Sweet and Low
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SATB Choir and Piano
SKU: BT.MUSJC60739
Composed by Joseph Barnby. Arranged by Alfred Tennyson. Hymns & Chorals. Choral Score. Composed 2015. 4 pages. Curwen #MUSJC60739. Published by Curwen (BT.MUSJC60739).English.
The most popular of Barnby's partsongs, Sweet and Low was first published in 1865. Scored for SATB choir with Piano reduction, it is a setting of an extract from The Princess, a poem by Alfred,LordTennyson.
Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896) was an English composer and conductor. He was a chorister at York Minster before studying at the RAM. He later became director of Music at Eton and Principal oftheGuildhall School of Music.
Song List (1)
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- Sweet and Low