Florence Ashton Marshall, née Thomas, (1843-1922) was born in Rome, Italy, and studied music at the Royal Academy of Music with William Sterndale Bennett, John Goss and George A. Macfarren. n 1864 she married businessman, writer, and music collector Julian Marshall. She and her husband both contributed to Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians. She was elected an associate of the Philharmonic Society and conducted the South Hampstead Orchestra. She and her husband were also founding members of the Musical Association. She published a biography of Handel and the book Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1889). Florence Marshall composed solo songs, part songs, educational pieces, and operettas. Selected works including the operettas The Masked Shepherd (1879) and Prince Sprite (1897).

 

All are SATB and unaccompanied unless noted in VOICING column. A noting of “div” indicates some divisi within a part or parts, but usually not a true independent part throughout the work. Solos and accompaniment are also noted.

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TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	REGION	LISTEN
Behold the Sun in gold descending		Edwin Simpson-Baikie	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Rest hath come		Leyland Leigh	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
To sea! the calm is o’er	SSATBdiv	Thomas Lovell Beddoes	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing