"January" [Fanny Snow Knowlton]
title: First line of lyrics: On the wind of January
subject: genre: children's music|song
subject: solo: voice
subject: chorus: children's unison chorus
subject: initial sharps/flats: two sharps
subject: initial time signature: 4/4
subject: origin: United States
subject: female composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "A Year's Windfalls"
description: Notes about the text: This song only includes the first stanza of the poem.
description: Composition history: Text "By permission of Robert Brothers, publishers."
description: Performance instructions: "With spirit"
description: Dedication: "To my little boy | DONALD | My critic, counselor and most | appreciative listener these songs are | lovingly inscribed by his | MOTHER."
description: Notes: Appears as the first song, under "The Months," in the composer's book "Nature Songs for Children" published by Milton Bradley Company, 1917.
creator: Knowlton, Fanny Snow; music (American, 1859-1926)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4901
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: Cataloguer: Monica Cote Macson and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: Knowlton, Fanny Snow. Nature Songs for Children. Milton Bradley Company, 1917, pp. 6-7. HathiTrust, catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/4385699.html. Accessed 15 Feb. 2023.
publisher: Springfield, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Francisco: Milton Bradley Company
date: 1898 [copyright]; 1917 [publication]
rights: "Copyrighted, 1898, by MILTON BRADLEY CO."
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format: Format 1: musical score
format: Contains tonic sol-fa notation
format: 2 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-yearswindfalls-knowlton
identifier: File(s): CRM-yearswindfalls-knowlton.pdf

"Summer" [Ernest Farrar]
title: First line of lyrics: Winter is cold-hearted
subject: genre: choral music|song|children's music
subject: chorus: SSC chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: two sharps
subject: initial time signature: 2/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Summer"
description: Notes about the text: The song is a setting of stanzas 1, 2, and 4 only, omitting the third.
description: Tempo markings: "Allegretto con moto"
description: Performance instructions: For "Female Voices." Gooch and Thatcher also suggests for "boys' voices" and by extension for children.
creator: Farrar, Ernest Bristow; music (English, 1885-1918)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4607
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: Monica Cote Macson and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: The British Library, London
publisher: London: Oxford University Press
date: 1927 [publication]
rights: "Copyright in U.S.A. and all countries, 1927, by the Oxford University Press, London."
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format: Format 1: musical score
format: Contains tonic sol-fa notation
format: 12 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-summer-farrar
identifier: File(s): CRM-summer-farrar.pdf

"Flowers are closed, and lambs are sleeping" [R. R. Terry]
title: First line of lyrics: Lullaby, Lullaby
title: Part of: "Three Cradle Songs"
subject: genre: song
subject: solo: voice
subject: chorus: unison chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: two sharps
subject: initial time signature: 3/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Lullaby, oh lullaby!'"
description: Place in the larger work: The second song of three in the song cycle called "Three Cradle Songs" which includes 1. "Sleep, Baby, sleep (Traditional); 2. "Flowers are closed, and lambs are sleeping" (Christina Rossetti.); 3. "Golden slumbers kiss your eyes" (T. Dekker).
description: Notes about the text: The word "oh" in the line is not always present in the song. In the song, lines 3 and 7, "Lullaby, oh lullaby" in the poem are omitted, but repeated elsewhere, with or without the word "oh".
description: Composition history: "By permission of Messrs. MACMILLAN & Co." The place and date of composition is noted at the end of the score, "Cologne, July 1905."
description: Tempo markings: "Allegretto"; quarter note = 144
creator: Terry, Richard Runciman, Sir; music (English, 1864-1938)
creator: Christina Georgina, Rossetti; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4605
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): Record for "Three Cradle Songs : For Unison Singing." WorldCat, https://worldcat.org/en/title/497163395. Accessed 14 Feb. 2023. de Livet, Christian Marc. ‘An Idealist Touched by Practicality’: The work and influence of Richard Runciman Terry (1864–1938). 2018. Christ Church University, PhD Dissertation. CCCU Research Space Repository, https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/8qq10/-an-idealist-touched-by-practicality-the-work-and-influence-of-richard-runciman-terry-1864-1938
source: Cataloguer: Matthew Foti and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: University of Birmingham, Birmingham
publisher: London: J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
date: 1905 July [composition]; 1924, 1925 [copyright]
rights: "By permission of Messrs. MacMillan & Co."; "Copyright, 1925, by R.R. Terry."
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format: Format 1: musical score
format: Contains tonic sol-fa notation
format: 5 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-lullabyoh-terry
identifier: File(s): CRM-lullabyoh-terry.pdf

"Service and Strength" [Martin Shaw]
title: First line of lyrics: Service and strength, God's Angels and Arch-Angels
subject: genre: anthem|sacred music|choral music|song
subject: chorus: SATB chorus
subject: instrumentation: organ
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 3/2
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "St. Michael and All Angels"
description: Notes about the text: The song is a setting of stanzas 1, 3 and 4 only. The words "Glory to God" are added at the end of the anthem.
description: Tempo markings: "Poco animato"; half note = 126
description: Dedication: "for William Bush"
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 4715
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): “Martin Shaw (Composer).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Oct. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shaw_(composer). Rossetti, Christina Georgina. “St. Michael and All Angels.” Poem: St. Michael and All Angels by Christina Georgina Rossetti, https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/st-michael-and-all-angels-1.
source: Cataloguer: Matthew Foti and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: University of Adelaide, Adelaide
publisher: London: Novello & Company, Limited
date: 1950 [copyright] [publication]
rights: "Copyright, 1950, by Novello & Company, Limited"
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format: Format 1: musical score
format: 8 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-stmichael-shaw
identifier: File(s): CRM-stmichael-shaw.pdf

"Is The Moon Tired" [Netty Simons]
title: First line of lyrics: Is the moon tired? she looks so pale
title: Part of: "Set of poems for children"
subject: genre: children's music|recitation song|song cycle
subject: solo: spoken narration
subject: instrumentation: string and wind octet
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 2/2
subject: origin: United States
subject: female composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Is the moon tired? she looks so pale'"
description: Place in the larger work: The fourth song of five in the song cycle called “Set of poems for children” which includes 1. "Night was creeping" (James Stephens); 2. "Rain" (Rob't. L. Stevenson); 3. "Fog" (Carl Sandburg); 4. "Is the moon tired" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "My shadow" (Rob't. L. Stevenson).
description: Composition history: "She composed the music for her own children who, when they were little, loved to listen to her improvising at the piano while reading their favorite verses." (Liner Notes)
description: Tempo markings: "Lento, molto copressivo"; half note = 60
description: Performance instructions: "moeto int. a tempo piu mosso." The vocal annotation is exclusively written with ghost notes.
description: Performance history: "First performed by the New York Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble when it was under the direction of the late Dimitri Mitropoulos. The narrator then, as now, was BARBARA BRITTON." (Liner Notes)
description: Recordings: "Set of Poems for Children: No. 4, Is the Moon Tired?." Performance by Barbara Britton, narrator, James Stark, violin, Albert Gillis, viola, Peter Farrell, cello, Bertram Turetzky, bass, Peter Middleton, flute, Melvin Warner, oboe, Larry Livingston, clarinet, Ronald Grun, bassoon, Edwin London, conductor. Music for Young Listeners by Netty Simons, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI 309), 1973, New World Records (NWCRI309), 2010. New World Records, www.newworldrecords.org/products/simons-music-for-young-listeners. Spotify, open.spotify.com/track/5aNdHSGbySNe3mmI8ucx5q?si=943ec5d904334ec2. Accessed 14 Feb. 2023.
description: Notes: A stamp at the bottom right of each page of the manuscript score reads: Circle Blue Print Co., Inc., | 225 West 57th Street | New York 19, N. Y.
creator: Simons, Netty; music (American, born Netty Rothenberg, 1913-1994)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4501
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): “Netty Simons: Music for Young Listeners.” New World Records, www.newworldrecords.org/products/simons-music-for-young-listeners. Liner Notes. Music for Young Listeners by Netty Simons, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI 309), 1973. Discogs, www.discogs.com/release/14641660-Netty-Simons-Featuring-Barbara-Britton-And-Lou-Gilbert-Music-For-Young-Listeners-The-Pied-Piper-Pudd. New World Records, www.newworldrecords.org/products/simons-music-for-young-listeners. Accessed 14 Feb. 2023. Record for "Set of poems." WorldCat, worldcat.org/en/title/79320389. Accessed 14 Feb. 2023. Record for "Set of poems for children : (1949)." WordCat, worldcat.org/en/title/48045236. Accessed 14 Feb. 2023.
source: Cataloguer: Matthew Foti and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: Music Score: Vassar College Music Library, Poughkeepsie, New York
publisher: New York: American Composers Alliance. New York: N. Simons
date: 1949 [publication]
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format: Format 1: musical score
format: 5 pages (pp. 15-19) [manuscript]; performance time 2 minutes 34 seconds; complete song cycle performance time 8 minutes
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-isthemoontired-simons

"An Echo From Willow-Wood" [Bertie Baigent]
title: First line of lyrics: 'O ye, all yee that walk in willow-wood'
subject: genre: choral music|song
subject: chorus: SATB chorus
subject: instrumentation: a cappella|keyboard (for rehearsal only)
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 3/8
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "An Echo from Willowwood"
description: Work contains texts by multiple authors
description: Notes about the text: The song begins with the first line of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "Willowwood" sonnet three.
description: Composition history: "Winner of the Stainer and Bell Choral Composition Competition 2015." ("Composer")
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = c. 104
description: Performance instructions: "Distant", "Still", includes soprano and tenor short solos, and 2 soli or semi-chorus.
description: Performance history: "First performed by Novaura conducted by Harry Bradford on 14 November 2015, in the Chapel of Magdalene College, Cambridge." ("Composer")
creator: Baigent, Bertie [Robert Edward Series]; music (English, born 1995)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
creator: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel; text (English, 1828-1882)
source: Other data reference(s): "Composer." Bertie Baigent, http://www.bertiebaigent.com/composer.html. Accessed 14 Feb. 2023.
source: Cataloguer: Marco Buttice and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "An Echo from Willow-Wood." Stainer & Bell, https://stainer.co.uk/shop/cn19/. Accessed 4 November 2021.
publisher: London: Stainer & Bell Ltd.
date: 2015 [copyright]
rights: "© Copyright 2015 Stainer & Bell Ltd, 23 Gruneisen Road, London N3 1DZ"
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format: Format 1: musical score
format: 10 pages; performance time 6 minutes
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-echowillowwood-baigent

"On The Winter Wind" [arr. Robert Foresman, unknown composer]
title: First line of lyrics: On the winter wind
subject: genre: children's music|song
subject: solo: voice
subject: chorus: children's unison chorus
subject: instrumentation: a cappella
subject: initial sharps/flats: two sharps
subject: initial time signature: 2/4
subject: origin: United States
subject: male arranger
description: Rossetti poem(s): "A Year's Windfalls"
description: Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the first stanza of Christina Rossetti's "A Year's Windfalls", with the following modifications: In the song, "On the winter wind" replaces "On the wind of January" in line 1 of the poem; the first word "Downward" replaces "Down" in line 2; "Down the icy way" followed by "Robin Redbreast comes" replaces the poem lines 5 and 6, "Poor robin redbreast" and "Look where he comes."
description: Performance instructions: "Plaintively"
description: Notes: Published in Robert Foresman's "A Child's Book of Songs", American Book Company, New York, 1928.
creator: Unknown; music (Czech Folk Song)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
creator: Foresman, Robert; arrangement (American, 1856-1932)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4900
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): Record for "A Child's Book of Songs." WorldCat, https://worldcat.org/en/title/6993394. Accessed 13 Feb. 2023.
source: Cataloguer: Marco Buttice and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: Mount Allison University Library, Sackville
publisher: New York: American Book Company
date: 1928 [copyright]
rights: "Copyright, 1928, By | AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY | All Rights Reserved | Foresman--Child's Book | W. P. 10"
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format: Format 1: musical score
format: 1 page
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-yearswindfalls-foresman-unknown
identifier: File(s): CRM-yearswindfalls-foresman-unknown.pdf

"None Other Lamb" [Austin Lovelace]
title: First line of lyrics: None other Lamb, none other name
subject: genre: choral music|anthem|sacred music|song
subject: chorus: SATB chorus
subject: instrumentation: keyboard
subject: initial sharps/flats: three flats
subject: initial time signature: 4/2
subject: origin: United States
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'None other Lamb, none other Name'"
description: Tempo markings: "Easily moving forward"; half note = 66
description: Recordings: "None Other Lamb." ECS Publishing Group, https://www.ecspublishing.com/none-other-lamb-lovelace.html. Accessed 13 Feb. 2023.
creator: Lovelace, Austin C.; music (American, 1919-2010)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4656
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): "None Other Lamb." ECS Publishing Group, https://www.ecspublishing.com/none-other-lamb-lovelace.html. Accessed 13 Feb. 2023.
source: Cataloguer: Marco Buttice and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
source: This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "None Other Lamb." ECS Publishing Group, https://www.ecspublishing.com/none-other-lamb-lovelace.html. Accessed 13 Feb. 2023.
publisher: Boston: E. C. Schirmer Music Company, Inc.
date: 2008 [composition]; 2011 [copyright]
rights: "© Copyright 2011 by E. C. Shirmer Music Company, Inc., | a division of ECS Publishing, Boston, Massachusetts. | www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved."
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format: Format 1: musical score
format: 3 pages; performance time 2 minutes 15 minutes
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-noneotherlamb-lovelace

"When I am Dead" [Frederick C. Schreiber]
title: First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
subject: genre: song
subject: solo: voice
subject: instrumentation: piano
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): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
description: Notes about the text: The words "doth it" was added before "set" at the end of line 14 of the poem.
description: Tempo markings: "Moderato Assai"
description: Notes: The manuscript score includes a stamp at the bottom left of page 1, which states: "G. Schirmer | Imperial | Brand No. 4-16 Staves. | Printed in U.S.A."
creator: Schreiber, Frederick C.; music (American, born in Austria, 1895-1985)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Manoshi Kanta Sarkar, University of Ottawa
source: Musical Score: New York Public Library, New York
date: 1974 January 17 [composition]
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format: Format 1: musical score
format: 3 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-schreiber

"None Other Lamb" [Bob Burroughs]
title: First line of lyrics: None other Lamb, None other Name
subject: genre: choral music|Easter music|hymn|anthem|sacred music|song
subject: chorus: SATB chorus|congregational singing
subject: instrumentation: a cappella
subject: initial sharps/flats: three flats
subject: initial time signature: 3/4
subject: origin: United States
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'None other Lamb, none other Name'"
description: Notes about the text: In line 8 of the poem, "to Thee" is changed in the song to "in Thee".
description: Tempo markings: "Adagio"
creator: Burroughs, Bob; music (American, born 1937)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4653
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: Laurel Richardson, University of Ottawa
source: musical score: Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis
publisher: Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House
date: 1967 [copyright]
rights: "Copyright © 1967 Augsburg Publishing House | All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. International copyright secured."
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format: Format 1: musical score
format: 2 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-noneotherlamb-burroughs

"In The Bleak Midwinter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Janet Linker]
title: First line of lyrics: In the bleak midwinter
subject: genre: Christmas music|sacred music|anthem|choral music|song
subject: chorus: SATB chorus|mixed chorus
subject: instrumentation: keyboard
subject: initial sharps/flats: three flats
subject: initial time signature: 4/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom|United States
subject: female arranger|male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")
description: Notes about the text: This is a setting of stanzas 1, 4, and 5 of the poem "A Christmas Carol ("In The Bleak Midwinter."). In line 29 of the poem, "only" is omitted. In lines 31 and 32 of the poem, "Worshipped the Beloved / With a kiss" is replaced by "Worshipped her beloved, worshipped with a kiss." In line 39 of the poem, "yet" is omitted. In line 40 of the poem, "Give my heart" is replaced by "Give him my heart".
description: Composition history: "Commissioned for the 40th wedding anniversary of Paul and Alyce Andrus."
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = 74
description: Performance instructions: "Simply, with ease"
creator: Holst, Gustav; music (English, 1874-1934)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
creator: Linker, Janet; arrangement (American, born 1938)
source: Cataloguer: Laurel Richardson, University of Ottawa
source: This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "In the Bleak Midwinter." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/in-the-bleak-midwinter-digital-sheet-music/19752513. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
publisher: Dayton: The Sacred Music Press
date: 1996 [copyright]
rights: "Copyright MCMXCVI [1996] The Sacred Music Press | All Rights Reserved. Printed in the USA"
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format: Format 1: musical score
format: 6 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-linker

"Winter Rain" [Percival Garratt]
title: First line of lyrics: Ev'ry valley drinks
subject: genre: choral music|song
subject: chorus: 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): "Winter Rain"
description: Notes about the text: This is a setting of all stanzas of the poem. In line 23 of the poem, "could" is changed in the song to "would."
description: Tempo markings: "Moderato"
description: Notes: "Key B minor"
creator: Garratt, Percival; music (British, 1877-1953)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Other data reference(s): Record for "Winter Rain." Main catalogue, British Library, explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004352252. Accessed 6 Feb. 2023.
source: Cataloguer: Laurel Richardson, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: Boston Public Library, Boston
publisher: London: Oxford University Press
date: 1923 [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: Contains tonic sol-fa notation
format: 5 pages
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-winterrain-garratt
identifier: File(s): CRM-winterrain-garratt.pdf

"Where Sunless Rivers Weep" [Barbara Arens]
title: First line of lyrics: Where sunless rivers weep
subject: genre: song
subject: solo: voice
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: one sharp
subject: initial time signature: 2/2
subject: origin: Germany
subject: female composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Dream-Land"
description: Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the first three stanzas of the poem only.
description: Tempo markings: half note = c. 60
description: Performance instructions: "Flowingly". In the Notes for "All Beautiful & Splendid Things: 12 + 1 Piano Songs on Poems by Women", it states: "Music for piano solo, with words which may optionally be sung or read by the pianist." For the piano part in the score that appears in the publication "Golden Reflections", a note is included at the bottom of the first page that reads: "Note: If the singer is confident, the left hand of the piano part can be entirely omitted."
description: Recordings: "Where Sunless Rivers Weep - Barbara Arens, piano." YouTube, uploaded by Barbara Arens, 17 Jan. 2017, https://youtu.be/PesucCFauwo. Accessed 6 Feb. 2023.
description: Notes: Published by Barbara Arens in her collection called "Golden Reflections: Fifteen Songs" (2020).
creator: Arens, Barbara; music (lives in Germany, born in Lebanon, 1960)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Other data reference(s): "Golden Reflections." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Golden-Reflections/11331822.item#/submit. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021. Record for "All Beautiful and Splendid Things: 12+1 songs for solo piano on poems by women." WorldCat, https://worldcat.org/en/title/1125070272. Accessed 26 Oct. 2022.
source: Cataloguer: Marco Buttice and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Where Sunless Rivers Weep." Golden Reflections, pp. 22-24. J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Golden-Reflections/11331822.item#/submit. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.
publisher: Rickmansworth: Editions Musica Ferrum LTD; Barbara Arens
date: 2017 [publication]; 2020 [publication]
rights: "© 2020 | The works in this book are the sole right of the composer, Barbara Arens" (Golden Reflections)
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-dreamland-arens

"The Moonrise Wakes the Nightingale" [Barbara Arens]
title: First line of lyrics: The sunrise wakes the lark to sing
subject: genre: song
subject: solo: voice
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 6/8
subject: origin: Germany
subject: female composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Bird Raptures"
description: Notes about the text: The song is a setting of three of the four lines of each stanza in the poem. Lines 4, 10 and 14 are missing. "To", the first word of line 9 in the poem, is replaced by "And" for the song.
description: Tempo markings: dotted quarter note= c. 60
description: Performance instructions: "Wistfully"
description: Notes: Published by Barbara Arens in her collection called "Golden Reflections: Fifteen Songs" (2020).
creator: Arens, Barbara; music (lives in Germany, born in Lebanon, 1960)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Other data reference(s): "Golden Reflections." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Golden-Reflections/11331822.item#/submit. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.
source: Cataloguer: Jessica Nash and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "The Moonrise Wakes the Nightingale." Golden Reflections, pp. 34-37. J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Golden-Reflections/11331822.item
publisher: Barbara Arens
date: 2020 [copyright] [publication]
rights: "© 2020 | The works in this book are the sole right of the composer, Barbara Arens" (Golden Reflections)
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-birdraptures-arens

"In the Bleak Midwinter" [Ruth Morris Gray]
title: First line of lyrics: In the bleak midwinter
subject: genre: choral music|song|Christmas music
subject: chorus: SAB chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano|drum
subject: initial sharps/flats: one sharp
subject: initial time signature: 4/4
subject: other version 1 - chorus: men's TBB chorus
subject: other version 1 - instrumentation: piano|drum
subject: other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one sharp
subject: other version 2 - chorus: SAA chorus
subject: other version 2 - instrumentation: piano|drum
subject: other version 2 - initial sharps/flats: one sharp
subject: origin: United States
subject: female composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")
description: Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the first stanza of the poem (ll. 1-8), and the first four lines of the fourth stanza (ll. 25-28). Line 8 of the poem "Long ago" is replaced by "Long time ago" in the song.
description: Tempo markings: "Rhythmically"; quarter note = ca. 138
description: Performance instructions: "with optional drum"
description: Recordings: "In the Bleak Midwinter." Alfred Music, https://www.alfred.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter/p/00-48330/. Accessed 10 Jan. 2023.
creator: Gray, Ruth Morris; music (American, born 1961)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Jessica Nash and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: "In the Bleak Midwinter." (SAB) Alfred Music, www.alfred.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter/p/00-48330/. Accessed 11 Jan. 2023.
source: Musical score: "In the Bleak Midwinter." (TBB) Alfred Music, www.alfred.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter/p/00-48332/. Accessed 11 Jan. 2023.
source: Musical score: "In the Bleak Midwinter." (SSA) Alfred Music, www.alfred.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter/p/00-48331/. Accessed 11 Jan. 2023.
source: This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "In the Bleak Midwinter." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/In-the-Bleak-Midwinter/11197169.item. Accessed 4 Nov. 2021.
publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
date: 2020 [copyright]
rights: "Copyright © 2020 by Alfred Music | 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: 11 pages; performance time 2 minutes and 42 seconds
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-gray

"Kookoorookoo" [Martin Read]
title: Part of: "SingSong"
subject: genre: children's music|choral music|song|song cycle
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Kookoorookoo! Kookoorookoo!'"
description: Place in the larger work: Fifth song of five in a song cycle called "SingSong," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Jewels"; 2. "Is The Moon Tired?"; 3. "Who Has Seen The Wind?"; 4. "Dead In The Cold"; 5. "Kookoorookoo!".
description: Composition history: "SingSong was written for Lissa Gray and the Hampshire County Children's Choir."
creator: Read, Martin; music (British, 1959-2012)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: British Music Collection, London.
publisher: Petersfield: Fand Music Press
date: 1996 [composition] [publication] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright © Martin Read 1996"
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
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-kookoorookoo-read

"Dead in the Cold" [Martin Read]
title: Part of: "SingSong"
subject: genre: children's music|choral music|song|song cycle
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush'"
description: Place in the larger work: Forth song of five in a song cycle called "SingSong," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Jewels"; 2. "Is The Moon Tired?"; 3. "Who Has Seen The Wind?"; 4. "Dead In The Cold"; 5. "Kookoorookoo!".
description: Composition history: "SingSong was written for Lissa Gray and the Hampshire County Children's Choir."
creator: Read, Martin; music (British, 1959-2012)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Jessica Nash, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: British Music Collection, London.
publisher: Petersfield: Fand Music Press
date: 1996 [composition] [publication] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright © Martin Read 1996"
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
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-deadinthecold-read

"Who Has Seen The Wind?" [Martin Read]
title: First line of lyrics: Wind, wind who has seen the wind?
title: Part of: "SingSong"
subject: genre: children's music|choral music|song|song cycle
subject: chorus: SSAA 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): "'Who has seen the wind?'"
description: Place in the larger work: Third song of five in a song cycle called "SingSong," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Jewels"; 2. "Is The Moon Tired?"; 3. "Who Has Seen The Wind?"; 4. "Dead In The Cold"; 5. "Kookoorookoo!".
description: Composition history: "SingSong was written for Lissa Gray and the Hampshire County Children's Choir."
description: Tempo markings: half note = 67
description: Performance instructions: "With a reggae feel"
creator: Read, Martin; music (British, 1959-2012)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/singsong. Accessed 10 January 2023.
source: This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "SingSong." British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/singsong. Accessed 10 January 2023.
publisher: Petersfield: Fand Music Press
date: 1996 [composition] [publication] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright © Martin Read 1996"
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
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-whohasseen-read

"Is The Moon Tired?" [Martin Read]
title: First line of lyrics: Is the moon tired? She looks so pale
title: Part of: "SingSong"
subject: genre: children's music|choral music|song cycle|song
subject: chorus: SSA chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: one flat
subject: initial time signature: 6/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Is the moon tired? she looks so pale'"
description: Place in the larger work: Second song of five in a song cycle called "SingSong," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Jewels"; 2. "Is The Moon Tired?"; 3. "Who Has Seen The Wind?"; 4. "Dead In The Cold"; 5. "Kookoorookoo!".
description: Composition history: This first is dated 24 February 1996. "SingSong was written for Lissa Gray and the Hampshire County Children's Choir."
description: Tempo markings: "Andante"; quarter note = 68
creator: Read, Martin; music (English, 1959-2012)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Laurel Richardson, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/singsong. Accessed 4 November 2021.
source: This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "SingSong." British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/singsong. Accessed 4 November 2021.
publisher: Petersfield: Fand Music Press
date: 1996 [composition] [publication] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright Martin Read 1996"
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. 4-8)
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-isthemoontired-read

"Jewels" [Martin Read]
title: First line of lyrics: An emrald is as green as grass
title: Part of: "SingSong"
subject: genre: children's music|choral music|song|song cycle
subject: chorus: SSAA chorus
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 4/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: male composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'An emerald is as green as grass'"
description: Place in the larger work: First song of five in a song cycle called "SingSong," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Jewels"; 2. "Is The Moon Tired?"; 3. "Who Has Seen The Wind?"; 4. "Dead In The Cold"; 5. "Kookoorookoo!".
description: Composition history: This song is dated 21 February 1996. "SingSong was written for Lissa Gray and the Hampshire County Children's Choir."
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = 74
description: Performance instructions: "Stately, but not slow"
creator: Read, Martin; music (British, 1959-2012)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Jessica Nash, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/singsong. Accessed 4 November 2021.
source: This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "SingSong." British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/singsong. Accessed 4 November 2021.
publisher: Petersfield: Fand Music Press
date: 1996 [composition] [publication] [copyright]
rights: "Copyright © Martin Read 1996"
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. 1-3)
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-emeraldisasgreen-read

"'Echo'" [Margaret Wegner]
title: First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night
title: Part of: "Three Rosetti Songs"
subject: genre: art song (lied)|song cycle|song
subject: solo: soprano
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: four flats
subject: initial time signature: 4/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: female composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"
description: Place in the larger work: The third song of three in a song cycle called "Three Rosetti Songs," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest (Song)"; 2. "Remember"; 3. "'Echo'".
description: Composition history: "Three Rosetti Songs were composed in 1994"
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = 60
description: Performance instructions: "Dreamlike"
description: Performance history: "first sung at the Holbourne Museum, Bath, in September 1994 by Georgina Anne Colwell accompanied by Nigel Foster"
creator: Wegener, Margaret; music (English, 1920-2020)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Laurel Richardson, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: Northwestern University Library, Evanston
publisher: Manchester: Da Capo Music Ltd.
date: 1994 [composition]; 1997 [publication] [copyright]
rights: "© 1997 Margaret Wegener, Llangollen, Wales | Da Capo Music Ltd. | Manchester, England"
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. 17-10); song cycle performance time appox. 10 minutes
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-echo-wegener

"When I am Dead, My Dearest (Song)" [Margaret Wegener]
title: First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
title: Part of: "Three Rosetti Songs"
subject: genre: art song (lied)|song cycle|song
subject: solo: soprano
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: two flats
subject: initial time signature: 4/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: female composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
description: Place in the larger work: The first song of three in a song cycle called "Three Rosetti Songs," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest (Song)"; 2. "Remember"; 3. "'Echo'".
description: Composition history: "Three Rosetti Songs were composed in 1994"
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = 63-66
description: Performance history: "first sung at the Holbourne Museum, Bath, in September 1994 by Georgina Anne Colwell accompanied by Nigel Foster"
creator: Wegener, Margaret; music (English, 1920-2020)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Jessica Nash, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: Northwestern University Library, Evanston
publisher: Manchester: Da Capo Music Ltd.
date: 1994 [composition]; 1997 [publication] [copyright]
rights: "© 1997 Margaret Wegener, Llangollen, Wales | Da Capo Music Ltd. | Manchester, England"
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. 1-3); song cycle performance time appox. 10 minutes
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-wegener

"Remember" [Margaret Wegener]
title: First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away
title: Part of: "Three Rosetti Songs"
subject: genre: art song (lied)|song cycle|song
subject: solo: soprano
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: five flats
subject: initial time signature: 4/4
subject: origin: United Kingdom
subject: female composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "Remember"
description: Place in the larger work: The second song of three in a song cycle called "Three Rosetti Songs," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest (Song)"; 2. "Remember"; 3. "'Echo'".
description: Composition history: "Three Rosetti Songs were composed in 1994"
description: Tempo markings: quarter note = 66
description: Performance history: "first sung at the Holbourne Museum, Bath, in September 1994 by Georgina Anne Colwell accompanied by Nigel Foster"
creator: Wegener, Margaret; music (English, 1920-2020)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Cataloguer: Marco Buttice, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: Northwestern University Library, Evanston
publisher: Manchester: Da Capo Music Ltd.
date: 1994 [composition]; 1997 [publication] [copyright]
rights: "© 1997 Margaret Wegener, Llangollen, Wales | Da Capo Music Ltd. | Manchester, England"
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. 4-6); song cycle performance time appox. 10 minutes
language: English
identifier: Record: CRM-remember-wegener

"Carol for Pentecost" [Judy Hunnicutt]
title: First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind?
subject: genre: carol|sacred music|song|choral music
subject: solo: spoken narration
subject: chorus: unison chorus
subject: initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
subject: initial time signature: 4/4
subject: origin: United States
subject: female composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"
description: Work contains texts by multiple authors
description: Notes about the text: This song begins with a setting of the second stanza of the poem, where "But when the trees are bending down" is used instead of "But when the trees bow down their heads," followed by additional text by the composer, a passage from the New Testament, Acts 2: 1-5, more additional text by the composer and an adaptation of the second stanza of the poem: "Who has seen the Holy Spirit? Neither you nor I, But when we bend to do God's will, the Spirit passes by."
description: Composition history: "Bible text from the 'Today's English Version of the New Testament,' copyright American Bible Society, 1966. Used by permission."
description: Performance instructions: For unison voices, narrator and optional C instrument. In the middle of the song, the "Narrator or choir together" recite the biblical text Acts 2: 1-5.
description: Dedication: "To the Rev. Hugh King Rose"
creator: Hunnicutt, Judy; music (American)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
creator: Hunnicutt, Judy; additional text (American). Unknown; text (biblical text)
source: In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4921
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: Cataloguer: Jessica Nash, University of Ottawa
source: Musical score: Church Music Library, Southwestern Baptist Seminary, Fort Worth
publisher: Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House
date: 1973 [copyright]
rights: "Copyright © 1973 Augsburg Publishing House. All rights reserved. | Printed in the U.S.A. International copyright secured. | Duplication of this material in any form is prohibited without written consent of the publisher."
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-whohasseen-hunnicutt

"Weeping Willow" [Barbara Arens]
title: First line of lyrics: O silvery weeping willow tree
subject: genre: song
subject: solo: voice|spoken recitation
subject: instrumentation: piano
subject: initial sharps/flats: two sharps
subject: initial time signature: 12/8
subject: origin: Germany
subject: female composer
description: Rossetti poem(s): "In the Willow Shade"
description: Notes about the text: The song is a setting of stanzas 8 (ll. 29-32), 11-12 (ll. 41-48) of the poem, followed by the line "ling-ring in the sun", which borrows the last two words "lingering sun" of line 51 from stanza 13, a repeat of stanzas 8 (ll. 29-32), 11 (ll. 41-48) and ending with stanza 16 (ll. 61-64).
description: Tempo markings: dotted quarter note = c. 100
description: Performance instructions: "Flowing nervously." In the Notes for "All Beautiful & Splendid Things: 12 + 1 Piano Songs on Poems by Women", it states: "Music for piano solo, with words which may optionally be sung or read by the pianist."
description: Recordings: "Weeping Willow - Barbara Arens, piano." YouTube, uploaded by Barbara Arens, 13 Jan. 2017, https://youtu.be/aKV77odi5q4. Accessed 26 Oct. 2022.
description: Notes: First published by Editions Musica Ferrum in a collection called "All Beautiful & Splendid Things: 12+1 Piano Songs on Poems by Women" (2017), then by Barbara Arens in her collection called "Golden Reflections: Fifteen Songs" (2020).
creator: Arens, Barbara; music (lives in Germany, born in Lebanon, 1960)
creator: Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
source: Other data reference(s): "Golden Reflections." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Golden-Reflections/11331822.item#/submit. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021. Record for "All Beautiful and Splendid Things: 12+1 songs for solo piano on poems by women." WorldCat, https://worldcat.org/en/title/1125070272. Accessed 26 Oct. 2022.
source: Cataloguer: Hann Scurlock, University of Ottawa
source: This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Weeping Willow." Golden Reflections, pp. 10-11. J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Golden-Reflections/11331822.item#/submit. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.
publisher: Rickmansworth: Editions Musica Ferrum LTD; Barbara Arens
date: 2017 [publication]; 2020 [publication]
rights: "© 2020 | The works in this book are the sole right of the composer, Barbara Arens" (Golden Reflections)
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-inthewillowshade-arens