First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away
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)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
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.
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4 pages; performance time approx. 3 minutes [tenor solo];
File(s): CRM-remember-roven-tenor.pdf; CRM-remember-roven-SSAA.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.
Cataloguer: Robyn Finlay and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
Musical score: Sheet Music Collection, Washington University in St. Louis
"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
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
Cataloguer: Robyn Finlay, University of Ottawa
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
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.
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)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4696
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.
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4695
"Into the Silent Land" [Richard Hageman]
Tempo markings: "Very quietly and tenderly"
Hageman, Richard; music (American, born in Netherlands, 1882-1966)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4694
Musical score: University of Colorado Music Library, Boulder
"Copyright 1944, by G. Schirmer, Inc. International Copyright Secured."
Crist, Bainbridge; music (American, 1883-1969)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4693
Other data reference(s): Record for "Remember." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/995274323. Accessed 21 May 2020.
Notes: Manuscript score. "British Library copy is signed, presumably by the composer, 'Dorothy Whale,' with date 28.7.98."
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM167
Musical score: The British Library, London
First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night
Composition history: "Winner of the 2010 Florida Vocal Association Composition Competition with unending thanks to the Dreyfoos School of the Arts Singers, Arlene Graham Sparks, director." But this song was first intended to be ugly as a joke to a friend who asked the composer to write a song for him. In the front matter of the score, the composer explained that he employed the use of major seventh intervals in this pursuit. "However, once I added the major third and perfect fifth, and added a parallel progression, I realized that I had created something rather interesting. After discovering the beauty of these major seventh chords, I eagerly sought to create a song around it. Fortunately, I stumbled upon Christina Rossetti's hauntingly beautiful poem 'Echo', and after a few months I finished one of my first original compositions for choir." (Trevor Maloney, in score front matter)
Recordings: "Come to Me, My Love." Performance by Dreyfoos School of the Arts Singers, Arlene Graham Sparks, conductor, J.W. Pepper & Sons, https://www.jwpepper.com/Come-to-Me%2C-My-Love/10593282.item#/submit. Accessed 15 May 2020.
Maloney, Trevor; music (American, born 1992)
Other data reference(s): "Come to Me, My Love." Walton Music, GIA Publications Inc., https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/come-to-me-my-love-print-wlg154. Accessed 15 May 2020.
Cataloguer: Diana Bishara and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Come to Me, My Love." J.W. Pepper & Sons, https://www.jwpepper.com/Come-to-Me%2C-My-Love/10593282.item#/submit. Accessed 15 May 2020.
"Copyright © 2016 by Walton Music Corporation. A Division of GIA Publications, Inc. www.waltonmusic.com. International Copyright Secured. All rights reserved."
13 pages; performance time approx. 6 minutes
"Come Back to Me in Dreams" [Mark Burrows]
Composition history: In the front matter of the score, the composer writes about Christina Rossetti and the need to create beauty: "One of the best reasons to sing, paint, dance, write poetry - "to make art" - is to help us find beauty and wholeness when life hands us more than we think we can handle. Christina Rossetti has done just that through her haunting, poignant poem 'Echo'. [...] There is a sense of melancholy and longing for something that can never come back. Yet through that longing, she has written something truly heartfelt, beautiful and relatable."
Recordings: "Come Back to Me in Dreams." J.W. Pepper & Sons, https://www.jwpepper.com/Come-Back-to-Me-in-Dreams/10841976.item#/submit. Accessed 15 May 2020. Same recording with score: "Come Back to Me in Dreams (SATB Choir) - by Mark Burrows," YouTube, uploaded by Hal Leonard Choral, 5 Mar. 2018, https://youtu.be/ZXxzyAJBubs
Burrows, Mark; music (American, born 1971)
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Come Back to Me in Dreams." J.W. Pepper & Sons, https://www.jwpepper.com/Come-Back-to-Me-in-Dreams/10841976.item#/submit. Accessed 15 May 2020.
"Copyright © 2017 by HAL LEONARD LLC. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved."
14 pages; performance time ca. 4 minutes and 10 seconds
Notes about the text: The composer removed text from the poem, most significantly in the second stanza: "too sweet, too bitter sweet" from line 1 and replacing the word "awakening" with "waking" in line 2; in the third stanza: "tho' cold in death" from line 2 and "my love, how long ago" from the last line.
Tempo markings: "A temp"; quarter note = 65
Recordings: "Echo - Connor Koppin - Scrolling Score." YouTube, uploaded by Galaxy Music, 23 Apr. 2018, https://youtu.be/bfT7l704Ci4.
Dedication: "Written for the Valley High School A Cappella Choir, In honor of the wonderful, Susan Ihnen's retirement from Valley High School," West Des Moines, Iowa.
Notes: "The Christina Rossetti text beautifully personifies the concept of memory, sometimes coming back to you in dreams. Gilded with a sonorous piano accompaniment, this is a piece that will be deeply appreciated by any students of music, whether they be advanced high school singers or a group of professionals."
Koppin, Connor J.; music (American, born 1991)
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Echo." J.W. Pepper & Son, https://www.jwpepper.com/Echo/10881484.item#/submit. Accessed 15 May 2020.
Galaxy Music Corporation, Inc, ECS Publishing
2017 [composition]; 2018 [publication] [copyright]
"© Copyright 2018 by Galaxy Music Corporation, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Group, www.ecspublishing.com. All rights reserved."
13 pages; performance time 5 minutes 30 seconds
"In the Bleak Midwinter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Audrey Snyder]
First line of lyrics: In the bleak mid-winter
genre: song|Christmas music|carol|sacred music
chorus: two-part treble chorus|unison chorus
Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")
Tempo markings: "Legato"; quarter note = ca. 84-88
Performance instructions: For unison or optional 2-part treble voices. "The melody in this arrangement is shared between vocal parts I and II. Unison choirs sing the vocal part labeled "mel." (melody) in meas. 23-62. Choir may sing 2 or 4 measure phrases. If singing 4 measure phrases, singers may stagger breathing as needed." "A part for C treble instrument is found on page 12."
Holst, Gustav; music (English, 1874-1934)
Snyder, Audrey; arrangement (American, born 1953)
Other data reference(s): "In the Bleak Midwinter." Shawnee Press, https://www.shawneepress.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=35032301&subsiteid=1,%201&. Accessed 15 May 2020.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "In the Bleak Midwinter." Shawnee Press, https://www.shawneepress.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=35032301&subsiteid=1,%201&. Accessed 15 May 2020.
"Copyright © 2019 HAL LEONARD LCC International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved."
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-snyder
First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone
Tempo markings: "Legato and rubato"; quarter note = ca. 88
Other data reference(s): "Remember Me." Shawnee Press, https://www.shawneepress.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=08703364&lid=-1&subsiteid=1,%201,%201&&subsiteid=1. Accessed 15 May 2020.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Remember Me." Shawnee Press, https://www.shawneepress.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=08703364&lid=-1&subsiteid=1,%201,%201&&subsiteid=1. Accessed 15 May 2020.
"Copyright © 2009 by HAL LEONARD CORPORATION International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved"
"In the Bleak Midwinter" [Gustav Holst and Johann Pachelbel, arr. George L.O. Strid and Mary Donnelly]
female arranger|male composer|male arranger
Tempo markings: "Gently"; quarter note = ca. 92
Pachelbel, Johann; music (German, 1657-1706)
Strid, George L.O.; arrangement (American). Donnelly, Mary; arrangement (American)
Other data reference(s): "In the Bleak Midwinter." Shawnee Press, https://www.shawneepress.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=35010760&lid=-1&keywords=christina%20rossetti&subsiteid=204,%20204&&subsiteid=1#. Accessed 15 May 2020.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "In the Bleak Midwinter." Shawnee Press, https://www.shawneepress.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=35010760&lid=-1&keywords=christina%20rossetti&subsiteid=204,%20204&&subsiteid=1#. Accessed 15 May 2020.
"Copyright © 2009, SHAWNEE PRESS, INC. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved"
12 pages; performance time 2 minutes and 57 seconds
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-pachelbel-strid
"A Song of Remembrance" [Harriet Kendall]
Composition history: "By special permission of the Authoress and of Messrs Macmillan & Co."
Performance history: "Sung by Mr. Iver McKay & Mr. Lawrence Kellie"
Dedication: "Music composed and Dedicated to her friend Eleanor Piggott"
Kendall, Harriet; music (British, 1857-1933)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM114
Other data reference(s): Record for "A Song of Remembrance. Song, words by C. Rossetti." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/497446297. Accessed 4 August 2020.
Composition history: "Bedford contacted CGR, who granted permission for the setting to be published" (Ives DM103).
Performance history: "Bedford also invited CGR to a performance of the setting" (Ives DM103).
Notes: Reviewed in the Musical Standard (27 May 1893: 409) (Ives DM103).
Bedford, Herbert; music (British, 1867-1945)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM103
Tempo markings: "Con reminiscenza"; quarter note = 60_66
Willis, Richard, Dr.; music (American, 1929-1997)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4703
Other data reference(s): Record for “Remember; for a cappella chorus of treble voices.” Worldcat, http://www.worldcat.org/title/remember-for-a-cappella-chorus-of-treble-voices/oclc/1214947&referer=brief_results. Accessed 29 Sept. 2018.
musical score: Chicago Public Library, Chicago
"Copyright MCMLIV by Carl Fischer, Inc., New York. International Copyright Secured. All rights reserved including public performance for profit."
10 pages; performance time 4 minutes and 26 seconds
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one flat
Composition history: "The words by permission of Messrs. Macmillan."
Notes: "The composer's name as it appears on the score is 'Amy Ward'. Finden may be the person who asked CGR for permission 'to set Remember (sonnet) to music' in December 1889" (Ives).
Ward, Amy; music (English, born in Chile, a.k.a. Amy Woodforde Finden, 1860-1919)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM97
File(s): CRM-remember-ward-eflat.pdf; CRM-remember-ward-f.pdf
"Remember me when I am gone away" [Bryceson Treharne]
First line of lyrics: Remember me, when I am gone away
Tempo markings: "Rather slowly", "with great expression"
Notes: For "Medium voice, in D [flat]", another version for "High voice, in E"
Treharne, Bryceson; music (Welsh, 1879-1948)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4701
musical score for medium voice: The British Library, London
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company; New York: Chas H. Ditson & Co.; Chicago: Lyon & Healy
"Copyright MCMXVII by Oliver Ditson Company, International Copyright Secured"
Tempo markings: "Easy but not quickly"; quarter note = 108
Performance instructions: "These melodies may be sung either by a male or female voice."
Notes: The fifth song in a 2-volume song collection called "Seven melodies for voice and piano." Volume I includes: 1. 'Why is my verse' (William Shakespeare); 2. 'On hearing the Dies Irae sung in the Sistine Chapel' (Oscar Wilde); 3. 'To a child dancing in the wind' (W.B. Yeats). Volume II includes: 4. 'The everlasting voices' (W.B. Yeats); 5. 'Remember' (C.G. Rossetti); 6. 'April' (William Shakespeare); 7. 'On a day, alack the day' (William Shakespeare).
Ruyneman, Daniel; music (Dutch, 1886-1963)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4698
Other data reference(s): "Seven melodies for voice and piano, 1949." Worldcat, http://www.worldcat.org/title/seven-melodies-for-voice-and-piano-1949/oclc/858901939&referer=brief_results. Accessed 29 September 2018. "Seven melodies : for voice and piano, 1949, Volume II / Daniël Ruyneman." Donemus, https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/5311. Accessed 1 November 2018.
musical score: Ruyneman, Daniel. "Remember." Seven melodies: for voice and piano, Volume II. Foundation Donemus, 1949, pp. 4-8. The University of Victoria, McPherson Library
1949 April [composition]; 1949 [publication]
Performance history: "debut performance given on April 23, 2015" (Pacheco).
Recordings: "Remember by John Manuel Pacheco." Lyrics by Christina Rossetti, performance by Amanda Salmen, Katie Martini and Lauren Adaska, sopranos; Alison Stickley, Bradley Sharpe, Paulina Tseng, and Christina Jerome, altos, Daniel Alvarez, Will Reeder, and Chase Chandler, tenors; Jackson McDonald, Adrian Rangel-Sanchez, and Manuel Rodriguez-Ruiz, basses. 2015. Soundcloud, https://soundcloud.com/john-manuel-pacheco/pacheco-remember.
Dedication: "dedicated to my grandpa, Augustine Sanchez Oliva (1916-1997)"
Pacheco, John Manuel; music (American, born 1982)
Reference: IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/
Other data reference(s): Pacheco, John Manuel. "Remember." Soundcloud, https://soundcloud.com/john-manuel-pacheco/pacheco-remember. Accessed Nov. 5, 2018.
Musical score: IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, https://imslp.org/wiki/Remember_(Pacheco%2C_John_Manuel). Accessed 29 Sept. 2018.
4 pages; running time 3 minutes and 42 seconds.
"Oh what comes over the sea" [Thomas F. Dunhill]
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("Oh what comes over the sea")
Dunhill, Thomas F. [Frederick]; music (English, 1877-1946)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4848
Other data reference(s): Record for "Oh what comes over the sea : [4 part song for women's voices]." Worldcat, www.worldcat.org/oclc/760312964. Accessed 3 Nov. 2018. "Modern Part Songs." The Musical Times, vol. 86, no. 1230, August 1945, front matter.
Cataloguer: Warren Reid, University of Ottawa
"Kookoorookoo! Kookoorookoo!" [Thomas F. Dunhill]
First line of lyrics: "Kookoorookoo! Kookoorookoo!"
Rossetti poem(s): "'Kookoorookoo! Kookoorookoo!'"
Composition history: This song was composed for The Year Book Press Series book called "Kookoorookoo and Other Poems" (1916). On the title page of the H.F.W. Deane & Sons publication, it states: "Words used by permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co., Ltd." "Koorookookoo and Other Poems" contains 26 songs, each setting a poem from Rossetti's collection "Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book." The Preface from "Koorookookoo and Other Poems" states: "'I will set as many as you like at once.' Such a stimulating remark from an English composer at the head of his profession could not fail to turn the scales in the mind of a hesitating Editor who wondered whether he was right in suggesting the musical treatment of the charming yet simple verses of Christina Rossetti. The Editor at once approached some of the many composers who have already shown through their sound work that there are men in England competent to help our children in forming a native musical appreciation based on contemporary English musical thought. One and all readily and cheerfully gave of their best, and the Editor and Publisher here record their grateful thanks. The Editor believes that the English public will welcome such work, and that the pleasure which the composers were pleased to express in doing the work will be equally felt by the children—grown-up and young—for whom this book is written. A unique 'Contents' page adds a touch of personal interest in the book." Ives (DM202-DM227) writes "the collection originated with Martin Ackerman, the editor of the Year Book Press Music Series."
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM202; Gooch and Thatcher 4505
Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
musical score: "Kookoorookoo! Kookoorookoo!." Kookoorookoo and Other Songs. London, Year Book Press, A. & C. Black Ltd., 1916, pp. 4-5. Scott Library, York University, Toronto.
London: The Year Book Press, A. & C. Black Ltd.; London : H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd.
"Copyright, 1916, by The Year Book Press"
First line of lyrics: Twist me a wreath of Windflowers / Flecht' eine Krone von Winden blum
Rossetti poem(s): "'Twist me a crown of wind-flowers'"
Notes about the text: The lyrics appear both in English and in German.
Tempo markings: "Not too quick, but hastening the time with each crescendo."
Dedication: "Dedicated to Fräulein Redeker"
Marzials, Theo [Theophile Jules Henri]; music (English 1850-1920)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM38
Cataloguer: Emma-Catherine Wilson, University of Ottawa