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SKU: A0.750889
Composed by John Joseph Woods 1876. Arranged by Brendan Elliget MAGA 537. Patriotic. Score and parts. 42 pages. BJE Music #4366392. Published by BJE Music (A0.750889)."God Defend New Zealand" was written as a poem in the 1870s by Irish-born, Victorian-raised immigrant Thomas Bracken of Dunedin. A competition to compose music for the poem was held in 1876 by The Saturday Advertiser and judged by three prominent Melbourne musicians, with a prize of ten guineas. The winner of the competition was the Tasmanian-born John Joseph Woods of Lawrence, New Zealand who composed the melody in a single sitting the evening after finding out about the competition. The song was first performed at the Queen’s Theatre, Princes Street, Dunedin, on Christmas Day, 1876. [Wikipedia]
This arrangement is for Concert Band and with optional Strings and Piano parts included (but not shown on the score) - Lower Key of F (Original in G) – If singing the words for more than one verse, the accompaniment can be varied eg. Woodwind only for one verse – as in the MP3 recording with was recorded with NotePerformer. Also available MARCH CARD format...
Duration = 2:00 mins Grade 2-3 [*Melody corrected Bar 2 -1st note - up a third -28/03/2022]
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