SSA choir
SKU:
C4.9790902257114
Composed by George
Henschel. Classical.
Score. Crescendo Music
Publications
#9790902257114. Published
by Crescendo Music
Publications
(C4.9790902257114).
ISBN 9790902257114.
8.27 x 11.7
inches.
Sir George
Henschel's setting of the
Pater noster (Our
Father), was first
published in 1913. The
dedicatee, Sophie Weisse
(1852-1945), was founder
of Northlands, an
all-girls school in
Surrey, England. As well
as George Henschel,
Weisse counted many
people of note among her
circle of friends,
including violinist
Joseph Joachim, flautist
Louis Fleury, and
'cellist Pablo Casals.
She was the first to
observe Donald Tovey's
aptitude for music and
took it upon herself to
manage his education, all
the way to Balliol
College, Oxford.