"Who Has Seen the Wind?" [Edwin T. Childs]
First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind?
Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"
Performance instructions: "Gently" "Two-part with Flute (or C Instrument) and Piano"
Recordings: "Who Has Seen the Wind?." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Who-Has-Seen-the-Wind%3F/10512918.item#/. Accessed 30 Jun 2021.
Childs, Edwin T.; music (American, born 1945)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Cataloguer: Atifa Munshi, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Who Has Seen the Wind?." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Who-Has-Seen-the-Wind%3F/10512918.item#/. Accessed 30 Jun 2021.
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8 pages; performance time ca. 2 minutes and 20 seconds
First line of lyrics: The sunrise wakes the lark to sing
Notes: This song is one of two settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, third volume "A Second Book in Vocal Music" (1901), with C. E. Richard Mueller, and categorized in a section called "Songs of Nature." The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them."
Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Second Book of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 80-81. HathiTrust, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006577591. Accessed 29 Jun 2021.
Scott, Foresman and Company; New York, Boston, Chicago: Silver, Burdett and Company
"Copyright, 1898, 1898 | By Scott, Foresman & Company. | Copyright, 1901, | By Silver, Burdett & Company."
File(s): CRM-birdraptures-attenhofer.pdf
"Six-eight Time Studies I" [unknown composer]
First line of lyrics: Fly away, fly away over the sea
Rossetti poem(s): "'Fly away, fly away over the sea'"
Notes: This song is one of two settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, third volume "A Second Book in Vocal Music" (1901), with C. E. Richard Mueller, The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them."
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Second Book of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 33. HathiTrust, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006577591. Accessed 29 Jun 2021.
First line of lyrics: The wind has such a rainy sound
Rossetti poem(s): "'The wind has such a rainy sound'"
Notes: This song is one of three settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in "The Eleanor Smith Music Primer" (1911), in Part III: "Songs for Sight Seeing Practice." The Preface states that this book "presents a collection of songs to be used during the first year [...] The songs comprising the book will be found varied in origin and character, childlike in spirit and very simple in structure. [...] Music of lasting quality has been chosen--songs which, when remembered in later years, may be treasured as the foundation of mature good taste. Chief among these are the beautiful fold songs with which the book abounds."
Smith, Eleanor Sophia; music (American, 1858-1942)
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. The Eleanor Smith Music Primer, American Book Company, 1911, p. 120. HathiTrust, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100414963. Accessed 29 Jun 2021.
New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company
"Copyright, 1911, by Eleanor Smith -- Entered at Stationers' Hall, London -- Primer"
First line of lyrics: Birds sing in tune
Rossetti poem(s): "'January cold desolate'"
Notes about the text: This song is a setting of lines 5-8 only. In line 7, the word "And" in the poem was replaced by "Bright" in the lyrics.
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. The Eleanor Smith Music Primer, American Book Company, 1911, p. 105. HathiTrust, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100414963. Accessed 29 Jun 2021.
"What Children May Say" [unknown composer]
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. The Eleanor Smith Music Primer, American Book Company, 1911, p. 97. HathiTrust, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100414963. Accessed 29 Jun 2021.
"Bright-Eyed Daisies" [arr. Caroline Kohlsaat, music unknown composer]
First line of lyrics: Where pretty, bright-eyed daisies are
Rossetti poem(s): "'Where innocent bright-eyed daisies are'"
Notes about the text: In the lyrics, "pretty" replaces the word "innocent" in the first line of the poem.
Performance instructions: "An accompaniment, if added, should merely serve the melody." (Baker, "Introduction") "All so-called 'marks of expression' have been omitted. The words and tunes together should suggest both style and tempo. In general, it may be said that the songs should be sung lightly and with spontaneity." (Baker, "Contents")
Notes: This song is one of three settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Clara Belle Baker's "Songs for a Little Child" (1921). According to Gooch and Thatcher (4865), the song is set to an German air. It is in a section called "Flowers and Leaves." The book's introduction states: "The tunes used in the book have been chosen from the most naïve and charming of the old folk songs. [...] They are drawn from many nationalities: American, French, English, Swedish, German, Bohemian, Irish, Danish, Dutch, Lithuanian, Welsh, Russian, Syrian, Finnish, Sicilian. [...] The harmonizations in this book [by Caroline Kohlsaat] are in keeping with the simplicity and delicacy of the tunes. [...] In most instances, the form follows that of the original folk song, with the same rhyme scheme, the same phrasing, and a like simplicity."
Kohlsaat, Caroline; arrangement (American, 1875-1950)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4865
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Other data reference(s): Baker, Clara Belle. Songs for the Little Child, Abingdon Press, 1925.
Musical score: Baker, Clara Belle. Songs for the Little Child, Abingdon Press, 1925, p. 24. Université Bishop's University, Sherbrooke.
New York, Cincinnati: The Abingdon Press
1921 [publication] [copyright]; 1922, 1925 [publication]
Record: CRM-whereinnocent-kohlsaat-unknown
File(s): CRM-whereinnocent-kohlsaat-unknown.pdf
"The Rainbow" [arr. Caroline Kohlsaat, music unknown composer]
First line of lyrics: Boats sail on the rivers
Rossetti poem(s): "'Boats sail on the rivers'"
Notes: This song is one of three settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Clara Belle Baker's "Songs for a Little Child" (1921). According to Gooch and Thatcher (4241), the song is set to an English air. It is in a section called "Wind and Weather." The book's introduction states: "The tunes used in the book have been chosen from the most naïve and charming of the old folk songs. [...] They are drawn from many nationalities: American, French, English, Swedish, German, Bohemian, Irish, Danish, Dutch, Lithuanian, Welsh, Russian, Syrian, Finnish, Sicilian. [...] The harmonizations in this book [by Caroline Kohlsaat] are in keeping with the simplicity and delicacy of the tunes. [...] In most instances, the form follows that of the original folk song, with the same rhyme scheme, the same phrasing, and a like simplicity."
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4241
Musical score: Baker, Clara Belle. Songs for the Little Child, Abingdon Press, 1925, p. 37. Université Bishop's University, Sherbrooke.
File(s): CRM-boatssail-kohlsaat-unknown.pdf
"Lullaby" [arr. Caroline Kohlsaat, music unknown composer]
First line of lyrics: Flow'rs are closed and lambs are sleepingon
Rossetti poem(s): "'Lullaby, oh lullaby!'"
Notes about the text: The first line of the poem by Christina Rossetti is omitted from the lyrics in is setting.
Notes: This song is one of three settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Clara Belle Baker's "Songs for a Little Child" (1921). According to Gooch and Thatcher (4600), the song is set to a Croatian air. It is in a section called "Play and Rest." The book's introduction states: "The tunes used in the book have been chosen from the most naïve and charming of the old folk songs. [...] They are drawn from many nationalities: American, French, English, Swedish, German, Bohemian, Irish, Danish, Dutch, Lithuanian, Welsh, Russian, Syrian, Finnish, Sicilian. [...] The harmonizations in this book [by Caroline Kohlsaat] are in keeping with the simplicity and delicacy of the tunes. [...] In most instances, the form follows that of the original folk song, with the same rhyme scheme, the same phrasing, and a like simplicity."
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4600
Musical score: Baker, Clara Belle. Songs for the Little Child, Abingdon Press, 1925, p. 65. Université Bishop's University, Sherbrooke.
File(s): CRM-lullabyoh-kohlsaat-unknown.pdf
First line of lyrics: "I've seen a hundred pretty things"
Rossetti poem(s): "'If the moon came from heaven'"
Notes about the text: This song is a setting of stanza 2 only.
Notes: This song is one of fourteen settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, first volume "A Primer of Vocal Music" (1901). It is in a section called "Songs of Nature." The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them" (1898-1901).
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 17. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.
"Copyright, 1898, 1899, 1900 | By Scott, Foresman & Company | Copyright, 1901 | By Silver, Burdett & Company"
First line of lyrics: Pinky white pigling
Notes about the text: This song is a setting of stanzas 3 and 4 only.
Notes: This song is one of fourteen settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, first volume "A Primer of Vocal Music" (1901). It is in a section called "Animals." The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them" (1898-1901).
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 117. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.
File(s): CRM-minnieandmattie-unknown.pdf
First line of lyrics: A pocket handkerchief to hem
Rossetti poem(s): "'A pocket handkerchief to hem'"
Notes: This song is one of fourteen settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, first volume "A Primer of Vocal Music" (1901). It is in a section called "Work." The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them" (1898-1901).
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 74. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.
File(s): CRM-pockethandkerchief-wilhelm.pdf
"The Mournful Linnets" [unknown composer]
First line of lyrics: Here what the mournful linnets say
Rossetti poem(s): "'Hear what the mournful linnets say'"
Notes: This song is one of fourteen settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, first volume "A Primer of Vocal Music" (1901). It is in a section called "Birds." The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them" (1898-1901).
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 42. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.
File(s): CRM-hearwhatthemournful-unknown.pdf
First line of lyrics: Where innocent, brightey'd daisies are
Notes: This song is one of fourteen settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, first volume "A Primer of Vocal Music" (1901). It is in a section called "Play." The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them" (1898-1901).
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 41. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.
First line of lyrics: Wrens and robbins in the hedge
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 38. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.
First line of lyrics: Pussy has a whisker'd face
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Rossetti poem(s): "'Pussy has a whiskered face'"
Notes about the text: The word "Kitty" in line 2 of the poem was replaced with "Pussy" in the lyrics.
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 27. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.
Rossetti poem(s): "'Wrens and robins in the hedge'"
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 23. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.
First line of lyrics: Dancing on the hill-tops
Rossetti poem(s): "'Dancing on the hill-tops'"
Notes about the text: The 1901 version contains all three stanzas of the poem except for lines 11-12 in the third stanza. The 1929 version omits the second stanza from the 1901 version.
Notes: This song is one of fourteen settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, first volume "A Primer of Vocal Music" (1901). It is in a section called "Action." The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them" (1898-1901). The song was then published in the collection "The Music Hour" Book Three, 1929 (Gooch and Thatcher 4337), 1937 (Record for "The Music Hour...") by Osbourne McConathy; W. Otto Miessner; Edward Bailey Birge; Mabel E. Bray.
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4341
Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
Other data reference(s): Record for "The Music Hour..." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9440567. Accessed 28 Jun 2021.
Musical score (1901): Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 20. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.
Musical score (1929): The Music Hour: Book Three, edited by Osbourne McConathy, et al., Silver, Burdett and Company, 1929, p. 25. Southern Connecticut State University Library, New Haven.
1898, 1899, 1900, 1901 [copyright] [publication]; 1929, 1938 [copyright] [publication]
"Copyright, 1898, 1899, 1900 | By Scott, Foresman & Company | Copyright, 1901 | By Silver, Burdett & Company" (Smith)
File(s): CRM-dancingonthehilltops-smith-1901.pdf; CRM-dancingonthehilltops-smith-1929.jpg
First line of lyrics: Currants on a bush
Rossetti poem(s): "'Currants on a bush'"
Notes: This song is one of fourteen settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, first volume "A Primer of Vocal Music" (1901). It is in a section called "Songs of Nature." The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them" (1898-1901). The song was then published in the collection "The Music Hour" Book One, 1928 (Gooch and Thatcher 4337), 1937 (Record for "The Music Hour...") by Osbourne McConathy; W. Otto Miessner; Edward Bailey Birge; Mabel E. Bray.
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4337
Other data reference(s): Record for "The Music Hour: First Book." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/929772323. Accessed 24 Jun 2021.
Musical score (1901): Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 29. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.
1898, 1899, 1900, 1901 [copyright] [publication]; 1928 [publication]; 1937 [copyright] [publication]
First line of lyrics: I took my heart in my hand
Composition history: "By permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co Ltd"
Tempo markings: "Appasionato, ma non troppo Allegro"
Dedication: "Dedicated to Madame Liza Lehmann"
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM166
Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
Cataloguer: Madeline Paiva, University of Ottawa
musical score: The British Library, London
"Copyright MDCCCXCVIII, by Chappell & Co"
First line of lyrics: Tremble, thou earth,
Rossetti poem(s): "'The earth shall tremble at the Look of Him'"
Tempo markings: "Andante maestoso"; quarter note = 108
Dedication: "To the Chapel Choir of Melbourne Grammar School"
Britton, Donald; music (Australian, born in England, 1919-2016)
Cataloguer: Anna MacDonald, University of British Columbia
London: Royal Academy of Music Library, London
First line of lyrics: The city mouse lives in a house
other version 1 - chorus: children's unison chorus
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: four sharps
Rossetti poem(s): "'The city mouse lives in a house'"
Tempo markings: "Simply" (1929 publication)
Performance instructions: The time signature for the 1901 is 4/8, which the 1929 publication states 4/4.
Notes: This song is one of fourteen settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, first volume "A Primer of Vocal Music" (1901). It is found in a section called "Animals." The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them" (1898-1901). The song was then published in the collection "The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade" (1929) by Osbourne McConathy, Formerly Director of the Department of Public School Music, Northwestern University; W. Otto Miessner, Director of Public School Music, Chicago Musical College; Edward Bailey Birge, Professor of Public School Music, Indiana University; Mabel E. Bray, Director of the Department of Music, State Teachers College of Trenton, New Jersey. It is categorized for "The First Grade" in a section called "Rote Songs for Aural Observation." "Grateful acknowledgment is also due to Mrs. Emma Grant Meader of the State Normal School, New Haven, Connecticut, and Teachers College, Columbia University, for her selection and supervision of the choice of poetry; Mrs. Florence E. Dangerfield, Director of he Department of Physical Education, Bradford Academy, Haverhill, Massachusetts, for her assistance in correlating rhythmic activities with the vocal music lesson; [...] and especially the poets and composers who have graciously contributed to the book as an expression of their love for little children" ("Acknowledgments" p. vi). This book includes eight settings of poems by Christina Rossetti, three of which were first published in Eleanor Smith's volume.
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4334
Other data reference(s): "Acknowledgments." The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade, edited by Osbourne McConathy, et al., Silver, Burdett and Company, 1929, p. vi.
Musical score (1901): Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 34. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.
Musical score (1929): The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade, edited by Osbourne McConathy, et al., Silver, Burdett and Company, 1929, p. 169. Western Connecticut State University Libraries, Danbury.
Scott, Foresman and Company; New York, Newark, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco: Silver, Burdett and Company
"Copyright, 1898, 1899, 1900 | By Scott, Foresman & Company | Copyright, 1901 | By Silver, Burdett & Company" for the collection "A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series." "Copyright, 1929, by Silver, Burdett and Company" for the collection "The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade", which states "This volume contains much original matter which is covered by the copyright of the book and must not be used without special permission."
File(s): CRM-citymouse-unknown-1901.pdf; CRM-citymouse-unknown-1929.pdf
Notes: This song is one of eight settings of poems by Christina Rossetti published in the collection "The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade" (1929) by Osbourne McConathy, Formerly Director of the Department of Public School Music, Northwestern University; W. Otto Miessner, Director of Public School Music, Chicago Musical College; Edward Bailey Birge, Professor of Public School Music, Indiana University; Mabel E. Bray, Director of the Department of Music, State Teachers College of Trenton, New Jersey. It is categorized for "The First Grade" in a section called "Around the Home." "Grateful acknowledgment is also due to Mrs. Emma Grant Meader of the State Normal School, New Haven, Connecticut, and Teachers College, Columbia University, for her selection and supervision of the choice of poetry; Mrs. Florence E. Dangerfield, Director of he Department of Physical Education, Bradford Academy, Haverhill, Massachusetts, for her assistance in correlating rhythmic activities with the vocal music lesson; [...] and especially the poets and composers who have graciously contributed to the book as an expression of their love for little children" ("Acknowledgments" p. vi).
Ware, Harriet, Mrs. Hugh M. Krumbhaar; music (American, 1877-1962)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4687
musical score: The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade, edited by Osbourne McConathy, et al., Silver, Burdett and Company, 1929, p. 102. Western Connecticut State University Libraries, Danbury.
New York, Newark, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco: Silver, Burdett and Company
"Copyright, 1929, by Silver, Burdett and Company" for the collection "The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade", which states "This volume contains much original matter which is covered by the copyright of the book and must not be used without special permission."
File(s): CRM-pockethandkerchief-ware.pdf
Notes: This song is one of eight settings of poems by Christina Rossetti published in the collection "The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade" (1929) by Osbourne McConathy, Formerly Director of the Department of Public School Music, Northwestern University; W. Otto Miessner, Director of Public School Music, Chicago Musical College; Edward Bailey Birge, Professor of Public School Music, Indiana University; Mabel E. Bray, Director of the Department of Music, State Teachers College of Trenton, New Jersey. It is categorized for "The First Grade" in a section called "Nature and Seasonal." "Grateful acknowledgment is also due to Mrs. Emma Grant Meader of the State Normal School, New Haven, Connecticut, and Teachers College, Columbia University, for her selection and supervision of the choice of poetry; Mrs. Florence E. Dangerfield, Director of he Department of Physical Education, Bradford Academy, Haverhill, Massachusetts, for her assistance in correlating rhythmic activities with the vocal music lesson; [...] and especially the poets and composers who have graciously contributed to the book as an expression of their love for little children" ("Acknowledgments" p. vi).
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4617
musical score: The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade, edited by Osbourne McConathy, et al., Silver, Burdett and Company, 1929, p. 128. Western Connecticut State University Libraries, Danbury.