Sadly, although having already completed this spectacular work, Sir Arthur Sullivan died on November 22nd, 1900, almost a year before the final conclusion of the Second Boer War. He had already contributed vastly to the Fund set up to provide for the wives and families of serving soldiers by his setting of "The Absent-Minded Beggar" with words by Rudyard Kipling in the year of his death, sales of only the sheet music of which raised something like the equivalent of £20,000,000 in today's terms. Performances of the Te Deum thereafter played a major part in celebrations to mark the end of the war the following year.
Yes, this was an adaptation of the 1871 hymn tune "St. Gertrude" to which "Onward Christian Soldiers" (written by the Victorian clergyman Sabine Baring-Gould) is sung.
Come, be fair. That was not the US, it was the CSA, a different country. It was not a 'concentration camp' but a POW camp, and the CSA was short on all provisions of all kinds throughout the war. Even their own soldiers were short of food and shoes.
I am French and I just love Arthur Sullivan's composition
Proof that there was more to Arthur Sullivan than just the ampersand.
Sadly, although having already completed this spectacular work, Sir Arthur Sullivan died on November 22nd, 1900, almost a year before the final conclusion of the Second Boer War. He had already contributed vastly to the Fund set up to provide for the wives and families of serving soldiers by his setting of "The Absent-Minded Beggar" with words by Rudyard Kipling in the year of his death, sales of only the sheet music of which raised something like the equivalent of £20,000,000 in today's terms. Performances of the Te Deum thereafter played a major part in celebrations to mark the end of the war the following year.
A very beautiful composition! Sadly, Sullivan is very underrated.
Never heard this before. Superb & with his own Onward Christian Soldiers to the fore but never sung . Excellent!
Yes, this was an adaptation of the 1871 hymn tune "St. Gertrude" to which "Onward Christian Soldiers" (written by the Victorian clergyman Sabine Baring-Gould) is sung.
I love this 💕
I’m afraid the 🇺🇸had concentration camps too; the infamous Andersonville camp in Georgia during the 1861-1865 civil war 😢
Come, be fair. That was not the US, it was the CSA, a different country. It was not a 'concentration camp' but a POW camp, and the CSA was short on all provisions of all kinds throughout the war. Even their own soldiers were short of food and shoes.