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Title: | [Search me, O God, and know my heart today] (Maori) |
Composer: | Clement Scott |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
Incipit: | 31233 32471 12231 |
Key: | E Major |
Source: | Maori melody;Swiss Cradle Song |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
The tune was adapted from "Swiss Cradle Song" by Clement Scott. It was released by the Australian music company W. H. Paling and Co. in 1913. It was then adapted in New Zealand for a farewell song for Maori soldiers beginning in World War I, modified with the words "This is the hour," used as a waltz tune, and then picked up in 1945 by singer Gracie Fields with the words "Now is the hour." It was also recorded by Bing Crosby, Kate Smith and Eddy Howard.
Dianne Shapiro, from "Now is the hour, NZ's first million-selling song?" published by New Zealand History (nzhistory.govt.nz) (accessed 8/6/2019) which quotes a January 1948 Time magazine article
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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Piano
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