Piano Solo -
Easy-Intermediate
SKU:
FP.FLJ36
Composed by
John Longmire. Sheet
Music and Books. John
Longmire's arrangement of
famous sea shanty Haul
Away Joe, dedicated to
his long-time friend John
Ireland. Classical.
Score. Forsyths
Publications #FLJ36.
Published by Forsyths
Publications (FP.FLJ36).
ISBN
9790570504213.
Famo
us sea shanty Haul Away
Joe, here arranged for
solo piano by talented
20th Century British
composer John
Longmire.
Longmire
was born in Gainsborough
in 1902 and the
publication success of
his innovative 'Nine
Insect Pieces' in 1924
led to him writing over
50 volumes of music for
the piano, many of which
remain in print with
Forsyth Publishing today.
A long-time friend and
biographer of John
Ireland, they lived
together in Guernsey
while Ireland wrote some
of his finest works and
only narrowly escaped the
German invasion of 1940,
escaping on an
overcrowded ferry pursued
by a
submarine.
After
returning to the island
post-war, Longmire
composed the 'Song of
Guernsey' for Princess
Elizabeth and the Duke of
Edinburgh visit in 1949.
Later in 1957, when
Elizabeth visited again
as Queen, he conducted
his 'Song of Welcome'
sung by 6600 children in
St Peter Port. In 1950 he
married and emigrated to
New Zealand where he was
Music Master at Northcote
College, Auckland,
conductor of the Royal
Auckland Choir and a
broadcaster hosting
weekly talks on music on
NZBC. Returning to
Guernsey, he became an
examiner for Trinity
College of Music, also
writing 100 pieces for
the exam syllabus and
adjudicating for Trinity
and the ABRSM
internationally.
John Ireland
