The Haven (Barnby, Joseph)

Sheet Music

General Information

Work Title The Haven
Alternative. Title A Four-Part Song
Composer Barnby, Joseph
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJB 12
Librettist Angela Goetze (Angela Primrose Hamilton Schweich-Mond (1871–1941))*
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation SATB

Navigation etc.

  • Sister of the artist Sigismund Goetze, whose works included a portrait of Miss Angela Goetze and a portrait of Joseph Barnby.
Family Tree Guide
The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors, Vol.3, p.258
BBC page for Barnby

"The words of 'The Haven' by Angela Goetze, published in the Musical Times for October, bear a far too close resemblance to the Rev. H. R. Haweis's 'Hymn of the Homeland.'" - The Musical Herald, Nov. 1, 1894, p.339.