"Sailing Westward" is a poem written by Alfred Noyes, and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar. It was one of the songs (collectively known as the " Pageant of Empire") written to be performed in the Pageant of Empire at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley Park, on 21 July 1924. [1] [2]
The song descriptively commemorates the adventurous English sea-captains who sailed to "... chase the setting sun ... westward, thro' the thund'ring gales".
Elgar used the same music for four other songs in the set: " The Islands", "Gloriana" ( Queen Elizabeth I), "The Cape of Good Hope" (for South Africa) and "Indian Dawn".
This song was arranged by the composer as an accompanied part-song for SATB.
"Sailing Westward" is a poem written by Alfred Noyes, and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar. It was one of the songs (collectively known as the " Pageant of Empire") written to be performed in the Pageant of Empire at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley Park, on 21 July 1924. [1] [2]
The song descriptively commemorates the adventurous English sea-captains who sailed to "... chase the setting sun ... westward, thro' the thund'ring gales".
Elgar used the same music for four other songs in the set: " The Islands", "Gloriana" ( Queen Elizabeth I), "The Cape of Good Hope" (for South Africa) and "Indian Dawn".
This song was arranged by the composer as an accompanied part-song for SATB.