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| Composer |  Traditional | ||
| Instrumentation | String Quartet | ||
| Sheet central | The Water Is Wide (12 sheet music) | ||
| Style | Folk | ||
| Arranger Publisher |  | ||
| Date | ca. 1600 | ||
| Copyright | Public Domain | ||
| Added by magataganm, 24 Dec 2018
"The Water Is Wide" (also called "O Waly, Waly" or
simply "Waly, Waly") is a folk song of Scottish origin,
based on lyrics that partly date to the 1600s. It
remains popular in the 21st century. Cecil Sharp
published the song in Folk Songs From Somerset
(1906).
"O Waly, Waly" has been a popular choice for arrangements by classical composers, in particular Benjamin Britten, whose arrangement for voice and piano was published in 1948. John Rutter uses it for the Third Movement in his "Su...(+) | |||
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