On Shore and Sea - Musical Numbers

Musical Numbers

  • No.1. Choruses of sailors and women - "The windlass ply, the cable haul"
  • No.2. Recitative, Song and Chorus - Il Marinajo and Sailors - "'Tis the mid-watch of night"
  • No.3. Recitative - La Sposina - "From Spring-time on to Summer draws the year"
  • No.4. Song and Chorus - La Sposina and Women - "Soft and sadly sea-wind swell"
  • No.5. Moresque - Instrumental
  • No.6. Recitative and Chorus - Il Marinajo - "The Crescent o'er the Cross is hoisted high"
  • No.7. Recitative - Il Marinajo - "They chain not Christian souls that chain their limbs!"
  • No.8. Chorus of Sailors (prisoners) at the oar - "With a will, oh brothers, with one will for all"
  • No.9. Recitative and Duet - Il Marinajo and La Sposina - "Hark! on the night - the clash of falling chains"
  • No.10. Chorus - "Sink and scatter, clouds of war"

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