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(Posted 2023-11-02) CPDL #76918:

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-02). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 497 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

(Posted 2016-05-09) CPDL #39613:

Editor: Peter Kaplan (submitted 2016-05-09). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 2.74 MB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: With piano reduction for rehearsal only. Bass divisi split from the start into separate Baritone and Bass staves for easier reading -- not for doubling the number of basses!

General Information

Title: Song of the Blacksmith
Composer: George Barnet Gardiner
Arranger: Gustav Holst
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB, with divisi
Genre: Secular, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1917 in Six Choral Folksongs (Gustav Holst), no. 4
Description: Arrangement of a folk song collected by George Barnet Gardiner

External websites:

Original text and translations

English text

Kang, kang, kang ki ki kang kang.

For the blacksmith courted me, nine months and better;
And first he won my heart, till he wrote to me a letter.
With his hammer in his hand, as he strikes so mighty and clever,
He makes the sparks to fly all around his middle.

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-:'''Edition notes:''' With piano reduction for rehearsal only. Bass divisi split from the start into separate Baritone and Bass staves for easier reading -- not for doubling the number of basses!
+:{{EdNotes|With piano reduction for rehearsal only. Bass divisi split from the start into separate Baritone and Bass staves for easier reading -- not for doubling the number of basses!}}
 ==General Information==
-'''Title:''' ''Song of the Blacksmith''<br>
+{{Title|''Song of the Blacksmith''}}
-{{Composer|Gustav Holst}}
+{{Composer|George Barnet Gardiner}}
-{{Lyricist|folksong collected by G.B.Gardiner}}
+{{Arranger|Gustav Holst}}
+{{Lyricist|Anonymous}}
-{{Voicing|4|SATB}} with ''divisi'' <br>
+{{Voicing|4|SATB|add=with ''divisi''}}
 {{Genre|Secular|Folksongs}}
 {{Language|English}}
 {{Instruments|A cappella}}
-'''Published:''' 1916
+{{Pub|1|1917|in ''[[Six Choral Folksongs (Gustav Holst)]]''|no=4}}
+{{Descr|Arrangement of a folk song collected by [[George Barnet Gardiner]]}}
-'''Description:''' From Six Choral Folksongs, H136, Op.36b
+{{#ExtWeb:}}
-'''External websites:'''
 ==Original text and translations==
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