This straight-forward arrangement of the Australian National Anthem is shorty to be used in a large concert which just happens to feature a 3,000 voice choir! A full set of parts are available on request.
This song is a setting of text from near the closing of Canto III from Sir Walter Scott's "The Lady of The Lake", in a translation by Adam Storck. It was composed in April, 1825, when Schubert also fashioned Ellens Gesang I and Ellens Gesang II. This third effort is probably the most successful and most popular. Even the composer spoke of its immediate widespread appeal in a letter to his parents in July, 1825, shortly after its first performa...
