instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)
Performance history: "The Jan. 1956 issue of Musical Quarterly indicates that List composed a madrigal employing Rossetti's 'Remember'; the work was perf. Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, 1955." (Gooch and Thatcher 4696)
Dedication: "For David Randolph and the Randolph Singers" (WorldCat)
List, Kurt; music (American, born in Austria, 1913-1970)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4696
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
Other data reference(s): Record for “Remember: for five-part chorus of mixed voices a cappella” Worldcat, http://www.worldcat.org/title/remember-for-five-part-chorus-of-mixed-voices-a-cappella/oclc/1020077427&referer=brief_results. Accessed 29 Sept. 2018.
Cataloguer: Robyn Finlay and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
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First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4697
Other data reference(s): Record for “Remember” Worldcat, http://www.worldcat.org/title/remember-song-words-by-c-rossetti/oclc/497294335&referer=brief_results. Accessed 29 Sept. 2018.
Cataloguer: Robyn Finlay, University of Ottawa
"Remember Me" [Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco]
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario; music (American, born in Italy, 1895-1968)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4692
musical score: Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario. Four Christina Rossetti Songs. Galaxy Music Corp., 1952. University of Toronto Music Library, Toronto.
5 pages (pp. 2-6); performance time 2 minutes and 20 seconds
Record: CRM-remember-castelnuovo-tedesco
File(s): CRM-remember-castelnuovo-tedesco.pdf
First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away,
Notes: Sold as a "Companion To The Dream Land"
Reden, Karl; music (American, a.k.a. Charles Crozat Converse, 1832-1918)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM10
Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
Other data reference(s): "Two beautiful ballads with chorus ad lib." Sheet Music Consortium, UCLA Library, http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/sheetmusic/recordEdit.html?solrquery=names%3A(rossetti%2520remember)&previous=15&next=17&resultsurl=http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/sheetmusic/#fieldquery=names%3A(rossetti%2520remember)&searchType=regular&start=10&rows=10&usmFlag=false&keyword=rossetti%2520remember&titles=false&names=true&places=false&publishers=false&subjects=false&random=59&url=wustl_smc_5413.xml. Accessed Oct. 6, 2018.
Musical score: Sheet Music Collection, Washington University in St. Louis
genre: art song (lied)|song|choral music
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano
other version 2 - chorus: women’s SSAA chorus
other version 2 - instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)
other version 2 - initial sharps/flats: three sharps
Composition history: "This setting is part of a Symphony of Songs I composed, my Symphony No. 1. The Symphony is a setting of poetry from the books, Songs that Make Grown Men Cry and Songs That Make Grown Women Cry. I was very aware of the poem, having previously recorded the text alone on a collection of poetry I produced for CD called Poetic License. When I saw the poem in the collection I knew I would set it. There are some dissonant, complex songs in the Symphony and I felt the audience needed a 'break.' So I set this as a simple folk tune!" (Roven) "My Friend and colleague James Taylor, a vocal teacher at Virginia Common University, asked me if I had any compositions for the excellent a cappella women's choir at his university. In the score for women's SSAA chorus, Roven, comments on this version's origins: "I had recently finished my 'Symphony of Songs,' [...] Given the scope (and expense) of performing such a massive work, I was only too happy to start slowly and offer these these [sic.] excerpts for starters."
Tempo markings: "Andante ma cantabile"; quarter note = 98 [tenor solo]; "Andantino ma rubato è cantabile"; quarter note = 98 [SSAA]
Recordings: A rearranged version was recorded as a baritone trio by Tobias Greenhalgh, Steven Labrie, and Jarrett Ott on CD album titled "Remember" (Roven Records, 2018). YouTube, uploaded by Tobias Greenhalgh, 16 Aug. 2018, https://youtu.be/X7MaXEz0OI8.
Notes: The version for Women's SSAA chorus was published in a collection called "Four Songs for Women's Choir (SSAA, unaccompanied)" by composer Glen Roven, published by Tintagel Music in 2017.
Roven, Glen; music (American, 1960-2018)
Other data reference(s): Roven, Glen. "Regarding Rossetti Settings." Received by Mary Arseneau. 30 May 2018.
Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau, Robyn Finlay, and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score for SSAA: Roven, Glen. "Remember." Four Songs for Women's Choir. Tintagel Music, 2017, pp. 26-33. New York Public Library, New York.
Barking Bunny Music, a Division of Tintagel Music LLC [Tenor solo]; New York: Tintagel Music [SSAA]
2016 [composition] [copyright]; 2017 [publication SSAA]; 2018 [publication Tenor solo]
These scores are protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The scores appear on this website by kind permission of composer Glen Roven.
4 pages; performance time approx. 3 minutes [tenor solo];
File(s): CRM-remember-roven-tenor.pdf; CRM-remember-roven-SSAA.pdf
other version 1 - chorus: men's TBB chorus
other version 1 - instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Tempo markings: "Quasi adagio"; half note = 48 (Other Version 1)
Stevens, Halsey; music (American, 1908-1989)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4700
Other data reference(s): "Remember me : for three-part male chorus." Worldcat, http://www.worldcat.org/title/remember-me-for-three-part-male-chorus/oclc/12252473&referer=brief_results. Accessed 29 Sept. 2018.
musical score for low voice: Baylor University Library, Texas
musical score for three-part male chorus: Biola University Library, La Mirada
Champaign: M. Foster Music Company (Other Version 1)
1947 [composition]; 1973 [publication] [copyright] (Other Version 1)
"COMPOSERS FACSIMILE EDITION Copyright 1954 Halsey Stevens. All Rights Reserved Including the Right of Public Performance for Profit." "Copyright © MCMLXXIII Halsey Stevens Sole Selling Agent: Mark Foster Music Company International Copyright Secured All Rights Secured" (Other Version 1)
3 pages (Manuscript Version); 6 pages; performance time 2 minutes and 5 seconds (Other Version 1)
First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one flat
Notes: "No. 1 in F. No. 2 in E flat." In 1908, it was published in Schirmer's "Modern song favorites, Vol. II: a collection of twenty-two favorite songs" for high voice and piano and an identical one for low voice and piano.
Marzials, Theo [Theophile Jules Henri]; music (English 1850-1920)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4379; Ives DM83
Cataloguer: Diana Bishara, University of Ottawa
musical score in E flat: Baillieu Library, University of Melbourn
London, Milan, Naples, Florence, Rome, Paris: Tito di Gio, Ricordi [1886]; New York: G. Schirmer, Inc. [1908]
First line of lyrics: All things that pass are woman's looking glass
genre: vocal chamber music|song cycle|song
Rossetti poem(s): "Passing and Glassing"
Place in the larger work: The third song of three in the song cycle, "The Rossetti Songs," which includes 1. "Remember"; 2. "The Bourne"; 3. "All things that pass."
Notes about the text: Rossetti's line "They show her how her bloom must fade, / And she herself be laid" is changed to "They tell her when her bloom must fade / And how her self be laid" and the line "Brimful of good or ill" is changed to "Brimful of good and ill."
Composition history: When asked about what occasioned the composition of this song cycle and the selection of texts, composer Alex Tinlin commented: "The three pieces were written as an exercise in vocal writing within a small ensemble, and as far as I can remember we were given free reign over which texts we could set to music, though I think there were certain length constraints we had to adhere to. I have always liked the poem ‘Remember’, but in researching her other works I came across ‘The Bourne’ and ‘Passing and Glassing’ which I was initially attracted to by their relatively concise structure, which lent themselves well to musical adaptation, particularly ‘Passing and Glassing.' They are also wonderful poems, of course" (Tinlin, Alex. "Re: Rossetti Songs." Received by Mary Arseneau. 28 Feb. 2018).
Performance instructions: Composer Alex Tinlin added in personal correspondence that "it was intended as more of a jazzy voice rather than a classical mezzo soprano" (Tinlin, Alex. "Re: Rossetti Songs." Received by Mary Arseneau. 22 Feb. 2018).
Notes: A second version of the music scored for voice and piano was also created at a later date, but the mixed ensemble remains the composer's preferred version (Tinlin, Alex. "Re: Rossetti Songs." Received by Mary Arseneau. 28 Feb. 2018).
Tinlin, Alex; music (British, born 1977)
Other data reference(s): Tinlin, Alex. "Re: Rossetti Songs." Received by Mary Arseneau. 28 Feb. 2018.
Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score appears on this website by kind permission of composer Alex Tinlin.
File(s): CRM-passingandglassing-tinlin.pdf
First line of lyrics: Underneath the growing grass
Place in the larger work: The second song of three in the song cycle, "The Rossetti Songs," which includes 1. "Remember"; 2. "The Bourne"; 3. "All things that pass."
Place in the larger work: The first song of three in the song cycle, "The Rossetti Songs," which includes 1. "Remember"; 2. "The Bourne"; 3. "All things that pass."
First line of lyrics: Come, come, come, come,
Composition history: Miller suggests in a text preceding the score, that the "poem could be the voice of someone who has passed into the afterlife adds a deeply profound element of spirituality.”
Performance instructions: "ethereal". “The synthesizer can be any electronic keyboard that is dynamically touch-sensitive, can sustain any number of pitches simultaneously, and contains 'synthetic strings' in its soundbank. For proper balance, it is ideal to plug the electronic keyboard into an amplifier or sound system. In this piece, the synthesizer fulfills multiple musical elements that are often not present and/or difficult to achieve in many choral settings, especially middle schools and smaller high schools. Essentially, it acts as a string orchestra or a low men's section, providing young singers in smaller choral programs the opportunity to experience a close semblance of singing sustained, 6 - 8 part divisi choral music.” “In this piece, dissonances are almost always approached by step for accessibility, and should be enjoyed to the fullest and sung into with confidence and round vowel shapes. An echo pattern is also a common and important element, in which voice parts repeat/imitate each other on the same word or syllable. In these instances, singers should usually emphasize their entrance and immediately decrease their dynamic, to create the illusion of a true 'echo'".
Notes: The work is divided in 4 sections: the first called "Come to me" (one sharp, quarter note = 40, "ethereal") is composed of the first 4 lines of the poem; the second "Come back in tears" (three flats, quarter note = 50, "with deep longing") of lines 5-6; the third "Oh dream how sweet" (five flats, quarter note = 60, "passionately") of the second stanza; the fourth "Yet come in dreams" (two flats, quarter note = 55) of third stanza.
Miller, Andrew; music (American, active 2011)
Cataloguer: Emma-Catherine Wilson and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
musical score: "Echo (Andrew Miller)." Choral Public Domain Library, submitted by Andrew Miller, 3 Oct. 2011, http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Echo_(Andrew_Miller).
Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) License
instrumentation: flute|piano (for rehearsal only)
Composition history: Commissioned by North Shore Ladies Choir (conductor, Sheila Fox Evans)."
Tempo markings: quarter note = 63-66; "With great gentleness"
Hamilton, David; music (New Zealand, born 1955)
Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa
"COPYRIGHT © DAVID HAMILTON 2006." The score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score appears on this website by kind permission of composer David Hamilton.
First line of lyrics: Pardon the faults in me
Part of: "Three Christina Rossetti Settings"
Place in the larger work: The second song of three in the song cycle called "Three Christina Rossetti Settings," which includes 1. "Gone For Ever"; 2. "Wife to Husband"; 3. "Echo."
Tempo markings: "Passionato con moto"; quarter note = 86
King, Alastair; music (British, born 1967)
Other data reference(s): "Three Christina Rossetti Settings (1996)." Wise Music Classical, https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/13673/. Accessed 1 March 2020.
Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "King THREE CHRISTINA ROSSETTI SETTINGS." Issuu, published 2 Jun. 2016, https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/three_rossetti_13673/32.
14 pages (pp. 19-32); complete song cycle performance time 15 minutes
"Come to me in the Silence of the Night" [Brian Blyth Daubney]
Notes about the text: In the lyrics, the word "moonlight" replaces "sunlight" in line 4 of the Rossetti poem, "give" replaces "live" in first line of stanza 3, and the next two lines in the poem (ll. 14-15) were not included in the song.
Daubney, Brian Blyth; music (English, born 1929)
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score appears on the website by kind permission of composer Brian Blyth Daubney.
Place in the larger work: The second song of six in the song cycle "Speaking Silence" which includes 1. "Blow, northern wynd" (Anonymous); 2. "Echo" (Christina Rossetti); 3. "And is it night?" (Anonymous); 4. "The Ragged Wood" (W.B. Yeats); 5. "Pere du doux repos" (Pontus de Tyard [1521-1603]); 6. "Blow, northern wynd" (Anonymous).
Composition history: "'Speaking Silence' was originally written for the baritone David Wilson-Johnson."
Notes: "Speaking Silence" continues the theme of yearning and longing explored in Berkeley's previous song cycle "Songs of Awakening Love", which includes a setting of Christina Rossetti's "A Birthday". While "Songs of Awakening Love" explores first love, "Speaking Silence" comes at the end of the cycle of love.
Berkeley, Michael; music (English, born 1948)
Cataloguer: Diana Bishara and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
musical score: Berkeley, Micheal. "Echo." Speaking Silence. Oxford University Press, pp. 4-11. University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.
Oxford, New York: Music Department, Oxford University Press
8 pages (pp. 4-11); complete song cycle performance time 20 minutes
Composition history: "By kind permission of Messrs MacMillan."
Notes: Published as part of the song collection called "Six Songs" which includes 1. "O Swallow Swallow" (Tennyson); 2. "When I have fears" (Keats); 3. "The Lady of the Lambs" (Alice Meynell); 4. "Echo" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "A Birthday" (Christina Rossetti); 6. "I arise from dreams of thee" (Percy Shelley).
Lancaster, Walter J. [James]; music (English, active 1860-1952)
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: Lancaster, Walter J. "Echo." Six Songs, London, Joseph Williams, pp. 14-15. Royal Academy of Music Library, London
"The Rainbow" [arr. unknown, music by Haydn]
First line of lyrics: If all were rain and never sun
genre: song|hymn|sacred music|children's music
Rossetti poem(s): "'If all were rain and never sun'"
Notes: “Adapted from the Gipsy Rondo by Haydn”
Haydn, Joseph; music (Austrian, 1732-1809)
Other data reference(s): Thomas, Edith Lovell. A First Book in Hymns and Worship. Abingdon Press, 1922. Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/hymnal/FBHW1922?page=0.
musical score: "The Rainbow" (no. 59). A First Book in Hymns and Worship, edited by Edith Lovell Thomas, Abingdon Press, 1922, p. 40. Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/hymn/FBHW1922/page/40.
First line of lyrics: In the bleak mid-winter
genre: song|hymn|sacred music|Christmas music|carol
Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")
Notes about the text: This hymn sets the first, fourth, and fifth stanzas of Rossetti's poem.
Notes: The melody for this setting is called "UINTA."
Reference: Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/
Other data reference(s): "In the bleak midwinter." Hymns for Worship, https://hymnsforworship.org/sdah-126-bleak-midwinter/. Accessed 8 May 2020. "126. In the bleak midwinter." Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/hymn/SDAH1985/126. Accessed 8 May 2020.
musical score: Hooper, Wayne. "In the bleak midwinter." Seventh-Day Adventist Hymnal, Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1985, no. 126. Hymns for Worship, https://hymnsforworship.org/sdah-126-bleak-midwinter/. Accessed 8 May 2020.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: Hooper, Wayne. "In the bleak midwinter." Seventh-Day Adventist Hymnal, Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1985, no. 126. Hymns for Worship, https://hymnsforworship.org/sdah-126-bleak-midwinter/. Accessed 8 May 2020.
Review and Herald Publishing Association
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-hooper
"How Far Is It to Bethlehem" [unknown composer]
First line of lyrics: How far is it to Bethlehem, not very far?
genre: hymn|sacred music|anthem|choral music|Christmas music
chorus: SATB chorus|congregational singing
Notes about the text: This hymn combines two stanzas from Frances Alice Chesterton's poem "How far is it to Bethlehem?" with the final stanza of Christina Rossetti's poem "Christmas Carol (In the Bleak Mid-winter)."
Tempo markings: "Gently"; quarter note = 103
Performance instructions: A nine-part “Anthem Orchestration” with “SATB Choir and Opt. Congregation.”
Unknown; music (English folk tune "Stowey")
Chesterton, Frances Alice; text (British, 1869-1938)
Daniels, Andrew; harmonization. Huntsinger, David; arrangement (American, born 1955). Christopher, Keith; orchestration (American).
Other data reference(s): "How Far Is It to Bethlehem." Celebrating Grace, https://www.celebrating-grace.com/520125. Accessed 6 May 2020. "How far is it to Bethlehem." Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/text/how_far_is_it_to_bethlehem. Accessed 6 May 2020.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "How Far Is It to Bethlehem." Celebrating Grace, https://www.celebrating-grace.com/520125. Accessed 6 May 2020.
"Arr. and orchestration © 2010 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc. All rights reserved."
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-daniels
"Leaf from leaf Christ knows" [William Hawley]
First line of lyrics: Leaf from leaf Christ knows
Part of: "The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. John"
genre: oratorio|choral music|sacred music
Rossetti poem(s): "'Leaf from Leaf Christ Knows'"
Place in the larger work: The fourth passage in part 1 of the two part oratorio called "The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. John" (St. John Passion), which includes passages from the Gospel of John throughout; "Leaf from leaf Christ knows" (Christina Rossetti); "Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright" (from "Virtue" George Herbert), "Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended" (Anglican hymn); "O Jesu, gone so far apart" (from “Vigil of St. Peter” Christina Rossetti), "Jesus mine, Jesus mine" (from “Song of Peter’s Soul” William Hawley), "O happy rose-bud blooming" (from “Gone For Ever” Christina Rossetti).
Tempo markings: "Allegretto"; quarter note = 82
Performance instructions: For SSAATTBB chorus, with orchestra composed of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets in B flat, 2 trombones; 1 bass trombone, timpani, harp, organ and strings.
Hawley, William; music (American, born 1950)
Other data reference(s): Hawley, William. "Addendum to Hawley Christina Rossetti Settings." Received by Mary Arseneau. 29 Apr. 2020. "St. John Passion (Full Score)." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/st-john-passion-full-score-digital-sheet-music/21189188. Accessed 30 Apr. 2020. "St. John Passion (Libretto)." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/st-john-passion-libretto-digital-sheet-music/21200071. Accessed 30 Apr. 2020.
electronic playback of score: William Hawley
"© 2012 William Hawley" This score, libretto and audio recording are protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score, libretto and audio recording appear on this website by kind permission of composer William Hawley. To purchase musical scores or to request performance rights, please consult the composer’s website, www.williamhawley.net.
6 pages (pp. 15-20); libretto: 1 page (p. iii); part 1 performance time 45 minutes; complete oratorio performance time 81 minutes
File(s): CRM-leaffromleaf-hawley.pdf; CRM-leaffromleaf-hawley-libretto.pdf; CRM-leaffromleaf-hawley.mp3
"O happy rose-bud blooming" [William Hawley]
First line of lyrics: O happy rose-bud blooming
Place in the larger work: The twenty-first passage in part 1 of the two part oratorio called "The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. John" (St. John Passion), which includes passages from the Gospel of John throughout; "Leaf from leaf Christ knows" (Christina Rossetti); "Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright" (from "Virtue" George Herbert), "Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended" (Anglican hymn); "O Jesu, gone so far apart" (from “Vigil of St. Peter” Christina Rossetti), "Jesus mine, Jesus mine" (from “Song of Peter’s Soul” William Hawley), "O happy rose-bud blooming" (from “Gone For Ever” Christina Rossetti).
Notes about the text: In the last line of text in this song, the word "same" in the Rossetti poem "Gone for Ever" was replaced by "dame".
Tempo markings: "a tempo, scorrevole"; quarter note = 63
Performance instructions: For "Evangelist Choir (4S 4A 4T 4B)" and SSAATTBB chorus, with orchestra composed of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets in B flat, 2 trombones; 1 bass trombone, timpani, harp, organ and strings.
13 pages (pp. 69-81); llibretto: 1 page (p. vi); part 1 performance time 45 minutes; complete oratorio performance time 81 minutes.
performance time 2 minutes and 36 seconds
File(s): CRM-goneforever-hawley.pdf; CRM-goneforever-hawley-libretto.pdf; CRM-goneforever-hawley.mp3
"O Jesu, gone so far apart" [William Hawley]
First line of lyrics: O Jesu, gone so far apart
Rossetti poem(s): "Vigil of St. Peter"|"'The Chiefest among ten thousand'" ("O Jesu, better than thy gifts")
Place in the larger work: The sixteenth passage in part 1 of the two part oratorio called "The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. John" (St. John Passion), which includes passages from the Gospel of John throughout; "Leaf from leaf Christ knows" (Christina Rossetti); "Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright" (from "Virtue" George Herbert), "Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended" (Anglican hymn); "O Jesu, gone so far apart" (from “Vigil of St. Peter” Christina Rossetti), "Jesus mine, Jesus mine" (from “Song of Peter’s Soul” William Hawley), "O happy rose-bud blooming" (from “Gone For Ever” Christina Rossetti).
Work contains multiple Christina Rossetti texts
Notes about the text: The text for this passage uses the complete text of poem "Vigil of St. Peter", followed by lines 6-9 of "'The Chiefest among ten thousand'" ("O Jesu, better than thy gifts").
Tempo markings: "Andante"; quarter note = 80
Performance instructions: "Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Bass Soloists" with orchestra is composed of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets in B flat, 2 trombones; 1 bass trombone, timpani, harp, organ and strings.
4 pages (pp. 46-49); libretto: 1 page (p. v); part 1 performance time 45 minutes; complete oratorio performance time 81 minutes
performance time 1 minutes and 55 seconds
File(s): CRM-vigilstpeter-hawley.pdf; CRM-vigilstpeter-hawley-libretto.pdf; CRM-vigilstpeter-hawley-mp3
"Contempt and pangs and haunting" [T. Booth]
First line of lyrics: Contempt and pangs and haunting fears
Rossetti poem(s): "'An exceeding bitter cry'"
Other data reference(s): "Contempt and pangs and haunting." Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/text/contempt_and_pangs_and_haunting. Accessed 5 May 2020.
musical score: Booth, T. "Contempt and pangs and haunting." The Riverside Hymn Book, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1912, p. 210. Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/text/contempt_and_pangs_and_haunting. Accessed 5 May 2020.
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird
Notes: The Luther College copy of the score contains an inscription inside cover to Bartlett Butler from David T. Nelson; Luther College notes that the music is "by David T. Nelson's sister Halfrid Nelson" (Record for "A birthday").
Nelson, Halfrid; music (American, died in Norway 1936)
Other data reference(s): Record for "A birthday." WorldCat Discovery, Preus Library, Luther College, https://luther.on.worldcat.org/oclc/30385353. Accessed 4 Apr. 2019.
musical score: State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Place in the larger work: The fifth song of five in the song cycle "Rossettiana," which includes 1. "Venus's looking glass"; 2. "Dream love"; 3. "A pause"; 4. "Moonshine"; 5. "A birthday."
Composition history: "Commissioned by 'The Bohemians' (New York Musicians Club)--for its 75th anniversary 1982" (Record for "Rossettiana : a celebration : song cycle : for soprano and string quartet").
Alexander, Josef; music (American, 1908-1992)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Rossettiana : a celebration : song cycle : for soprano and string quartet." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34170460. Accessed 1 Apr. 2019.