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Crossing the Bar. " Crossing the Bar " is an 1889 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It is considered that Tennyson wrote it in elegy; the narrator uses an extended metaphor to compare death with crossing the "sandbar" between the river of life, with its outgoing "flood", and the ocean that lies beyond death, the "boundless deep", to which we return.
Behrend was born in Danzig, [2] a grandson of Michael William Balfe, composer of the opera The Bohemian Girl. He was best known in his lifetime for the 1885 song Daddy (lyrics by Mary Mark-Lemon), [a] which made a fortune for him, despite disposing of his copyright while it was still popular. [5] A long-standing member of the Savage Club, [6 ...
Sir John Frederick Bridge CVO (5 December 1844 – 18 March 1924) was an English organist, composer, teacher and writer. From a musical family, Bridge became a church organist before he was 20, and he achieved his ambition to become a cathedral organist by the age of 24, at Manchester Cathedral. After six years there, he was invited to become ...
19 Songs "traditional" The Circus Band All summer long 56 H. or Ch. Ives The Collection Now help us, Lord 38 "stanzas from old hymns" The Coming of the Day Country Celestial Cradle Song Hush thee 33 19 Songs A. L. Ives December Last, for December 37 D. G. Rossetti, after San Geminiano: Disclosure Thoughts, which deeply rest 7 Ch. or H. Ives
Ferry Cross the Mersey. " Ferry Cross the Mersey " is a song written by Gerry Marsden. It was first recorded by his band Gerry and the Pacemakers and released in late 1964 in the UK and in 1965 in the United States. It was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching number six in the United States [2] and number eight in the UK. [3]
The song depicts Coe at a bar (surprise!) that he describes as a “dive” full of cowboys, bikers, and hippies “who are praying they'll get outta here alive." Still, he reserves his deadliest ...
Songs of Grace and Glory (1892) The Salute of the Nations (1893) Rose, Thistle and Shamrock (1901) In the Realm of the Dance (1902) A Day at Great Lakes (1915) On the 5:15 (1916) In Pulpit and Pew (1917) A Study in Rhythms (1920) An Old-Fashioned Girl (1922) Music of the Minute (1922) The Merry-Merry Chorus (1923) On With The Dance (1923)
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969, by Apple Records. It is the last album the group recorded, [ 2 ] although Let It Be (1970) was the last album completed before the band's break-up in April 1970. [ 3 ] It was mostly recorded in April, July, and August 1969, and topped ...