"Grant us calm" [Gerald Kechley]
title: First line of lyrics: Lord, grant us calm, if calm can set forth Thee
title: Part of: "Three Rossetti Songs"
subject: genre: song|song cycle
subject: solo: soprano
subject: instrumentation: flute
subject: origin: United States
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Lord, grant us calm, if calm can set forth Thee'"
description: Place in the larger work: One of three songs in a song cycle called "Three Rossetti Songs," settings by Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include "Grant us calm"; "Sing no sad songs"; "Who has seen the wind".
description: Composition history: The following text by the composer was included in the program notes for the 28 May 1989 In Memoriam: Scott Lakin Jones concert: "The first of the 'Three Rossetti Songs,' 'Lord grant us calm,' was written in 1969 (two decades ago!), and the other two added three years later for a specific performance by a singer-friend for whom the original song was written. As it happens, 'Sing no sad songs' uses a text revised from four decades ago, when it was first set for unaccompanied mixed voices in 1949. The flutes, sharing equally as integral parts of a trio, at times take a somewhat contrasted view of the text, and at times find closer connections with the voice. The prevalence of uncontrasted upper register sounds which permeate the piece is a planned textural ambience deemed appropriate for the expression of these particular songs." Gerald Kechley (Program Notes)
description: Performance instructions: For solo soprano voice and two flutes.
description: Performance history: 1989, 7 January, Meany Theater, Seattle, "Retrospective concert of the music of Gerald Kechley" performance by Carol Sams, soprano, Felix Skowronek, flute, Pamela Butler Ryker, flute.
description: Recordings: "Three Rossetti Songs." In Memoriam: Scott Lakin Jones. Performance by Carol Sams, soprano, Felix Skowronek, flute, Pamela Butler Ryker, flute, recorded 28 May 1989 in Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington, University of Washington School of Music, 2015. CD
creator: Kechley, Gerald; music (American, born 1919)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4517
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Other data reference(s): Program Notes for "In Memoriam: Scott Larkin Jones" concert. University of Washington School of Music, 29 May 1989. ResearchWorks Archives, University of Washington, https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/30376. Accessed 3 Sep. 2020.
source: Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
date: 1969 [composition]
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: complete cycle performance time 10-12 minutes
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-lordgrantuscalm-kechley

"Sing no sad songs" [Gerald Kechley]
title: First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
title: Part of: "Three Rossetti Songs"
subject: genre: song|song cycle
subject: solo: soprano
subject: instrumentation: flute
subject: origin: United States
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
description: Place in the larger work: One of three songs in a song cycle called "Three Rossetti Songs," settings by Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include "Grant us calm"; "Sing no sad songs"; "Who has seen the wind".
description: Composition history: The following text by the composer was included in the program notes for the 28 May 1989 In Memoriam: Scott Lakin Jones concert: "The first of the 'Three Rossetti Songs,' 'Lord grant us calm,' was written in 1969 (two decades ago!), and the other two added three years later for a specific performance by a singer-friend for whom the original song was written. As it happens, 'Sing no sad songs' uses a text revised from four decades ago, when it was first set for unaccompanied mixed voices in 1949. The flutes, sharing equally as integral parts of a trio, at times take a somewhat contrasted view of the text, and at times find closer connections with the voice. The prevalence of uncontrasted upper register sounds which permeate the piece is a planned textural ambience deemed appropriate for the expression of these particular songs." Gerald Kechley (Program Notes)
description: Performance instructions: For solo soprano voice and two flutes.
description: Performance history: 1989, 7 January, Meany Theater, Seattle, "Retrospective concert of the music of Gerald Kechley" performance by Carol Sams, soprano, Felix Skowronek, flute, Pamela Butler Ryker, flute.
description: Recordings: "Three Rossetti Songs." In Memoriam: Scott Lakin Jones. Performance by Carol Sams, soprano, Felix Skowronek, flute, Pamela Butler Ryker, flute, recorded 28 May 1989 in Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington, University of Washington School of Music, 2015. CD
creator: Kechley, Gerald; music (American, born 1919)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4765
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
source: Other data reference(s): Program Notes for "In Memoriam: Scott Larkin Jones" concert. University of Washington School of Music, 29 May 1989. ResearchWorks Archives, University of Washington, https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/30376. Accessed 3 Sep. 2020.
source: Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
date: 1972 [composition]
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: complete cycle performance time 10-12 minutes
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-kechley-2

"May Flowers" [John Ireland]
subject: genre: song|choral music|children's music|part song
subject: chorus: two-part treble chorus|two-part women's chorus
subject: duet: soprano and alto|duet: two sopranos
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'There is but one May in the year'"
description: Composition history: In January 1919, Ireland set the Rossetti poem "in memory of Lillian Dunhill, the niece of composer Thomas Dunhill [...], who had recently died of pneumonia at the age of twelve." (Foreman, p. 191)
description: Dedication: "For Lillian" [Lillian Dunhill]
description: Notes: Also published in a compilation of John Ireland's part songs called: "Eight Songs For Upper Voices And Piano" by Novello & Co. 1999.
creator: Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4816
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
source: Other data reference(s): Craggs, Stewart R. John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography and Bibliography. 2nd edition, Ashgate, 2007, p. 65. Foreman, Lewis. The John Ireland Companion, Boydell Press and Boydell & Brewerp, 2011, p. 291.
source: Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
publisher: London : Edward Arnold & Co. Ltd.; Bury St. Edmund's: Novello & Co.
date: 1919 [composition] [publication] [copyright]; 1999 [publication]
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 5 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-thereisbutonemay-ireland

"The Garland" [John Garland]
title: First line of lyrics: Roses blushing red and white
title: Part of: "Mother and Child"
subject: genre: children's music|song|song cycle
subject: solo: medium voice
subject: chorus: children's unison chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: one flat
subject: initial time signature: 3/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Roses blushing red and white'"
description: Place in the larger work: The eighth song of eight in a song cycle called "Mother and Child," settings of Christina Rossetti nursery rhymes from "Sing Song". The songs include 1. "New Born"; 2. "The Only Child"; 3. "Hope"; 4. "Skylark and Nightingale"; 5. "The Blind Boy"; 6. "Baby"; 7. "Death-Parting"; 8. "The Garland".
description: Tempo markings: "Poco andante"; quarter note = 50
description: Recordings: "Mother and Child." Songs, John Ireland. Performance by Alfreda Hodgson, contralto, Alan Rowlands, piano, recorded in association with the John Ireland Trust, vol. 3, Lyrita, 1975-1979. LP.
description: Dedication: "To my sister."
creator: Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Ives DM235; Gooch and Thatcher 4708
source: Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
source: Other data reference(s): Craggs, Stewart R. John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography and Bibliography. 2nd edition, Ashgate, 2007, p. 60.
source: Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: "Mother and Child." IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/wiki/Mother_and_Child_(Ireland,_John)#IMSLP285578. Accessed 3 Jan. 2017.
publisher: London: Winthrop Rogers; New York: C. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music
date: 1918 [composition] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright 1918, by Winthrop Rogers Ltd."; John Ireland Trust
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 2 pages (pp. 22-23); performance time 1 minute and 16 seconds
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-rosesblushing-ireland
identifier: File(s): CRM-rosesblushing-ireland.pdf

"Death-Parting" [John Ireland]
title: First line of lyrics: Good-bye in fear, good-bye in sorrow
title: Part of: "Mother and Child"
subject: genre: children's music|song|song cycle
subject: solo: medium voice
subject: chorus: children's unison chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: one sharp
subject: initial time signature: 6/8
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Good-bye in fear, good-bye in sorrow'"
description: Place in the larger work: The seventh song of eight in a song cycle called "Mother and Child," settings of Christina Rossetti nursery rhymes from "Sing Song". The songs include 1. "New Born"; 2. "The Only Child"; 3. "Hope"; 4. "Skylark and Nightingale"; 5. "The Blind Boy"; 6. "Baby"; 7. "Death-Parting"; 8. "The Garland".
description: Tempo markings: "Moderato con moto"; dotted quarter note = 52
description: Recordings: "Mother and Child." Songs, John Ireland. Performance by Alfreda Hodgson, contralto, Alan Rowlands, piano, recorded in association with the John Ireland Trust, vol. 3, Lyrita, 1975-1979. LP.
description: Dedication: "To my sister."
creator: Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Ives DM234; Gooch and Thatcher 4439
source: Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
source: Other data reference(s): Craggs, Stewart R. John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography and Bibliography. 2nd edition, Ashgate, 2007, p. 60.
source: Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: "Mother and Child." IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/wiki/Mother_and_Child_(Ireland,_John)#IMSLP285578. Accessed 3 Jan. 2017.
publisher: London: Winthrop Rogers; New York: C. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music
date: 1918 [composition] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright 1918, by Winthrop Rogers Ltd."; John Ireland Trust
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 2 pages (pp. 20-21); performance time 1 minutes and 15 seconds
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-goodbyeinfear-ireland
identifier: File(s): CRM-goodbyeinfear-ireland.pdf

"Baby" [John Ireland]
title: First line of lyrics: Love me,--I love you
title: Part of: "Mother and Child"
subject: genre: children's music|song|song cycle
subject: solo: medium voice
subject: chorus: children's unison chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: two sharps
subject: initial time signature: 4/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Love me,—I love you'"
description: Place in the larger work: The sixth song of eight in a song cycle called "Mother and Child," settings of Christina Rossetti nursery rhymes from "Sing Song". The songs include 1. "New Born"; 2. "The Only Child"; 3. "Hope"; 4. "Skylark and Nightingale"; 5. "The Blind Boy"; 6. "Baby"; 7. "Death-Parting"; 8. "The Garland".
description: Tempo markings: "Allegretto"; quarter note = 92
description: Recordings: "Mother and Child." Songs, John Ireland. Performance by Alfreda Hodgson, contralto, Alan Rowlands, piano, recorded in association with the John Ireland Trust, vol. 3, Lyrita, 1975-1979. LP.
description: Dedication: "To my sister."
creator: Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Ives DM233; Gooch and Thatcher 4587
source: Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
source: Other data reference(s): Craggs, Stewart R. John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography and Bibliography. 2nd edition, Ashgate, 2007, p. 60.
source: Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: "Mother and Child." IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/wiki/Mother_and_Child_(Ireland,_John)#IMSLP285578. Accessed 3 Jan. 2017.
publisher: London: Winthrop Rogers; New York: C. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music
date: 1918 [composition] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright 1918, by Winthrop Rogers Ltd."; John Ireland Trust
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 2 pages (pp. 18-19); performance time 1 minute and 12 seconds
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-loveme-ireland
identifier: File(s): CRM-loveme-ireland.pdf

"The Blind Boy" [John Ireland]
title: First line of lyrics: Blind from my birth
title: Part of: "Mother and Child"
subject: genre: children's music|song|song cycle
subject: solo: medium voice
subject: chorus: children's unison chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 3/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Blind from my birth'"
description: Place in the larger work: The fifth song of eight in a song cycle called "Mother and Child," settings of Christina Rossetti nursery rhymes from "Sing Song". The songs include 1. "New Born"; 2. "The Only Child"; 3. "Hope"; 4. "Skylark and Nightingale"; 5. "The Blind Boy"; 6. "Baby"; 7. "Death-Parting"; 8. "The Garland".
description: Tempo markings: "Andante moderato"; quarter note = 84-88
description: Recordings: "Mother and Child." Songs, John Ireland. Performance by Alfreda Hodgson, contralto, Alan Rowlands, piano, recorded in association with the John Ireland Trust, vol. 3, Lyrita, 1975-1979. LP.
description: Dedication: "To my sister."
creator: Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Ives DM232; Gooch and Thatcher 4239
source: Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
source: Other data reference(s): Craggs, Stewart R. John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography and Bibliography. 2nd edition, Ashgate, 2007, p. 60.
source: Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: "Mother and Child." IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/wiki/Mother_and_Child_(Ireland,_John)#IMSLP285578. Accessed 3 Jan. 2017.
publisher: London: Winthrop Rogers; New York: C. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music
date: 1918 [composition] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright 1918, by Winthrop Rogers Ltd."; John Ireland Trust
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 2 pages (pp. 16-17); performance time 1 minutes and 19 seconds
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-blindfrommybirth-ireland
identifier: File(s): CRM-blindfrommybirth-ireland.pdf

"Skylark and Nightingale" [John Ireland]
title: First line of lyrics: When a mounting skylark sings
title: Part of: "Mother and Child"
subject: genre: children's music|song|song cycle
subject: solo: medium voice
subject: chorus: children's unison chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: three flats
subject: initial time signature: 2/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'When a mounting skylark sings'"
description: Place in the larger work: The fourth song of eight in a song cycle called "Mother and Child," settings of Christina Rossetti nursery rhymes from "Sing Song". The songs include 1. "New Born"; 2. "The Only Child"; 3. "Hope"; 4. "Skylark and Nightingale"; 5. "The Blind Boy"; 6. "Baby"; 7. "Death-Parting"; 8. "The Garland".
description: Tempo markings: "Allegretto"; quarter note = 58
description: Performance instructions: medium voice with piano accompaniment; fourth song in a cycle of eight songs setting eight rhymes from "Sing-Song": 1. "Newborn" ("Your brother has a falcon"); 2. "The Only Child" ("Crying, my little one"); 3. "Hope" (""I dug and dug amongst the snow"): 4. "Skylark and Nightingale" ("When a mounting skylark sings"); 5. "The Blind Boy" ("Blind from my birth"); 6. "Baby" ("Love me,--I love you"); 7. "Death-Parting" ("Good-bye in fear, good-bye in sorrow"); 8. "The Garland" ("Roses blushing red and white")
description: Recordings: "Mother and Child." Songs, John Ireland. Performance by Alfreda Hodgson, contralto, Alan Rowlands, piano, recorded in association with the John Ireland Trust, vol. 3, Lyrita, 1975-1979. LP.
description: Dedication: "To my sister."
description: Notes: Was also published separately in 1918. (Craggs, p. 65)
creator: Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Ives DM231; Gooch and Thatcher 4857
source: Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
source: Other data reference(s): Craggs, Stewart R. John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography and Bibliography. 2nd edition, Ashgate, 2007, p. 60.
source: Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: "Mother and Child." IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/wiki/Mother_and_Child_(Ireland,_John)#IMSLP285578. Accessed 3 Jan. 2017.
publisher: London: Winthrop Rogers; New York: C. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music
date: 1918 [composition] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright 1918, by Winthrop Rogers Ltd."; John Ireland Trust
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 2 pages (pp. 14-15); performance time 49 seconds
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-whenamounting-ireland
identifier: File(s): CRM-whenamounting-ireland.pdf

"Hope" [John Ireland]
title: First line of lyrics: I dug and dug amongst the snow
title: Part of: "Mother and Child"
subject: genre: children's music|song|song cycle
subject: solo: medium voice
subject: chorus: children's unison chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 6/8
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'I dug and dug amongst the snow'"
description: Place in the larger work: The third song of eight in a song cycle called "Mother and Child," settings of Christina Rossetti nursery rhymes from "Sing Song". The songs include 1. "New Born"; 2. "The Only Child"; 3. "Hope"; 4. "Skylark and Nightingale"; 5. "The Blind Boy"; 6. "Baby"; 7. "Death-Parting"; 8. "The Garland".
description: Tempo markings: "Allegretto"; dotted quarter note = 55
description: Recordings: "Mother and Child." Songs, John Ireland. Performance by Alfreda Hodgson, contralto, Alan Rowlands, piano, recorded in association with the John Ireland Trust, vol. 3, Lyrita, 1975-1979. LP.
description: Dedication: "To my sister."
creator: Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Ives DM 230; Gooch and Thatcher 4477
source: Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
source: Other data reference(s): Craggs, Stewart R. John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography and Bibliography. 2nd edition, Ashgate, 2007, p. 60.
source: Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: "Mother and Child." IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/wiki/Mother_and_Child_(Ireland,_John)#IMSLP285578. Accessed 3 Jan. 2017.
publisher: London: Winthrop Rogers; New York: C. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music
date: 1918 [composition] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright 1918, by Winthrop Rogers Ltd."; John Ireland Trust
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 2 pages (pp. 12-13); performance time 57 seconds
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-iduganddug-ireland
identifier: File(s): CRM-iduganddug-ireland.pdf

"The Only Child" [John Ireland]
title: First line of lyrics: Crying, my little one
title: Part of: "Mother and Child"
subject: genre: children's music|song|song cycle
subject: solo: medium voice
subject: chorus: children's unison chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 2/2
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Crying, my little one, footsore and weary?'"
description: Place in the larger work: The second song of eight in a song cycle called "Mother and Child," settings of Christina Rossetti nursery rhymes from "Sing Song". The songs include 1. "New Born"; 2. "The Only Child"; 3. "Hope"; 4. "Skylark and Nightingale"; 5. "The Blind Boy"; 6. "Baby"; 7. "Death-Parting"; 8. "The Garland".
description: Tempo markings: "Moderato"; half note = 54
description: Recordings: "Mother and Child." Songs, John Ireland. Performance by Alfreda Hodgson, contralto, Alan Rowlands, piano, recorded in association with the John Ireland Trust, vol. 3, Lyrita, 1975-1979. LP.
description: Dedication: "To my sister."
creator: Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Ives DM229 ; Gooch and Thatcher 4335
source: Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
source: Other data reference(s): Craggs, Stewart R. John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography and Bibliography. 2nd edition, Ashgate, 2007, p. 60.
source: Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: "Mother and Child." IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/wiki/Mother_and_Child_(Ireland,_John)#IMSLP285578. Accessed 3 Jan. 2017.
publisher: London: Winthrop Rogers; New York: C. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music
date: 1918 [composition] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright 1918, by Winthrop Rogers Ltd."; John Ireland Trust
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format: Format 1: musical score
format: 2 pages (pp. 10-11); performance time 1 minute and 44 seconds
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-cryingmylittleone-ireland
identifier: File(s): CRM-cryingmylittleone-ireland.pdf

"Newborn" [John Ireland]
title: First line of lyrics: Your brother has a falcon
title: Part of: "Mother and Child"
subject: genre: children's music|song|song cycle
subject: solo: medium voice
subject: chorus: children's unison chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 2/2
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Your brother has a falcon'"
description: Place in the larger work: The first song of eight in a song cycle called "Mother and Child," settings of Christina Rossetti nursery rhymes from "Sing Song". The songs include 1. "New Born"; 2. "The Only Child"; 3. "Hope"; 4. "Skylark and Nightingale"; 5. "The Blind Boy"; 6. "Baby"; 7. "Death-Parting"; 8. "The Garland".
description: Tempo markings: "Moderato"; half note = 58
description: Recordings: "Mother and Child." Songs, John Ireland. Performance by Alfreda Hodgson, contralto, Alan Rowlands, piano, recorded in association with the John Ireland Trust, vol. 3, Lyrita, 1975-1979. LP.
description: Dedication: "To my sister."
description: Notes: This one song from "Mother and Child" was also published separately in the same year as "Your Brother has a falcon." (Ives DM228, Gooch and Thatcher 4903)
creator: Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Ives DM228; Gooch and Thatcher 4903
source: Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
source: Other data reference(s): Craggs, Stewart R. John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography and Bibliography. 2nd edition, Ashgate, 2007, p. 60.
source: Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: "Mother and Child." IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/wiki/Mother_and_Child_(Ireland,_John)#IMSLP285578. Accessed 3 Jan. 2017.
publisher: London: Winthrop Rogers; New York: C. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music
date: 1918 [composition] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright 1918, by Winthrop Rogers Ltd."; John Ireland Trust
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 2 pages (pp. 8-9); performance time 1 minutes and 22 seconds
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-yourbrotherhas-ireland
identifier: File(s): CRM-yourbrotherhas-ireland.pdf

"What art thou thinking of?" [John Ireland]
title: First line of lyrics: "What art thou thinking of," said the mother
subject: genre: song
subject: solo: medium voice
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: four flats
subject: initial time signature: 3/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Mother and Child"
description: Tempo markings: "legatissimo"
description: Recordings: "What art thou thinking of." Songs, John Ireland. Performance by Alfreda Hodgson, contralto, Alan Rowlands, piano, recorded in association with the John Ireland Trust, vol. 3, Lyrita, 1975-1979. LP.
description: Notes: Published in the collection, "Lost Content and Other Songs", Galliard, London, 1976.
creator: Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4645
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
source: Cataloguer: Emma-Catherine Wilson and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: Ireland, John. "What art thou thinking of?" The Complete Works for Voice and Piano, vol. 2, Stainer & Bell Ltd., 1981, pp. 54-59.
publisher: London: Galliard; London: Stainer & Bell Ltd
date: 1924 [composition]; 1976 [publication] [copyright]; 1981 [publication]
rights: "© 1976 Stainer & Bell Ltd."
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 6 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-motherandchild-ireland
identifier: File(s): CRM-motherandchild-ireland-pdf

"When I am dead, my dearest" [Sjef Frenken]
title: First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
subject: genre: song
subject: solo: voice
subject: initial sharps/flats: three flats
subject: initial time signature: 3/4
subject: origin: Canada
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = 155
creator: Frenken, Sjef; music (Canadian, born in Netherlands, 1935)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: Sjef Frenken
date: 2018 [copyright]
rights: This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score appears on the website by kind permission of Sjef Frenken.
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 1 page
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-frenken
identifier: File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-frenken.pdf

"Bride and Groom" [Brian Blyth Daubney]
title: First line of lyrics: A ring upon her finger
subject: genre: song
subject: solo: voice
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: two sharps
subject: initial time signature: 4/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'A ring upon her finger'"
description: Composition history: Daubney notes that he included several "hidden motifs" within the music: "both the fragments I’ve used were written in 1842 (Mendelssohn Wedding March from Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Wagner’s Bridal Chorus (Bridal Chorus Lohengrin 1850) during Christina’s lifetime. It seemed appropriate to the words to include these two in the setting of the poem about Bride and Groom. I’m not sure they’re used in Canada in the same way but they feature in many weddings in the UK. They are concealed (mainly) in the bass part" (Daubney).
description: Tempo markings: "Andante"
creator: Daubney, Brian Blyth; music (English, born 1929)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Other data reference(s): Daubney, Brian Blyth. "Hidden Motifs." Received by Mary Arseneau. 2 July 2019.
source: Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: Brian Blyth Daubney
date: 2019 [composition]
rights: This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score appears on the website by kind permission of Brian Blyth Daubney.
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 2 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-ringuponher-daubney
identifier: File(s): CRM-ringuponher-daubney.pdf

"In the Round Tower at Jhansi" [Stanley Hawley]
title: First line of lyrics: A hundred, a thousand to one
subject: genre: song|recitation song
subject: solo: voice
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: one flat
subject: initial time signature: 3/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "In the Round Tower at Jhansi"
description: Composition history: "This poem is reprinted by permission of Messrs Macmillan & Co."
description: Tempo markings: "Mesto." "cantando"
description: Performance instructions: "The pianoforte part to be considered as a setting of the poetical accent. The bars always precede the accented syllable and in the event of a long phrase in one bar a second shorter bar precedes the less accented syllable. If there should be any doubt as to the scansion of the lines as set, the relative value of each syllable will be shown by notes of such value as is required. When the voice does not commence with the first note of the bar rests are used. The silent bars (for reciter) must be carefully remembered. In every case the pianoforte part to be treated as an accompaniment, never louder than the voice, and to take the varying tempi always from the reciter. The marks of expression apply to both piano and voice. N.B. It is only necessary for voice and accompaniment to be together on the first syllable after the bar line. The reciter is otherwise free."
description: Recordings: "In the Round Tower at Jhansi." Romantic Melodrama. Lyrics by Christina Rossetti, performance by Pamela Hunter, reciter, Koen Kessels, piano. Koch Discover Int'l, 1994.
description: Dedication: "To MISS LENA ASHWELL"
creator: Hawley, Stanley; music (British, 1867–1916)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Ives DM141
source: Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
source: Other data reference(s): "Discover romantic melodrama : "I hear no sound"." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/703151315. Accessed 27 August 2020.
source: Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: Royal Academy of Music, London
publisher: London: Bosworth & Company
date: n.d.
rights: "Copyright by Bosworth & Co."
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 4 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-intheroundtower-hawley
identifier: File(s): CRM-intheroundtower-hawley.pdf

"Echo" [Ronald Ray Williams]
title: First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night
title: Part of: "Suite of Six Texts"
subject: genre: song|song cycle
subject: solo: tenor
subject: instrumentation: string quartet
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 3/4
subject: origin: United States
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"
description: Place in the larger work: The fourth song of six in the song cycle called "Suite of Six Texts," which includes 1. "The Argument of His Book" (Robert Herrick); 2. "An Epitaph upon a Virgin" (Robert Herrick); 3. "Epigram" (Alexander Pope); 4. "Echo" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "Mercury's Song to Phaedra (Amphitryon)" (John Dryden); 6. "Music, When Soft Voices Die" (Percy Shelley).
description: Notes about the text: "Acknowledgement is gratefully made to Macmillan Services Limited, London, original publishers of the text."
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = c. 88
creator: Williams, Ronald Ray; music (American, born 1929)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: York University Library, Toronto
date: 1963 [composition]; 1974 [publication]
rights: "© 1974 by Ronald Ray Williams. All rights reserved."
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 5 pages (pp. 78-82)
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-echo-williams

"Easter Carol"; "Spring bursts to-day" [Martin Shaw]
title: First line of lyrics: Spring bursts today
subject: genre: song
subject: solo: voice
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 2/2
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "An Easter Carol"
description: Composition history: "By kind permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co."
description: Tempo markings: "Allegro vivace"; half note = "about 100"
description: Dedication: "To Ralph Vaughan Williams"
creator: Shaw, Martin [Edward Fallas]; music (English, 1875-1958)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 3466
source: Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
source: Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
source: Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: Reid Music Library, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
publisher: London: J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.; New York: G. Schirmer Inc.
date: 1917 [publication ] [copyright]; 1945 [U.S.A. copyright renewed]
rights: "Copyright, 1917, by J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. Copyright, U.S.A. renewed 1945"
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 3 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-eastercarol-shaw-1
identifier: File(s): CRM-eastercarol-shaw-1.pdf

"Love Came Down at Christmas" [Kenneth Finlay]
title: First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas
subject: genre: sacred music|carol|Christmas music|choral music|song|anthem
subject: chorus: SCTB chorus
subject: instrumentation: organ
subject: initial sharps/flats: three sharps
subject: initial time signature: 2/2
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Christmastide"
description: Tempo markings: half note = "about 52"
description: Performance instructions: Organ accompaniment is optional.
description: Dedication: "To George J. Dryden and the Choir of Broomhill Church, Glasgow."
creator: Finlay, Kenneth; music (British, 1882-1974)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: Royal Academy of Music Library, London
publisher: London: Augener Limited
date: 1961 [copyright] [publication]
rights: "© Copyright 1961 by Augener Ltd."
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: Contains tonic sol-fa notation
format: 4 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-christmastide-finlay

"Christmas hath darkness" [Ed Hughes]
title: First line of lyrics: Christmas hath darkness
subject: genre: sacred music|Christmas music|choral music|song|anthem
subject: chorus: SATB voices with divisi
subject: instrumentation: a cappella
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 3/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Christmas Eve"
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = 108
description: Dedication: "for John Hancorn and the Baroque Collective Singers"
creator: Hughes, Ed; music (English, born 1968)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Other data reference(s): "Christmas Hath Darkness (2013)." Ed Hughes Composer, https://edhughescomposer.com/christmas-hath-darkness. Accessed 25 August 2020.
source: Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: Ed Hughes
date: 2013 [copyright] [composition]
rights: "© E. Hughes, 2013" This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The scores appear on this website by kind permission of composer Ed Hughes.
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 8 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-christmaseve-hughes
identifier: File(s): CRM-christmaseve-hughes.pdf

"The Journey" [Simon Lole]
title: First line of lyrics: The wise men left their country
subject: genre: sacred music|song|anthem
subject: solo: tenor|baritone
subject: instrumentation: organ
subject: initial sharps/flats: six flats
subject: initial time signature: 2/2
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol, for my Godchildren" ("The shepherds had an angel")
description: Notes about the text: This song is a setting of stanzas 2 to 5, with the final two stanzas condensed and combined.
description: Tempo markings: "Lento e espressivo"
creator: Lole, Simon; music (English, born 1957)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: Royal Academy of Music Library, London
publisher: Royal School of Church Music
date: 1994 [copyright] [publication]
rights: "© RSCM 1994"
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 4 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-christmascarolformygodchildren-lole

"Rest" [John McLeod]
title: First line of lyrics: O earth, lie heavily upon her eyes
title: Part of: "Three Nocturnes"
subject: genre: song|song cycle
subject: solo: tenor|soprano
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 2/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Rest"
description: Place in the larger work: The second song of three in the song cycle called "Three Nocturnes," which includes 1. "Here Sleeps"; 2. "Rest" (Christina Rossetti); 3. "Now sleeps the crimson petal" (Alfred, Lord Tennyson).
description: Tempo markings: "Adagio"
description: Dedication: "To Raimund Gilvan"
creator: McLeod, John; music (Scottish, born 1934)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Other data reference(s): "Three nocturnes for tenor or soprano and piano." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/880397190. Accessed 24 August 2020.
source: Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: British Library, London
publisher: Glasgow: Scottish Music Archive
date: 1959 [composition]
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 7 pages (pp. 11-17)
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-rest-mcleod

"The First Spring Day" [Robert Hugill]
title: First line of lyrics: I wonder if the sap is stirring yet
title: Part of: "Quickening"
subject: genre: song cycle|song
subject: solo: mezzo-soprano
subject: instrumentation: viola|piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: two sharps
subject: initial time signature: 3/4
subject: other version 1 - solo: soprano
subject: other version 1 - instrumentation: piano|violin|clarinet
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "The First Spring Day"
description: Place in the larger work: The sixth song of six in the song cycle called "Quickening," settings of Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Song"; 2. "Bitter for Sweet"; 3. "Two Pursuits"; 4. "Remember"; 5. "Withering"; 6. "The First Spring Day."
description: Composition history: "It was only relatively recently that I started reading Christina Rosetti's poetry. Having concentrated on setting a small group of poets that appealed to me, I was concerned to try pastures new for a further song cycle. Also, having had copyright difficulties with a recent choral piece, I was anxious to choose texts that were out of copyright. A number of extended sessions browsing in Waterstones led to my considering setting Elizabeth Barrett-Browning and Christina Rosetti. On first reading, all of Christina Rosetti's poems that I selected for setting were of a similar melancholy cast (like the first song in the cycle). But further exploration led me to realise that I could create a sequence of poems in which the gloomy anticipation of death gradually prefigures joyful anticipation of the life to come is paralleled by winter's gradual prefiguring of a future spring. Thus, though the cycle has a predominantly melancholy tone, it progresses towards the final joyful conclusion" (Hugill).
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = 60
description: Performance instructions: Other version 1: "Soprano + Piano & Violin (or Clarinet)" ("Catalogue of Compositions")
description: Performance history: "Quickening was premiered on 16th November 2001 at Lauderdale House, Highgate, London by David Greiner (counter-tenor), Amanda Chancellor (viola) and Paul Webster (piano)" (Hugill).
description: Recordings: "Quickening." Quickening: Songs by Robert Hugill to Texts by English and Welsh Poets, Performance by Anna Huntley, mezzo-soprano, Rosalind Ventris, viola, William Vann, piano, recording on 14-15 Nov. 2016 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, Andrew Walton, producer and editor, Deborah Spanton, sound engineer, Navona Records, 2017. ("Quickening") Spotify, ttps://open.spotify.com/album/6fpbMCT5JaXOrx7ujdXkMo. Accessed 20 Jul. 2021. “Quickening: No. 6, The First Spring Day.” YouTube, uploaded by Anna Huntley - Topic, 7 Sep. 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFyqtaJg3x4.
creator: Hugill, Robert; music (English, born 1955)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Other data reference(s): "Catalogue of Compositions." Robert Hugill, https://www.roberthugill.com/music-catalogue. Acessed 20 Jul. 2021. "Quickening." Navona Records, https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6121/. Accessed 20 Jul. 2021. Hugill, Robert. "Christina Rossetti in Music project." Received by Mary Arseneau. 24 August 2020.
source: Cataloguer: Abby Jurgeneit and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: Robert Hugill
date: 2001 [copyright]
rights: "©Robert Hugill, London, 2001." This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score appears on the website by kind permission of composer Robert Hugill.
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 7 pages (pp. 25-31); performance time ca. 4 minutes
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-firstspringday-hugill
identifier: File(s): CRM-firstspringday-hugill.pdf

"Withering" [Robert Hugill]
title: First line of lyrics: Fade, tender lily
title: Part of: "Quickening"
subject: genre: song cycle|song
subject: solo: mezzo-soprano
subject: instrumentation: viola|piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: five flats
subject: initial time signature: 3/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Autumn"
description: Place in the larger work: The fifth song of six in the song cycle called "Quickening," settings of Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Song"; 2. "Bitter for Sweet"; 3. "Two Pursuits"; 4. "Remember"; 5. "Withering"; 6. "The First Spring Day."
description: Composition history: "It was only relatively recently that I started reading Christina Rosetti's poetry. Having concentrated on setting a small group of poets that appealed to me, I was concerned to try pastures new for a further song cycle. Also, having had copyright difficulties with a recent choral piece, I was anxious to choose texts that were out of copyright. A number of extended sessions browsing in Waterstones led to my considering setting Elizabeth Barrett-Browning and Christina Rosetti. On first reading, all of Christina Rosetti's poems that I selected for setting were of a similar melancholy cast (like the first song in the cycle). But further exploration led me to realise that I could create a sequence of poems in which the gloomy anticipation of death gradually prefigures joyful anticipation of the life to come is paralleled by winter's gradual prefiguring of a future spring. Thus, though the cycle has a predominantly melancholy tone, it progresses towards the final joyful conclusion" (Hugill).
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = 90; "andante impetuoso"
description: Performance history: "Quickening was premiered on 16th November 2001 at Lauderdale House, Highgate, London by David Greiner (counter-tenor), Amanda Chancellor (viola) and Paul Webster (piano)" (Hugill).
description: Recordings: "Quickening: Songs by Robert Hugill to Texts by English and Welsh Poets." Lyrics by Christina Rossetti, performance by Anna Huntley, mezzo-soprano, Rosalind Ventris, viola, William Vann, piano. 2017.
creator: Hugill, Robert; music (English, born 1955)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Other data reference(s): Hugill, Robert. "Christina Rossetti in Music project." Received by Mary Arseneau. 24 August 2020.
source: Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: Robert Hugill
date: 2001 [copyright]
rights: "© Robert Hugill, London, 2001." This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score appears on the website by kind permission of composer Robert Hugill.
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 3 pages (pp. 21-23); performance time 1 minute
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-autumn-hugill
identifier: File(s): CRM-autumn-hugill.pdf

"Remember" [Robert Hugill]
title: First line of lyrics: Remember me
title: Part of: "Quickening"
subject: genre: song cycle|song
subject: solo: mezzo-soprano
subject: instrumentation: viola|piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: one sharp
subject: initial time signature: 6/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Remember"
description: Place in the larger work: The fourth song of six in the song cycle called "Quickening," settings of Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Song"; 2. "Bitter for Sweet"; 3. "Two Pursuits"; 4. "Remember"; 5. "Withering"; 6. "The First Spring Day."
description: Composition history: "It was only relatively recently that I started reading Christina Rosetti's poetry. Having concentrated on setting a small group of poets that appealed to me, I was concerned to try pastures new for a further song cycle. Also, having had copyright difficulties with a recent choral piece, I was anxious to choose texts that were out of copyright. A number of extended sessions browsing in Waterstones led to my considering setting Elizabeth Barrett-Browning and Christina Rosetti. On first reading, all of Christina Rosetti's poems that I selected for setting were of a similar melancholy cast (like the first song in the cycle). But further exploration led me to realise that I could create a sequence of poems in which the gloomy anticipation of death gradually prefigures joyful anticipation of the life to come is paralleled by winter's gradual prefiguring of a future spring. Thus, though the cycle has a predominantly melancholy tone, it progresses towards the final joyful conclusion" (Hugill).
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = 60; "gently"
description: Performance history: "Quickening was premiered on 16th November 2001 at Lauderdale House, Highgate, London by David Greiner (counter-tenor), Amanda Chancellor (viola) and Paul Webster (piano)" (Hugill).
description: Recordings: "Quickening: Songs by Robert Hugill to Texts by English and Welsh Poets." Lyrics by Christina Rossetti, performance by Anna Huntley, mezzo-soprano, Rosalind Ventris, viola, William Vann, piano. 2017.
creator: Hugill, Robert; music (English, born 1955)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Other data reference(s): Hugill, Robert. "Christina Rossetti in Music project." Received by Mary Arseneau. 24 August 2020.
source: Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: Robert Hugill
date: 2001 [copyright]
rights: "© Robert Hugill, London, 2001." This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score appears on the website by kind permission of composer Robert Hugill.
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 4 pages (pp. 15-19); performance time 3 minutes
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-remember-hugill
identifier: File(s): CRM-remember-hugill.pdf

"Two Pursuits" [Robert Hugill]
title: First line of lyrics: A voice said "Follow, follow"
title: Part of: "Quickening"
subject: genre: song cycle|song
subject: solo: mezzo-soprano
subject: instrumentation: viola|piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: five flats
subject: initial time signature: 4/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Two Pursuits"
description: Place in the larger work: The third song of six in the song cycle called "Quickening," settings of Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Song"; 2. "Bitter for Sweet"; 3. "Two Pursuits"; 4. "Remember"; 5. "Withering"; 6. "The First Spring Day."
description: Composition history: "It was only relatively recently that I started reading Christina Rosetti's poetry. Having concentrated on setting a small group of poets that appealed to me, I was concerned to try pastures new for a further song cycle. Also, having had copyright difficulties with a recent choral piece, I was anxious to choose texts that were out of copyright. A number of extended sessions browsing in Waterstones led to my considering setting Elizabeth Barrett-Browning and Christina Rosetti. On first reading, all of Christina Rosetti's poems that I selected for setting were of a similar melancholy cast (like the first song in the cycle). But further exploration led me to realise that I could create a sequence of poems in which the gloomy anticipation of death gradually prefigures joyful anticipation of the life to come is paralleled by winter's gradual prefiguring of a future spring. Thus, though the cycle has a predominantly melancholy tone, it progresses towards the final joyful conclusion" (Hugill).
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = 90; "allegro"
description: Performance history: "Quickening was premiered on 16th November 2001 at Lauderdale House, Highgate, London by David Greiner (counter-tenor), Amanda Chancellor (viola) and Paul Webster (piano)" (Hugill).
description: Recordings: "Quickening: Songs by Robert Hugill to Texts by English and Welsh Poets." Lyrics by Christina Rossetti, performance by Anna Huntley, mezzo-soprano, Rosalind Ventris, viola, William Vann, piano. 2017.
creator: Hugill, Robert; music (English, born 1955)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Other data reference(s): Hugill, Robert. "Christina Rossetti in Music project." Received by Mary Arseneau. 24 August 2020.
source: Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: Robert Hugill
date: 2001 [copyright]
rights: "© Robert Hugill, London, 2001." This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score appears on the website by kind permission of composer Robert Hugill.
rights: The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
format: Format 1: musical score
format: 4 pages (pp. 9-13); performance time 2 minutes
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-twopursuits-hugill
identifier: File(s): CRM-twopursuits-hugill.pdf