Work
God save the shipyards : soprano or mezzo soprano or counter-tenor voice and piano
by Jacqui Rutten (2015)
Score
God save the shipyards : soprano or mezzo soprano or counter-tenor voice and piano / Jacqui Rutten.
Library shelf no. 783.66542/RUT 8 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
The words to this song are from a book about the Scottish, Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in. The book A Rose Loupt Oot celebrated the historic work-in by Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in the early '70's. When told their workplace was to be closed down, the ship-builders kept working in the shipyard hoping to keep their jobs. The campaign grew and found national and international support. 80,000 people marched to Glasgow to support the work-in. After over a year, the government relented and the workers won the right to work. This anonymous poem is about the work-in.
Work Details
Year: 2015
Instrumentation: Soprano or mezzo soprano or counter-tenor voice, piano.
Duration: 3 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — change of time signature
First performance: by Jacqui Rutten, Mary Knights-Rutten — 20 Sep 15. Women Composers Concert, Sassafras Kennon Memorial Uniting Church, VIC
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Art song
- In the form/style of: Celtic folk music
Performances of this work
20 Sep 15: Women Composers Concert, Sassafras Kennon Memorial Uniting Church, VIC. Featuring Jacqui Rutten, Mary Knights-Rutten.
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