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BARING-GOULD, Sabine (1834-1924), Clergyman, composer, musicologist. Autograph manuscript signed ("S. Baring-Gould"), n.d. The text of "Onward, Christian Soldiers." 1 page, folio, tipped into a special, decorative binding of black morocco stamped in gilt.
A HOLOGRAPH TRANSCRIPTION OF "ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS" SIGNED BY THE COMPOSER. A song made famous in American history when it became the anthem of Theodore Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" Progressive campaign of 1912: "Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus going on before. Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe; Forward into battle see His banners go!" Arthur Sullivan set it to music and it became one of the most popular anthems on either side of the Atlantic. Baring-Gould was always surprised at the great success his piece enjoyed, which he composed for a schoolchildren's procession in the 1860s. In his long, varied career he authored innumerable books, and preserved the songs and music of the remoter regions of western Britain. A friend of Bernard Shaw, many speculated that the Eliza Doolittle character was based on Baring-Gould's wife Grace Taylor, a woman from a peasant family, to whom he was married for 48 years.
A HOLOGRAPH TRANSCRIPTION OF "ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS" SIGNED BY THE COMPOSER. A song made famous in American history when it became the anthem of Theodore Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" Progressive campaign of 1912: "Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus going on before. Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe; Forward into battle see His banners go!" Arthur Sullivan set it to music and it became one of the most popular anthems on either side of the Atlantic. Baring-Gould was always surprised at the great success his piece enjoyed, which he composed for a schoolchildren's procession in the 1860s. In his long, varied career he authored innumerable books, and preserved the songs and music of the remoter regions of western Britain. A friend of Bernard Shaw, many speculated that the Eliza Doolittle character was based on Baring-Gould's wife Grace Taylor, a woman from a peasant family, to whom he was married for 48 years.