family, church music gradually became the focus of his life and work. In 1918 he co-founded the League of Arts, the

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and was an early organiser of hymn festivals. He did much editorial and executive work in connection with popularising music, the encouragement of community singing and raising standards of choral singing in small parish churches. In 1932, Shaw received the

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. He was appointed an

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in 1955 and was made a Fellow of the

(FRCM) in 1958. He died on 24 October 1958. His nephew was the actor Sebastian Shaw, who played the unmasked

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and the ghost of

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in ''

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'' (1983).

Works

His published works include over 100 songs (some of them for children), settings for soli, chorus and orchestra of

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's ''Sursum Corda'', Eleanor Farjeon's ''The Ithacans'',

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's ''The Seaport and her Sailors''; a ballad opera by Clifford Bax, ''Mr Pepys'', and ''Water Folk'', written for the Worcester Music Festival held in September 1932. He composed the music for

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's pageant play, ''The Rock'', (performed at the

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in May 1934), making him the only composer Eliot ever allowed to set his words to music. He later became the first editor of ''National Anthems of the World'', published after his death. His

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''The Redeemer'', for SATB soloists, chorus and full orchestra, was first broadcast by the BBC in March 1945. His cantata ''God's Grandeur'', to words by

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, was composed for the first

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, receiving its first performance in the same concert as the premiere of Britten's ''St Nicholas''. Working with

, Martin was music editor of ''The English Carol Book'' (1913, 1919) and, with

, of ''

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'' (1925, 1931) and ''

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'' (1928). His tune '' Little Cornard'' is sung to ''Hills of the North Rejoice'', and ''Marching'' is sung to ''Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow''. While doing research for the ''

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'' (1906) in the British Library, he came upon the traditional Gaelic hymn-tune ''

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'' in L. McBean's ''Songs and Hymns of the Gael'', published in 1900. However, the tune was not included in the ''English Hymnal''. It was used instead in the second edition of ''Songs of Praise'' (1931), set to the poem ''

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'', which Martin Shaw commissioned specially from his old friend Eleanor Farjeon. This tune and words became a No. 1 hit for

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in 1972. Martin Shaw also noted down the Czech carol ''Rocking'' and included it in ''The Oxford Book of Carols''.

List of works

The following is a list of Shaw's theatrical productions, music for plays,

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and songs.

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or collaborators are listed after the name of the production or piece in brackets.

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or performance

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s are listed where known. A fuller list of works including editorial work, instrumental pieces, and sacred music can be seen at Musicweb International

Theatrical work

As producer of the Purcell Operatic Society, created by Shaw with

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*1900: conductor and producer: ''

'' (

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) – Hampstead Conservatoire *1901: conductor and producer: '' The Masque of Love'' (Purcell) – Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill *1902: conductor and producer: ''

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'' (

, libretto by

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) – Great Queen Street Theatre Productions at the Imperial Theatre *1902: Music Director and conductor: ''Bethlehem, a Morality Play'' (

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, music by Joseph Moorat) – at the Imperial Institute *1903: composer and conductor: '' The Vikings'' (

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) –

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*1903: composer and conductor: ''

'' (

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) – Imperial Theatre

Dramatic music

1911 – 1915 with

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and the Morality Play Society *1911 ''The Soul of the World'' (premiere at Imperial Institute 1 Dec.) – Joseph Williams *1912 ''The Dreamer – The Biblical story of Joseph'' – *1913 '' The Cockyolly Bird'' (premiere at the

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, Thursday, 1 Jan 1914) – Curwen (published 1930) *1914 '' Brer Rabbit and Mr Fox, a musical frolic'' (premiere at the Little Theatre) – Joseph Williams with George Calderon and William Caine *1912 ''The Brave Little Tailor'' 1926 – 1939 *1926 ''Mr Pepys, a

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on the life of

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'' ( Clifford Bax) – Cramer *''Waterloo Leave, a Ballad Opera'' (Clifford Bax) – Maddermarket,

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*1926 ''Granite (Clemence Dane)'' premiered at Ambassadors Theatre, with

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*1929 ''The Silver Tassie'' ( Sean O'Casey); ''

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and songs for Act II'' –

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*1929 ''Easter'' (

) *1931 ''The Thorn of Avalon, an Opera for

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'' ( Barclay Baron) – Crystal Palace *1932 ''Philomel'' (Jefferson Farjeon, lyrics by Clifford Bax) premiered at Ambassadors Theatre, starring Phyllis Neilson-Terry and Arthur Wontner *193? ''At the Sign of the Star an Opera for Toc H'' –

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*1934 ''The Rock, a Choral Pageant'' (

) – Sadlers Wells * ''Judgement at Chelmsford'' (Charles Williams) – Scala *1936 ''Master Valiant'' (Barclay Baron for Toc H 21st Birthday) at Crystal Palace – OUP *1937 ''The Six Men of Dorset'' (

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) *1939 ''Thursday's Child'' (

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) – Royal Albert Hall Children's plays and pageants 1916 – 1939 *1916 ''The Pedlar'' (from

) 6 songs, 2 dances – Evans Bros. *1918 ''Fools and Fairies'' (from

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) – Evans *1925 ''Children's Play: The Magic Fishbone'' ( Joan Cobbold) – Curwen *1925 ''A Christmas Pageant'' (words selected by Joan Cobbold) – Curwen *1928 ''Pageant: The Months'' (

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, dramatised by Joan Cobbold) – Cramer *1929 ''Christmas mime: At the Sign of the Star'' (Barclay Baron) – OUP *1929 ''Musical Play: The Whispering Wood'' (

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) – *1931 ''The Green Sky: a children's play'' (Joan Cobbold) – OUP *1936 ''The Travelling Musicians'' (arr. Joan Cobbold, from the

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) – Novello *1939 ''Thursday's Child'' (

) – Cramer

Cantatas and song sequences

*1910 Song Sequence: ''Fantastic Trio'' for voice, sung by the Albion Trio at the Aeolian HallThe Times, Friday 25 November *1931 Cantata: ''The Seaport and her Sailors'' (

) – Cramer *1931 Song Sequence: ''The Ungentle Guest'' ( Herrick, Drayton & Clifford Bax) – for Baritone, Harp and String Quartette – Cramer *1932 Song Sequence: ''Water Folk'' (

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) for voice, strings, quartette and pianoforte – Cramer *1933 Cantata: ''The Ithacans'' ( Eleanor Farjeon) enor, chorus and orchestra– Cramer *1933 Cantata: ''Sursum Corda'' (

) horus and orchestra– Novello *1935 Cantata: ''This England'' (

) – OUP *1945 Cantata length Oratorio: ''The Redeemer'' (ed. Joan Cobbold) oli, chorus and orchestra– Joseph Williams *1950 Cantata: ''The Changing Year'' (ed. Joan Cobbold) – Joseph Williams *1953 Cantata: ''The Changing Year'' rr. for flute and strings D. Shaw– J Williams

Songs

1898–1904 *1898 ''Berceuse'' (Diana Gardiner) – The Dome *1899 ''The Song of the Palanquin Bearers'' (

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) – The Page *1902 ''The Land of Heart's Desire'' (

) – Curwen *1903 ''E'en as a lovely Flower'' (

) – The Page *1904 ''Hymn To Diana'' part song(

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) – Novello *1904 ''Over the Mountains'' (traditional) part song– Novello *1904 ''The Jolly Shepherd'' (John Wootton) .A., p.f.– Joseph Williams *1904 ''The Fairies Escape'' S song for female voices, p.f. acc.– Joseph Williams *1904 ''Weep you no More Sad Fountains'' .A. with p.f. acc.– Joseph Williams 1913–1920 *1913 ''England, My England'' ( W. E. Henley) horus for TTBB– Boosey *1914 ''6 Songs of War'' published by Humphrey Milford at

(OUP) 1: ''Battle song of the Fleet at Sea'' (Stella Callaghan) 2: ''Called Up'' (Dudley Clark) 3: ''England for Flanders'' (C. W. Brodribb) 4: ''Erin United'' (C.W. Brodribb) 5: ''Carillons'' (tr. From the French by D. Bonnard) 6: ''Venizel'' (W. A. Short) *1914 ''The Cavalier's Escape'' (W Thornbury) – Stainer and Bell *1914 ''Song of the Callicles'' (

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) 3 part song for female voices SA– Joseph Williams *1914 ''Conrad Suck-a-Thumb'' – in Geoffrey Shaw's '' Struwelpeter'' – Curwen *1915 ''God Save the King'' with Faux Bourdon – Curwen *1915 ''Cuckoo'' (traditional, 2nd verse by MS) – Curwen *1915 ''Song: Clare's Brigade'' (Stephen Gwynn) – Humphrey Milford at OUP *1915 ''Four Pastoral Songs for Soprano and Contralto'' – Curwen 1: ''County Guy'' 2: ''Lubin'' 3: ''Sylvia Sleeps'' 4: ''Sylvia Wakes'' *1916 ''A Christmas Song'' (Eugene Field) – Evans *1916 ''Ships of Yule'' nison song– Evans *1917 ''Lullaby'' (

) – Curwen *1917 ''Under the Greenwood Tree'' – Curwen *1917 ''Sigh No More Ladies'' (

) – Curwen *1917 ''Trip and Go'' (traditional) – Curwen *1917 ''Orange and Green'' (arr. Of AP Graves words to "Lillibulero") – Curwen *1917 ''Six Songs'' published by Curwen: 1: ''Bird or Beast'' (

) 2: ''Easter Carol'' (Christina Rossetti) 3: ''The Land of Heart's Desire'' ( Yeats) 4: ''Over the Sea'' (Christina Rossetti) 5: not currently known 6: ''Summer'' (Christina Rossetti) *1917 ''Song of the Palanquin Bearers'' republished – Curwen *1917 ''Lied der Sänftentrager'' erman translation of "Palanquin Bearers"– Universal Edition *1918 ''Serenade'' (Diana Gardner) – Curwen *1918 ''Two Songs from Alice in Wonderland'' (

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) – (Evans: 3rd Bk of the School Concert) 1: ''You are Old Father William'' 2: ''Will You Walk a Little Faster'' *1918 ''The Bird of God (Kingsley)'' part song– Arnold *1918 ''The Frogge and the Mouse'' (Deuteromelia) part song– Curwen *1919 ''Bab-lock-Hythe'' (

) – Curwen *1919 ''Brookland Road'' (

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British Raj, British India, which inspired much ...

) – Curwen *1919 ''Child of the Flowing Tide'' ( Geoffrey Dearmer) – Chappell *1919 ''Down by the Salley Gardens'' (

) – Curwen *1919 ''Heffle Cuckoo Fair'' (

) – Curwen *1919 ''Love Pagan'' ( Arthur Shirley Cripps) – Curwen *1919 ''Old Mother Laidinwool'' (

) – Curwen *1919 ''Pity Poor Fighting Men'' (Rudyard Kipling) – Curwen *1919 ''Refrain'' (Arthur Shirley Cripps) – Rogers *1919 ''Stave of Roving Tim'' (

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) – Curwen *1919 ''The Egg Shell'' (Rudyard Kipling) – Curwen *1919 ''The Bubble Song'' (Mabel Dearmer) – Chappell *1920 ''The Knights Song'' (Lyon) – Enoch *1920 ''Love me, I love you'' (

) – Curwen *1920 ''Charity'' (Christina Rossetti) – Curwen *1920 ''Lullaby'' (Christina Rossetti) – Curwen *1920 ''The Ferryman'' (Christina Rossetti) – Curwen *1920 ''Up the Airy Mountains'' (

William Allingham William Allingham (19 March 1824 – 18 November 1889) was an Irish poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem "The Faeries" was much anthologised. But he is better known for his posthumously published ''Di ...

) pt song– Augener; Edward Arnold *1920 ''Invictus'' ( W. E. Henley) – Curwen *1920 ''O Falmouth is a Fine Town'' (W. E. Henley) – Curwen 1921–1930 *1921 ''Annabel Lee'' (

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely re ...

) – Cramer *1921 ''When Daisies Pied'' (Shakespeare) – Curwen *1922 ''At Columbine's Grave'' (Bliss Carmen) – Cramer *1922 ''Blow, Blow thou Winter Wind'' (Shakespeare) nison– Edward Arnold *1922 ''Butterflies'' (Mabel Dearmer) nison song– Curwen *1922 ''Crockle and Quackle'' (Darnley) pt. Song– *1922 ''Full Fathom Five'' (Shakespeare) – Cramer *1922 ''I know a Bank'' (Shakespeare) nison– Cramer *1922 ''Old Clothes and Fine Clothes'' (John Pride) – Cramer *1922 ''The Cockyolly Song'' (Mabel Dearmer) nison song– Curwen *1922 ''The Merry Wanderer'' (Shakespeare) – Cramer *1922 Two songs of Spring – Boosey: 1: ''Through Softly Falling Rain'' (Sybil M.Ruegg) 2: ''The Herald'' ( Geoffrey Dearmer) *1923 ''I Cannot eat but little Meat'' (arr. For TTBB) – Curwen *1923 ''I Know a Bank'' (Shakespeare) S– Cramer *1923 ''London Town'' (

) – Cramer *1923 ''Over Hill Over Dale'' (Shakespeare) – Cramer *1923 ''Peaceful Slumb'ring'' (Cobbe) rr. Tenor Solo & TTBB– Curwen *1923 ''Ships of Yule'' (Eugene Field) nison– Curwen *1923 ''The Grand Panjandrum'' – Novello *1923 ''The Little Vagabond'' (

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the Romantic poetry, poetry and visual art of the Roma ...

, cover illustration by Paul Nash) – Cramer *1923 ''Tides'' (John Pride) – Cramer *1923 ''Two Nursery Rhymes'' – Evans Bros *1923 ''With a voice of singing''

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- Curwen *1924 ''The Dip'' (Judge Parry) – Cramer *1924 ''Wood Magic'' (

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) – Cramer *1924 ''Glad Hearts Adventuring'' (Macdonald), the

Girl Guide Girl Guides (or Girl Scouts in the United States and some other countries) are organisations within the Scout Movement originally and largely still for girls and women only. The Girl Guides began in 1910 with the formation of The Girl Guides ...

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– Cramer *1924 ''Cargoes'' (John Masefield) unison 1st published in ''Music and Youth'', (2/- song) – Cramer *1924 Two Water Songs – Cramer 1: ''The Little Waves of Breffney'' (Eva Gore-Booth) 2: ''The Rivulet'' (L. Larcom) *1924 ''I know a Bank'' (Shakespeare) uet– Cramer *1925 ''Old Clothes and Fine Clothes'' (John Pride) – Braille *1925 ''The Conjuration'' (from the Chinese poem of Hung-So-Fan) 2 keys – Cramer *1925 ''The Caravan'' (W. B. Rands) – Cramer *1925 ''The Pioneers'' (

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) unison song – Cramer *1926 ''Bridgwater Charter Song'' (Bruce Dilks) – Cramer *1926 ''March'' (L. Larcom) nison– OUP *1926 ''May Merry Time'' ( Darley) 2pt song – OUP *1926 ''Song & Mime: The Mummers'' ( Eleanor Farjeon) unison – Evans Bros. *1926 ''Trees'' ( E. Nesbit) – Cramer *1927 ''Avona'' (DB Knox) – Cramer *1927 ''Budmouth Dears'' (

Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Literary realism, Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry ...

) SCCTTBB– Curwen *1927 ''Gather up your Litter'' ( Eleanor Farjeon) – Cramer *1927 ''Ladybird'' (Mrs Montgomery) nison– Cramer *1927 ''Lament: Johnny Braidislee from Ionica'' – Cramer *1927 ''Little Trotty Wagtail'' (

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) nison– Cramer *1927 ''Over the Sea with a Soldier'' (Harold Boulton) – Cramer *1927 ''St George's Day'' (arr. D.J. Clarke, words Geoffrey Dearmer) nison– Cramer *1927 ''The Accursed Wood'' (Harold Boulton) nison– Cramer *1927 ''Up Tails All'' (

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) nison– Cramer *1927 ''The Mountain and the Squirrel'' (Emerson) nison– Cramer *1928 ''Service'' (words selected by

) nison– Cramer *1929 ''Song of the Music Makers'' (Rodney Bennett) Music and Youth (Jan) – Cramer *1929 ''Two Shakespeare Songs'': – Cramer 1: ''Come Away Death'' 2: ''When that I was'' *1929 ''Sea Roads'' (Harold Boulton) nison– Boosey and Hawkes inthrop Rogers*1930 ''Songs: New Singing Games'' (Cobbold) – Cramer 1: ''White Owl'' 2: ''Flower Game'' 3: ''Naughty Children'' 4: ''Walking Down the Lane'' *1930 ''O Land of Britain'' (Stuart Wilson) nison– Cramer *1930 ''To Sea'' ( Beddoes) – Cramer *1930 ''The World's Delight'' – Cramer *1930 ''Working Together'' (

) nison– Cramer 1931 – 1940 *1931 ''In Liverpool Where I was Bred'' (

) from the

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– Cramer *1931 ''No'' (

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) – Cramer *1931 ''Three Calendar Songs for Children'' – Novello 1: ''30 Days Hath September'' *1931 ''Wood Fires'' nison song– Cramer *1932 ''6 Songs'' ( Eleanor Farjeon) – Cramer 1: ''Argus'' nison song2: ''Caesar'' nison song3: ''Hannibal'' nison Song4: ''Leonidas''

canon Canon or Canons may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Canon (fiction), the material accepted as officially written by an author or an ascribed author * Literary canon, an accepted body of works considered as high culture ** Western canon, th ...

] 5: ''Romulus and Remus'' [two part canon] 6: ''Queen Dido'' [two part canon] *1932 ''Perilous Ways'' (Mordaunt Currie) – Cramer *1933 ''Marketing Day'' (Derek McCulloch) nison– Novello *1933 ''The Melodies You Sing'' ( Clifford Bax) – Cramer *1933 ''The Wind and the Sea'' (Clifford Bax) – Cramer *1935 ''Garden Flowers'' (Mary Howitt) nison– Child Education; Evans Bros *1936 ''A Chant for England'' (Helen Gray Cone) nison– Cramer *1936 ''Two Cherry Songs'' nison– Cramer *1936 ''The Day's End'' nison– Cramer *1936 ''Would it were So'' (

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) nison– Novello *1937 ''Song: An Airman's Te Deum'' (F. McN. Foster) – Curwen *1938 ''Come away, Death'' (

)

– Novello *1939 ''Choir Songs: Thursday's Child'' (Christopher Fry) nison Songs– Cramer 1: ''A Song of Life'' 2: ''Leaving School'' 3: ''What is a House'' 4: ''Cooking'' 5: ''Housework'' 6: ''Rub-a-dub-dub'' 7: ''Ploughing'' 8: ''Sowing'' 9: ''Harvest'' *1939 ''Two songs for Juniors'' – Cramer: 1: ''The Rain'', 2: ''The Stream'' *1939 ''The Mountain and the Squirrel'' – Cramer *1939 ''The Caravan'' – Cramer *1940 ''Song: Say not the Struggle Nought Availeth'' ( A. H. Clough) nison– Musical Times; Novello 1941 – 1954 *1941 ''Drake's Drum'' (Sir Henry Newbolt) nison– Cramer *1941 ''The Airmen'' (Margaret Armour, from The Times, 28 May 1940) – Cramer *1942 ''Song: Jack Overdue'' (J. Pudney) – Cramer *1944 ''The Path of Duty'' (

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) nison– Novello *1948 ''Kitty of Coleraine'' (anon) rr. TTBB – Boosey and Hawkes *1948 ''My Bonny Cuckoo'' rr. SSA– Cramer *1948 ''Oft in the Stilly Night'' (Thomas Moore) rr. Tenor solo & TTBB– Boosey and Hawkes *1948 ''The Elves'' (arr. SSA) – Cramer *1952 ''Coronation Song'' (E. Montgomery Campbell) nison– Cramer *1952 ''Sing Three'' 0 Songs for S.A.B.– Cramer *1953 ''Over the Hills'' (

) nison– Cramer *1954 ''Farm-yard Families'' (M. Nightingale) nison– Cramer *1954 ''The Sea Shore'' ( Geoffrey Dearmer) nison-Cramer *1954 ''The Sweet of the Year'' (George Meredith) part song– OUP Posthumous publications *1987 ''Martin Shaw, Seven Songs for Voice and Piano'' – Stainer and Bell 1: ''Annabel Lee'' 2: ''Cargoes'' 3: ''No''. 4: ''When Daisies Pied'' 5: ''The Cuckoo'' 6: ''Song of the Palanquin Bearers'' 7: ''Down by the Salley Gardens'' *1969 ''Garden of Earthly Delights'' based on work by Philip Rosseter and arranged by Mont Campbell on the album ''Arzachel'' by Prog Rock group

Uriel Uriel , Auriel ( ''ʾŪrīʾēl'', " El/God is my Flame"; ''Oúriḗl''; ''Ouriēl''; ; Geʽez and Amharic: or ) or Oriel ( ''ʾÓrīʾēl'', "El/God is my Light") is the name of one of the archangels who is mentioned in Rabbinic tradition ...

References

;Bibliography *'' Up To Now'', by Martin Shaw, Oxford University Press 1929; *''A Strange Eventful History'', by

, Chatto and Windus 2008; *'' Gordon Craig: The Story of His Life'', by Edward Craig, Victor Gollancz 1968; *''Isadora: The Sensational Life of

'', by Peter Kurth, Little, Brown 2001. *''The Making of

's Plays'', by E. Martin Browne, Cambridge University Press 1969; *''The Life of

'', by Nan Dearmer: Jonathan Cape 1940; *''Songs of Praise with Music'', Revised and Enlarged Edition, OUP 1932; *''Songs of Praise Discussed'', compiled by

: OUP, 1933; *''The Greater Light'', a Compendium of the Life and Work of Martin Shaw, edited by Stephen Connock and Isobel Montgomery Campbell: Albion Music Ltd, 2018;

External links

Martin Shaw – Music & Song''Martin Shaw Collection'' at the British Library
National Anthems Org

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